tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post7540110291875612684..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: Jarhead (8) vs. 300 (9)War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-9222241970621424782011-09-23T21:56:20.557-05:002011-09-23T21:56:20.557-05:00I do not understand who you are talking about. Pl...I do not understand who you are talking about. Please specify.the war movie buffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-56294305595148024812011-09-23T01:12:56.656-05:002011-09-23T01:12:56.656-05:00what role if any did he portray in the movie jarhe...what role if any did he portray in the movie jarhead?dennis dechantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-32979756413131395972011-03-18T22:45:41.169-05:002011-03-18T22:45:41.169-05:00Thanks. I'm enjoying doing it. Gates of Fire...Thanks. I'm enjoying doing it. Gates of Fire would be a great movie, but I would think 300 will make it harder to green light.<br /><br /> I love movies like Sin City (and hopefully Sucker Punch) because they are different. When they combine that style and 3D, I'll be on board.<br /><br />It's a shame that scene about the aborted kill is not accurate. It actually got called off over the radio. I thought it kind of made these Marines look a bit like candy-asses who would whine about not getting to kill someone and going through all kinds of mental anguish when they encountered nothing equivalent to soldiers in almost any other American war.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-39148304204480891952011-03-18T21:15:45.552-05:002011-03-18T21:15:45.552-05:00Hey i enjoy this concept. Good creative idea. And ...Hey i enjoy this concept. Good creative idea. And in the real tournament you get odd matchups all the time im sure. <br />Thats a fair win for 300. Better, more imaginative movie then Jarhead. Jarhead is similar to Full Metal Jacket to me. More about preparing for war then actually being in war. So in that way its really more a "coming of age" story from a war point of view. I did like how the one dude got so pissed off cause he couldnt get his kill. That was an interesting take on modern warfare.<br />I like 300 mainly because it tried something new.Similar to Sin City. The irony was when Miller tried to do the same thing with The Spirit he bombed big time. Shame there, waste of a good pulp character. The battle scenes were very dynamic. Directors like Snyder and Tarintino discovered you can pour on the blood if you make it comic book black. Remember that scene in Kill Bill when Uma demolishes an entire assassin army in the teahouse...<br />I wonder when they are going to finally make Gates of Fire? The other Thermopoly movie. Now that was a good book.<br />By the way the only unfair thing about this game is the halftime...you know a spartan would give a kickass halftime speech. A jarhead wouldnt stand a chance.JHardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975399049775935074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-7627208482861035332011-03-18T16:49:59.564-05:002011-03-18T16:49:59.564-05:00Once I got my sixteen, I went to Rotten Tomatoes a...Once I got my sixteen, I went to Rotten Tomatoes and used their percentages of good reviews to rank them. It did make for some strange pairings, but it was fair.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-55656287872307890602011-03-18T09:16:16.711-05:002011-03-18T09:16:16.711-05:00No clue why you chose to pair these two and not, l...No clue why you chose to pair these two and not, let's say 300 with Troy and Jarhead with The Hurt Locker?allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.com