Jarhead [Blu-ray]

Jarhead [Blu-ray] Review

I am not a huge fan of war movies in general. I find them all too often rather boring and redundant. I know that they have a huge fanbase but I just never found myself in that select group. I have enjoyed a few to an extent, but in general, if it's going to be a war movie, I much prefer the kind that involves bows and arrows and spears and armor, not guns and tanks. I think that it is my predisposition to war films that actually made `Jarhead' stand out to me as so well done. It is far from your typical war movie, mostly because the war is not a major character in the film. It is more a haunting enigma that hangs over the heads of every character in the film, a hushed secret that keeps eluding them the more they desperately reach out for it.

Anthony Swoffard is reaching pretty high.

`Jarhead' is based off of the memoir written by Swoffard. I have not read the book, although I hear that it is fantastic. It chronicles (as does the movie) the action, or lack there of, that takes place while these young men train to kill. What I loved so much about this film is that it really captures that desperation, that longing for purpose that these young men go through while separated from all they know and love.

Not too long ago I was on a cruise with the wife and we were talking with the other couples at our dinner table (whom we had never met before), one of which was on leave to get married and was going to be returning to active duty overseas. During our conversation he commented that a lot of the soldiers he knew, young soldiers, were there for the `thrill'. We collectively (at least the men at the table) agreed that a big draw for young ones to join the army is to get to try in real life what they spend hours doing in videogames. Even the `Army Now' campaigns on television focus on the action, the fighting, the `thrill'.

`Jarhead' exposes the reality behind that `thrill'.

Thanks to some very competent performances, `Jarhead' becomes impeccable. I have raved and then bashed Gyllenhaal in my reviews and in conversations. He has talent, he just doesn't always capitalize on it. This same year he did `Proof' and `Brokeback Mountain'. In my initial review for `Brokeback Mountain' I raved Gyllenhaal, but after subsequent viewings I realized how `out of place' he seemed at times. In `Proof' (which I have yet to review) he is just forgettable. In `Jarhead' he is marvelous. There is a quality to his eyes that portray an almost confused curiosity, as if he wants to know more but is afraid of what he'll learn. He conveys that so well here. Jamie Foxx also steps up his game by sinking into what could have been a generic and clichéd character and giving him a little extra life. The slew of supporting actors, not the least of which is Lucas Black, really bode well with the film and its purpose and deliver exceedingly well.

But, if you have read the four reviews that preceded this one you will know that this review was inspired by one man and one man alone; Peter Sarsgaard.

This is my favorite performance by Peter and truthfully one of the best supporting performances of this past decade. He has such power and control and dynamic character development. What is so wonderful about this performance is that he truly plays `supporting' very well. Throughout the first two thirds of the film he almost disappears behind the man that is Gyllenhaal, allowing the film to really root in Swofford's character. He makes a statement, sure, and he becomes that secondary character you want to learn more about, but he never crosses that line with showy actorly acrobatics. And then the sniper scene comes and this man crumbles and I was literally BLOWN away (seriously, best single sequence of acting in the year that was 2005). Everything that he has been gradually building up to just unloads in a single breathtaking scene. This mans entire existence shatters and leaves us with a devastating climax.

Sam Mendes is a director who I really have a lot of respect for. He has gotten a bad rap for winning the Oscar so soon (first film, `American Beauty') but his following films have proven his talent. While `Road to Perdition', `Jarhead' and `Revolutionary Road' all have there drawbacks (`Jarhead' doesn't really have one for me, but I understand why others find it less than rewarding, especially if they were expecting a generic `war' movie) they also exude a distinct knowledge of subject by Mendes. He understands how to create something that titillates the senses (`Perdition's' rain soaked sets, `Jarhead's' sun cloaked bodies, `RR's' rooms bathed in white) but also delivers a profound blow. I think that for a young director he has built for himself quite the resume (I still have not seen `Away We Go', but as per usual with Mendes, it has its raving and its scathing reviews).

If you are looking for something that is less typical and more thought provoking; less generic and predictable and more emotionally investing then I highly recommend you seek out `Jarhead' immediately. If you are looking for your average `blow `em up' type war film then stay far, far away.

Jarhead [Blu-ray] Overview

Genre: Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 25-NOV-2008
Media Type: Blu-Ray

Jarhead [Blu-ray] Specifications

Based on Anthony Swofford's excellent memoir about his experiences as a Marine Sniper in Gulf War I, Jarhead is a war movie in which the waiting is a far greater factor upon the characters than the war itself, and the build up to combat is more drama than what combat is depicted. To some viewers hoping for typical movie action, this will seem like a cruel joke. But it's not. It's just the story as it was written, and if you liked the book, you will probably like the movie. If you didn't, then the movie won't change your mind.

The movie follows the trajectory of Swofford (played with thoughtful intensity by Jake Gyllenhaal) from wayward Marine recruit (he joined because he "got lost on the way to college") to skilled Marine sniper, and on into the desert in preparation for the attack on Iraq. No-nonsense, Marine-for-life Staff Sgt. Sykes (Jamie Foxx), the man who recruited Swofford and his spotter Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) into the sniper team, leads them in training, and in waiting where their lives are dominated by endless tension, pointless exercises in absurdity (like playing football in the scorching heat of the desert in their gas masks so it will look better for the media's TV cameras), more training, and constant anticipation of the moment to come when they'll finally get to kill. When the war does come, it moves too fast for Swofford's sniper team, and the one chance they get at a kill--to do the one thing they've trained so hard and waited so long for--eludes them, leaving them to wonder what was the point of all they had endured.

As directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty), the movie remains very loyal to the language and vision of the book, but it doesn't entirely work as the film needs something more than a literal translation to bring out its full potential. Mendes's stark and, at times, apocalyptic visuals add a lot and strike the right tone: wide shots of inky-black oil raining down on the vast, empty desert from flaming oil wells contrasted with close-ups of crude-soaked faces struggling through the mire vividly bring to life the meaning of the tagline "welcome to the suck." But much of the second half of the movie will probably leave some viewers feeling disappointed in the cinematic experience, while others might appreciate its microcosmic depiction of modern chaos and aimlessness. Jarhead is one of those examples where the book is better than the movie, but not for lack of trying. --Dan Vancini

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UFC 100 Making History: Lesnar vs. Mir [Blu-ray]

UFC 100 Making History: Lesnar vs. Mir [Blu-ray] Review

I saw this live on PPV when it happened on July 11th, and couldn't wait to get the Blu Ray. The blu ray for the most part, is fantastic. The HD presentation is 1080i, but looks as good as the HD broadcast on ppv. The card itself is awesome. The prelims were also great too. The bonus features include some promos for other products, nothing special. The real treat though was the behind the scenes look at ufC 100, which showed a lot of cool stuff. Also, the countdown to UFC 100 show was a nice compliment to UFC 100 and gets you hyped for the fights.

The only gripe I have, that keeps this from getting a 5/5, was that it seems the program is edited in a distracting way at times. For example, the entrance music tracks have been replaced by non-licensed royalty free music. Watching the PPV, I remember Frank Mir walking in to Kanye's "Amazing", but here it is replaced by a generic drum and base instrumental which sounds aweful. You can still hear the original entrance song in the background, although faint. It's an ugly effect. Also, some of the commentary is edited out, and Brock's famous rant at the end also got edited. He says most of the things, just not the bud light diss. Overall a great package still, but would have been better if it were unaltered.

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UFC 100 Making History: Lesnar vs. Mir [Blu-ray] Overview

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Street Date: 10/20/09
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Spy Game [Blu-ray]

Spy Game [Blu-ray] Review

I am not a great action movie fan - but I will watch almost anything associated with Robert Redford, whose "Three Days of the Condor" and "All the President's Men" are among my all-time favorites; as is "A River Runs Through It," his first collaboration with Brad Pitt. So, I figured, with these two in co-starring roles I couldn't really go wrong with "Spy Game"; and I certainly wasn't disappointed.

Told from a 1991 perspective - two years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, when the CIA changed from an agency run by operatives with field experience to one run by "suits" - "Spy Game" flashes back to the cold war, when American politics' overriding goal was to outmaneuver the Russian-controlled communist block; although Middle Eastern politics eventually did add more complexity. (Shot before, but released after September 11, 2001, as director Tony Scott and producers Douglas Wick and Marc Abraham note on the DVD's commentary tracks, the WTC attack had some effect on the editing process). The story begins with CIA operative Tom Bishop (Pitt)'s capture during an unauthorized rescue attempt in a Chinese prison, resulting in his former supervisor Nathan Muir (Redford)'s summons, on his last day in office, to a meeting of the agency's top brass, for an account of their operations between 1975 (their first meeting in Vietnam) and 1985 (their last operation in Beirut). However, already tipped off to Bishop's capture by an old confidant in the U.S. embassy in Hong Kong, as Muir gives his report his suspicion is quickly confirmed that his information won't be used to save Bishop but to construe a reason to let the Chinese execute him. So it is left to Muir, several thousand miles away, to come to his former protege's aid; and in so doing, break all his rules of survival: Put away some money to retire in a warm spot, never touch that money for anyone, never risk your life or career for an outsider, and if an agent goes "off the reservation" (engages in an unauthorized operation), don't go after him trying to pull him out.

Of course, most of this has been done before; in the aforementioned Redford movies, countless other celluloid tales of the past 50 years and the novels of writers who have built entire careers on this kind of material, from John le Carre to Tom Clancy and Frederick Forsyth. But "Spy Game" was directed by Tony Scott, who, like his brother Ridley, has already left his mark on the genre (see "Enemy of the State" and "Crimson Tide") and, with his arts and advertising background, understands that action movies are about visuals at least as much as about plot and character development: weak editing and camerawork will sink an action thriller as assuredly as weak acting. And Scott's direction is spot-on, in his choice of camera angles, movement and even coloring (providing every chapter with a unique color scheme), as well as his editing, so fast-paced that there are several details you only pick up on in your second or third viewing. Even in the largely static scenes in the CIA conference room, thanks to numerous small tricks, great dialogue and a cast of outstanding actors - including Stephen Dillane as Muir's intra-agency opponent Harker and Larry Bryggman as CIA vice-director Folger - Scott never loses the viewer's interest.

I do have a few issues with "Spy Game" - leaving aside that, as in most spy flicks, there are some sequences where I have to suspend just a bit too much of my disbelief (like the East Berlin sequences of the operation used to set up American mole Anne Cathcart [Charlotte Rampling] and parts of Muir's rescue operation for Bishop), I think it is a pity that a director/producer team otherwise so focused on authenticity didn't realize how many people would remember Robert Redford's looks in films like the above-mentioned ones, i.e. from the mid-1970s, coinciding with this movie's Vietnam and Berlin episodes; for although Redford has definitely gained in class and authority with his growing number of facial lines, which well behoove Tom Bishop's mentor, arguably there should have been at least some visible age difference between Muir's 1975 and 1991 looks. And just as an aside, from a native Berliner: Guys, much as I applaud your choice to substitute nightly Budapest streets for those of cold-war East Berlin, you shouldn't also have filmed the rooftop scene there, because neither the city's overall look nor its topography pans out to those who actually knew Berlin then. (Not to mention the "vopos"' obvious Hungarian accents and a few other details I won't go into here.)

But overall this movie is certainly a cut above the rest of its class, due to great directorial work as much as that of Redford, Pitt and Catherine McCormack as Elizabeth Hadley, the woman who finally comes between them in Beirut: Redford as the inscrutable, controlling master spy - whose past is, unlike in the original screenplay, kept suitably ambiguous -, Pitt as the young gun, aptly codenamed "Boy Scout," who is not above exploiting "assets" for an operation's sake but does fall in love with the wrong woman at last, and McCormack as the tough, no-frills activist whose feelings for Bishop ultimately endanger not only him but also herself. - Last but not least, Harry Gregson-Williams's soundtrack deserves special mention: With an excellent blend of classic rock tunes (Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" and Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms" ... where are these on the soundtrack CD???) and a score alternating between middle eastern and Asian melodies, a boy soprano (Bishop & Hadley's love theme) and techno grooves, it is always in tune with the action and provides a perfect frame for the movie's voyage from Langley to Vietnam, Berlin, Beirut and China. This may not be one of film history's all-time greatest moments - but it is a well-crafted thriller and definitely worth watching if you're looking for some action.

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Three Days of the Condor
Sneakers (Collector's Edition)
The Recruit
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Smiley's People
The Day of the Jackal
The Fist of God
Shibumi: A Novel
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Spy Game [Blu-ray] Overview

Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/19/2009 Run time: 127 minutes Rating: R

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Galapagos [Blu-ray]

Galapagos [Blu-ray] Review

Incredible footage on par if not better than Planet Earth. The BBC has really done a wonderful job. The narrator's voice doesn't quite give me that "Child listening to grandpa tell a story" feeling that I get when I hear David Attenborough (sp?) talk. The film manages to touch upon the subject of conservation without being rediculously preachy. Thankfully, Galapagos does not speak of the fictional boogeyman of manmade global warming(or does it so briefly that I cannot remember), so I didn't have to roll my eyes or laugh at the absurdity of the idea at any point in the documentary.

One fixation the show has is on Charles Darwin. I am a believer in evolution, however, God designed his creations with that ability, ironically leaving humans to be largely unchanged (with the exception of our minds). Thankfully, Galapagos also avoids the sensitive subject of religion and manages to see Darwin's observations as simple science, leaving religion up to the viewer. One thing I do find myself wondering while watching is, "How can someone see things as beautiful as the life in this documentary and not believe that a perfect Being created it all?". Yes...Galapagos IS that breathtaking.

Galapagos [Blu-ray] Overview

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/02/2007 Rating: Nr

Galapagos [Blu-ray] Specifications

While its title may be superfluous, Galapagos: The Islands That Changed the World is a beautifully filmed journey into "the islands of the tortoise." Located due west of Ecuador, the Galapagos islands are full of gorgeous scenery and exotic wildlife. And this 150-minute documentary shows it all, thanks to stunning cinematography shot from all viewpoints--the air, sea and, of course, land. The collection is both soothing and exhilarating as it allows viewers to peek in on mating albatrosses (which are monogamous), penguins fishing, and surprisingly graceful giant tortoises swimming in the ocean. The filmmakers also manage to capture a ferocious volcanic eruption that is amazing in its clarity. The problem with many documentaries lies in the narration. A documentary filmmaker hits the jackpot when he is able to get someone like Sigourney Weaver, whose crisp narration fits in beautifully with the sweeping footage in Planet Earth. While Tilda Swanton lends a relaxing quality to Galapagos, her voice at times is a bit too lulling to hold the viewer's interest. The writing also borders on melodramatic, with talk of the simmering sea and such. With visuals as stunning as this, hyperbole is unnecessary. Charles Darwin has described the Galapagos as a world within itself, and it is said that the islands were one of his inspirations for his book The Origin of Species. While the film doesn't clearly explain why the Galapagos are unlike any other place on earth, it does showcase a destination that is unlike what most of us know. --Jae-Ha Kim

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