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Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Jarhead |
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Anthony Swofford is a 20-year-old marine serving in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Jarhead shows the experiences he and the other marines go through as they train, and then wait in the desert for months and months for the war to erupt.
Desert Shield is a harsh waiting game, and the marines must deal day-to-day with the grueling realities of boredom in the harsh desert environment. They wait for letters from their girlfriends and wives, but how long will they be away before their significant others turn to infidelity?
When war finally does erupt, the marines find themselves out of the action, all of the real fighting going to the pilots.
--Sarah Bastin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Jarhead |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Marines
Specific to
- Desert Storm
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- very short/crewcut (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Setting
United States
Yes
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Desert?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--men
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 4 (a fair amount)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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 Sarah Bastin
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