Eddiejoe
Joined Feb 2001
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Eddiejoe's rating
Somebody saw Ang Lee's "Lust/Caution" and sold the idea of making a similar film in English with an all-star cast.
As my movie-making friends say, "Nobody starts out to make a bad film, but it happens a lot" This isn't a horrible film, it's just bad. Historically inaccurate with holes in the plot you could drive a Japanese tank through and a cast that just seems to be going through the motions.
The first hour is bearable and then things go all to pot as one unbelievable thing after another fills the screen. Gong Li is the only cast member who does a credible job. This may be the first John Cusack vehicle I haven't liked, to say nothing of Ken Watanabe and Chow Yun Fat.
It's no wonder, it spent 2 years in editing. It boggles the mind to imagine what the editors left out. Definitely not worth leaving the house to see. If you hanker to see one director's idea of what Shanghai looked like in 1941, rent the DVD. Otherwise "fuggedaboutit"!
As my movie-making friends say, "Nobody starts out to make a bad film, but it happens a lot" This isn't a horrible film, it's just bad. Historically inaccurate with holes in the plot you could drive a Japanese tank through and a cast that just seems to be going through the motions.
The first hour is bearable and then things go all to pot as one unbelievable thing after another fills the screen. Gong Li is the only cast member who does a credible job. This may be the first John Cusack vehicle I haven't liked, to say nothing of Ken Watanabe and Chow Yun Fat.
It's no wonder, it spent 2 years in editing. It boggles the mind to imagine what the editors left out. Definitely not worth leaving the house to see. If you hanker to see one director's idea of what Shanghai looked like in 1941, rent the DVD. Otherwise "fuggedaboutit"!
Any person who read the book would not be disappointed with the movie.
Any person who was in the military with their eyes open would not be scandalized.
To impute some kind of political motivation to the movie makers betrays ignorance of the both the contents of the book and the experience of military service.
Was it a great movie? No. Did it do a good job of capturing the spirit of Swofford's book? Yes.
Read "Catch 22" then go see the movie. Read "Slaughterhouse 5" then go see the movie.
"Jarhead" clearly belongs in their company though at a lower level.
Since war makes no sense, how can the military make any sense? If you hanker after John Wayne or Audie Murphy, you're in the wrong century.
In "Saving Private Ryan", in my opinion, one of the top five films of all time, Sergeant Horvath says, at one point, that we might as well try to protect the bridge and save Ryan's ass because it might help make this whole war make some sense. If even fighting Hitler and the Nazis makes no sense on a day to day basis, how does liberating Kuwait make any sense? The reality of military life and combat makes no sense and this movie and the book on which it's based illustrates that fact.
Any person who was in the military with their eyes open would not be scandalized.
To impute some kind of political motivation to the movie makers betrays ignorance of the both the contents of the book and the experience of military service.
Was it a great movie? No. Did it do a good job of capturing the spirit of Swofford's book? Yes.
Read "Catch 22" then go see the movie. Read "Slaughterhouse 5" then go see the movie.
"Jarhead" clearly belongs in their company though at a lower level.
Since war makes no sense, how can the military make any sense? If you hanker after John Wayne or Audie Murphy, you're in the wrong century.
In "Saving Private Ryan", in my opinion, one of the top five films of all time, Sergeant Horvath says, at one point, that we might as well try to protect the bridge and save Ryan's ass because it might help make this whole war make some sense. If even fighting Hitler and the Nazis makes no sense on a day to day basis, how does liberating Kuwait make any sense? The reality of military life and combat makes no sense and this movie and the book on which it's based illustrates that fact.
Al Pacino? Kim Basinger? Tea Leoni? Ryan O'Neal? Richard Schiff? My mouth was watering. I dropped everything to watch this movie on Cable. 30 minutes in I was having trouble staying awake. 60 minutes in and I hit the record button and fell asleep. Finished watching it the next morning. Shouldn't have bothered. What a waste of a great cast and an idea that could have been an interesting story of a "Day in the Life..." Cure your insomnia if you have it and watch this movie. I guarantee you at least an hour and a half of uninterrupted sleep. Dialogue horrible. Continuity non-existent. Camera work could have been done with a hand held Super 8 and looked better.
This movie was a total disaster.
This movie was a total disaster.