I saw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Jarhead last night. Enjoyed them both. Kiss is all about nothing except how clever Shane Black is, but since he is pretty clever and Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. are having so much fun, it's a good watch. Jarhead is a bit too long, but gorgeous to watch and not a bad perfromance in it. It is interesting to see a war movie that is not about war at all but is about what the condition of being a soldier is and what that does to you.
Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.
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Scrappy - Nov 13, 2005 1:00:15 pm PST #8670 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2005 1:05:50 pm PST #8671 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I read soldierly responses to Jarhead that said that it wasn't really about the condition and effect of being a soldier.
Scrappy - Nov 13, 2005 1:21:45 pm PST #8672 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I can see that--everyone's experience of war is singular in some way. And the film is filtered through the lens of the hyper-aware, analytical and poetic eyes of Tony Swofford.
§ ita § - Nov 13, 2005 1:26:19 pm PST #8673 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nah, they were just saying that it wasn't like that. Not that their situations weren't like that, but that it rang false as a whole.
Scrappy - Nov 13, 2005 1:27:38 pm PST #8674 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I don't know how closely the film ties to the memoir. I know the book got all sorts of praise from soldiers for its truthfulness, so maybe they tarted it up for the film.
§ ita § - Nov 14, 2005 8:42:37 pm PST #8675 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2005 2:12:41 pm PST #8676 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Times's Manohla Dargis calls the fourth Harry Potter movie a "happily satisfying film adaptation."
Jars - Nov 17, 2005 3:32:53 am PST #8677 of 10002
What song does Willie sing in the opening scene of Temple of Doom? It's been bothering me all day.
SuziQ - Nov 17, 2005 3:43:45 am PST #8678 of 10002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
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Jars - Nov 17, 2005 3:50:44 am PST #8679 of 10002
Oh, thankyou so much. What a relief.