Jarhead - The movie

Anyone who's heard anything about this upcoming movie?
Supposed to be released in November this year.

Plot Outline: Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait

Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom... Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit.

http://www.jarheadmovie.com/

Just saw the trailer on apple.com:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/jarhead/

I`ve read that book!
It`s quite good, there`s a lot about his early life and his relationship with his father, not actually much about combat or the gulf war.

Hm, sounds interesting.
Maybe I should try to watch this one when it's released..

I wasn't surprised when I saw they were making this into a movie. It plays right into Hollywoods hand and ideals of what military life actually is.

I am sure the movie will imply Swafford's opinion and perspective of Marine Corps service is the end all be all of Marine Corps life, just as the book did.

Nearly everything he said regarding weapons, equipment and field ops sounded a bit strange, as if he wasn't sure as to what he was talking about, and some was just out and out wrong.

All in all, I think Swafford is a very good writer and I did enjoy reading his book, but it was obviously writing from his and only his perspective, despite the implication that such an attitude is wide spread.

The Marine Corps is what you make of it, and given his past and obvious issues - he seemed to see everything in a negative light.

His book didn't portray the average Marine by any means, and I hope the movie will put the focus where it belongs, on one Marine's experiences based on past emotional and psychological pain brought into his new enviorment.

http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?na...ama&studio=TBA[/code]

I'll perfer to read the book theres more in there than a 2hr movie.

I heard about it too!

It will be out there in theaters the first week of November and seems to be dedicated to the memory of WW I

saw it 2 nights ago pretty good

How would you rate it, FULLMETALJACKET? I want to see it, but there's something inside me that says, don't see it, it is not worth it. I just don't want to waste my money on an ok movie.

i ve heard that its good from some people but then from retired and current Marines ive heard it was dumb but i havnt seen it myself yet to make a decision for myself