I’ve been waiting to get through my current list of books to reach Jarhead, but there’s so many in the way, at this rate I’ll be watching the movie and I really don’t think there will be any disappointment.
First up there’s the cast, Jake Gyllenhaal (better believe that was a copy and paste), Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Dennis Haysbert, Sam Rockwell and Chris Cooper. Superb stuff. Then add on Sam Mendes, an original novel (largely unhacked), and a huge piece of very controversial history still in the making, and you’ve got one hell of a stunning movie.
So that’s all well and good on paper, we’ve seen this kinda thing before and it’s turned out not so well on screen, so hold on a moment, select the Yahoo link for the trailer through Rope of Silicon, and then come back here and say what you think. (Well done Eugene!)
Me? Thanks for asking. I think it looks stylish, strong, and if they’ve stayed that close to the book, a lot of meat to think about. What do you think once you’ve seen the trailer? Seems to spark memories of a few other past movies too, and not in an altogether bad way?
