Jarhead...
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters (Jake Gyllenhaal)
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
—10. Presentation Downloads
"Every war is different. Every war is the same." This quote from Jarhead could be considered a tagline or a brief summary of what Jarhead is trying to convey to us, the moviegoer. How is every war different? Every war is different because of the politics surrounding the war, the reason for going to war, and the actual nature of the fighting. How is every war the same? Because in every war there are brave men, sacrificing everything.
That is what Jarhead comes down to. Nothing matters but the brotherhood you serve with, the men you fight along side, the men you risk your life serving beside. Jarhead is a look into the job that is being a soldier. Granted, we hardly see it as a job, but it is just that, a job. And that is where Jarhead soars, describing the life of a solider; the pains, trials, and frustrations that come with serving in the armed forces.
From front to finish, Jarhead is about a brotherhood of men. A brotherhood that does not end when the war ends, but as Swoff (Jake Gyllenhaal) declares, every war that is fought unites the men who fought from every war in a common bond nothing can break.
Jarhead uses some powerful imagery to develop this theme. For one, virtually every man loses his wife or his girlfriend because they eventually leave them for another man. This alone is a painful reminder of the price our troops pay to be at war. They lose their families, girlfriends, and in some cases their children because their wives are unfaithful.
This theme continues when an old vietnam vet jumps on the bus of the soldiers returning from Iraq. He congratulates them on a successful war, but it is a congratulations with pain, with sorrow, with no smile on his face. It is the same face that the marines will wear on their face as they move on to their 9-5 jobs.
Jarhead is a reminder to all of us who do not fight in wars that our politics, war decisions, and support of war had better meet the level of sacrifice that our service men give. Granted, this is probably impossible, but it is what I loved about the movie Jarhead.
The past several months I have wondered how I can be against a war (like the one we are in right now) and yet still be for our troops. Jarhead answers that question for me, because it is a living example of what our service men give up. And because they have given up everything, there is nothing less than for them to forge a bond no one can break, a bond that goes through generations and lives today.
Jamie Foxx (Staff Sgt. Sykes), Gyllenhaal, and Peter Saarsgard (Troy) give incredible performances, and while I am not sure the movie as a whole deserves a whole lot of oscar recognition, the portrayal these men give of their character add another dimension to Jarhead.
In the end, this is a movie about men. Men that give everything, sometimes giving everything for a cause they may not be completely for. It seems that it is not this cause for freedom that keeps the men fighting, but rather the bond, the brotherhood they form between one another.
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters (Jake Gyllenhaal)
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
—10. Presentation Downloads
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters (Jake Gyllenhaal)
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
—10. Presentation Downloads
"Every war is different. Every war is the same." This quote from Jarhead could be considered a tagline or a brief summary of what Jarhead is trying to convey to us, the moviegoer. How is every war different? Every war is different because of the politics surrounding the war, the reason for going to war, and the actual nature of the fighting. How is every war the same? Because in every war there are brave men, sacrificing everything.That is what Jarhead comes down to. Nothing matters but the brotherhood you serve with, the men you fight along side, the men you risk your life serving beside. Jarhead is a look into the job that is being a soldier. Granted, we hardly see it as a job, but it is just that, a job. And that is where Jarhead soars, describing the life of a solider; the pains, trials, and frustrations that come with serving in the armed forces.
From front to finish, Jarhead is about a brotherhood of men. A brotherhood that does not end when the war ends, but as Swoff (Jake Gyllenhaal) declares, every war that is fought unites the men who fought from every war in a common bond nothing can break.
Jarhead uses some powerful imagery to develop this theme. For one, virtually every man loses his wife or his girlfriend because they eventually leave them for another man. This alone is a painful reminder of the price our troops pay to be at war. They lose their families, girlfriends, and in some cases their children because their wives are unfaithful.
This theme continues when an old vietnam vet jumps on the bus of the soldiers returning from Iraq. He congratulates them on a successful war, but it is a congratulations with pain, with sorrow, with no smile on his face. It is the same face that the marines will wear on their face as they move on to their 9-5 jobs.
Jarhead is a reminder to all of us who do not fight in wars that our politics, war decisions, and support of war had better meet the level of sacrifice that our service men give. Granted, this is probably impossible, but it is what I loved about the movie Jarhead.
The past several months I have wondered how I can be against a war (like the one we are in right now) and yet still be for our troops. Jarhead answers that question for me, because it is a living example of what our service men give up. And because they have given up everything, there is nothing less than for them to forge a bond no one can break, a bond that goes through generations and lives today.Jamie Foxx (Staff Sgt. Sykes), Gyllenhaal, and Peter Saarsgard (Troy) give incredible performances, and while I am not sure the movie as a whole deserves a whole lot of oscar recognition, the portrayal these men give of their character add another dimension to Jarhead.
In the end, this is a movie about men. Men that give everything, sometimes giving everything for a cause they may not be completely for. It seems that it is not this cause for freedom that keeps the men fighting, but rather the bond, the brotherhood they form between one another.
—1. Overview (multimedia)
—2. Overview Basic (dial up speed)
—3. Reviews and Blogs
—4. Cast and Crew
—5. Photo Pages
—6. Trailers, Clips, DVDs, Books, Soundtrack
—7. Posters (Jake Gyllenhaal)
—8. Production Notes (pdf)
—9. Spiritual Connections
—10. Presentation Downloads
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