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burk48237

burk48237

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Nov 22, 2004
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#1
Has any of our great movie critics seen this flick and what were your thoughts?

I have two:

1) Peter Sarsgard is one of the most underrated actors on the planet. HE NEVER overplays a role, in acting subtile is good. The first time I saw him was in "Shattered Glass" (the Philip Glass story) and I knew then he was going to be a great actor.

2) What was the point? To me the whole story of the movie was war is weird, I didn't need three hours of seeing Jake Gylenhaal looking at the screen with a blank look to come to that conclusion. Some conservatives criticized the movie, I have no idea why, it didn't say anything, very disappointing.
 
#6
burk48237 said:
It was Stephen Glass, My bad! He was the writer at New Republic who contributed a bunch of human interest pieces that were all made up. It was a fascinating story.
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Oh ok. At the same time as I was typing that I was thinking "Shattered Glass" sure sounds like a title for some tragic story and I didn't think that Philip Glass had a tragic life. :)

bc
 
#7
Although I understand your perspective I personally thought it was a very well done movie. It's been awhile (I saw it in the theaters) and I was the only one out of the group of 4 that liked it. For some reason the overall message didn't get old to me. However, I am a bit of a war movie junkie and though it was described to me as a war movie without the war, I still had the war movie mentality going into it. I know it didn't do much for many people, but I liked it a lot and look forward to picking the dvd up. I also am a huge Peter Sarsgard fan (I was hooked after Garden State).
 
#8
When they start walking on the desert, it is one of the most beautiful scene I've seen in a movie. The way they shoot the movie is just amazing. The movie isn't so much about the war but the soldiers in it. I found it really funny when I saw a mom who brought her two kids to see the movie. Whenever there's a sex scene or something sexual, she would make her kids leave. It's ironic to see the mom being so open w/ cursing or killing, but not so much for anything sexually explicit.
 
#11
Ive not seen it, but from what a couple of my mates were saying, it isnt that war is wierd, it was more a dig at the gungho-ness of american attitudes, expecting the conflict to actually involve more conflict and such, and the boredom of the soliders when they see what the gulf war was like

I still want to see this tho, dont know if it'll rival my fave war film of all time tho, full metal jacket . . . theres a war film! :D
 
#12
I had mixed emotions about it. I thought it was interesting, but I don't think I'll watch it again. They did do a great job of showing what happens when you engineer men to kill without remorse, put them in a war, and don't let them kill. It also showed the vast difference between the wars of our fathers and grandfathers and modern warfare.
 
#15
I dunno, it seemed like the thing that they DID manage to cop was a very Vietnam era vibe. The whole "why the **** am I here?" mentality and the repercussions of being in harm's way for primariy political reasons that have more to do with finance than defending the country.
 
#16
Ed Fuqua said:
I dunno, it seemed like the thing that they DID manage to cop was a very Vietnam era vibe. The whole "why the **** am I here?" mentality and the repercussions of being in harm's way for primariy political reasons that have more to do with finance than defending the country.
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YES, YES, YES.

"More to do with finance than defending the country". Exactly! And we should learn from that Vietnam Vibe. Everytime a conflict is suggested we should be asking, "Where does the money flow?".

If I say anymore on this .... (well, you know).
 

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