"It's not easy to make an interesting movie about men who are bored"
We went to see Jarhead, and it was a yawner. At least, for 20% of the party. The other 80% enjoyed it, so it's quite possible it actually is a good movie and just didn't work for me.
But my goodness, the journey was boring and there wasn't a destination. A documentary on me fixing breakfast tomorrow morning would be more entertaining.
It's a shame, because somebody told me the book was good. The movie came off as the clichéd stories about what you have to do to get people psyched up for killing while time goes by in the real world. Yes, I get that the movie is psychological; that's probably why it was so boring. It was like reading stereo instructions for the whole break 'em down/train 'em/pump 'em up/send 'em off to war process. It wasn't an enjoyable remake of a classic, and it didn't add anything new to the genre or have any points to make. Of course, it did happen to be a movie commercially released just before Veteran's Day. Hmmm...
...or maybe the couches at the Moolah Temple are just too comfy and most people will enjoy it.
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