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Summary: what a waste of money and time.
Review: Terrible movie. Why would a woman want to be a SEAL?No, I have nothing against women. And why have all the men in in the military be seen as arrogant jerks? I have never had anything against women, and I don't approve of Viggo beat Moore up and then trying to rape her. (Why do that? To teach her a lesson? To not go where men do? To put her back in her place? That is sick. And I don't consider that weedng out people like her to be right. Rape? no way jose')
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Summary: There should have been more Viggo!
Review: I honestly don't know what possessed Ridley Scott to make this movie. It seems to have all the hallmarks for his particular style (military toys and a swashbuckling female). But the movie is well intended failure. It's main asset and ultimate flaw is Demi Moore. She embodies one track determination with such fierceness. You can't help but root for her. However she treats all her costars as if they are getting in the way of her pumped up body display. She acts as if her head shaving is the ultimate cinematic moment of the movie. Then Scott treats us to numerous images of Moore working out. I felt as if I were stuck in a brutal workout video. As for her physique, five years ago her shape seemed way outrageous. But now Moore doesn't seem all that muscular. I guess that is a big indicator of how much society's conception of female beauty has changed. Despite Demi's frantic exercising and sailor blue cursing, this movie is stolen by Viggo Mortenson's mysterious Master Chief Urgayle. What Moore lacks in depth, Mortenson fills in with numerous conflicted emotions. While the movie doesn't play up sexual tension, Mortenson drops subtle hints that he may find Moore's O'Neill alluring. Urgayle is already confused about his calling in life. He gives out brutality during SEAL training only to ponder his job in private by reading sensitive literature. O'Neill's presence makes his ambivalence more apparent. He alternately protects and abuses her, bouncing from one emotion to the next. He barges in on her in the shower, all to make a big show of how unattractive he thinks she is and yet spies on her at the local PX by hiding behind the produce shelves. What about his short-shorts? Whats up with that? It all culminates in a lustful, psychotic rage at SERE camp, when Urgayle beats then attempts to rape O'Neill. The movie tries to make an argument that all conflicts are resolved between the two of them. But I think someone forgot to tell Viggo this. Because after this gruesome scene, his Urgayle again gives O'Neill predatory glances at a local bar. He shows a slight disconcerted flutter at her return to training (after a strange interlude of smear campaign against O'Neill). Urgayle botches a mission by trying to protect O'Neill. He seems to come clean at the end by giving her his prized medal and book of poems (by the always sexy D.H. Lawrence). It is this performance that gives the movie a chilling, seductive pull. But Mortenson should have been acting against a brick wall. Moore's complete disregard of his performance makes you wonder why Urgayle is obssessed with all things O'Neill. Anyway, the movie feels lacking whenever Mortenson is not present. Why hasn't he now transcended all the low cal male stars such as that Matt Affleck duo, and taken a place beside the real stars such as Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, and Russell Crowe? As fun as The Lord Of the Rings is, Mortenson is shuffled aside by midgets and computer monsters. We need more Viggo in star roles at the movies! I don't know what D.H. Lawrence would think about the use of his sensitive couplets during brutal military training. Perhaps the author "Of Human Bondage" would not find it insulting.
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Summary: An awesome movie
Review: This movie is definitely in my top 20. Whenever I need a little inspiration in my military life I pop this movie in the DVD player. Demi Moore gives an awe-inspiring performance as a Naval officer chosen to be the guinea pig in a "men-only" training environment. Being in a male-dominated field in the Air Force, I can certainly understand what her character is going through. Besides, the shape she had to get in to perform this role is enough to validate purchasing this movie.
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Summary: Very Viggo
Review: Whether you can take Demi or leave her...ya gotta admit Viggo cuts a fine figure. A star making performance. One always remembers the DI's. Nice jingoistic little film, proving once again that the US is behind the rest of the world in social issues.
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Summary: G.I. Jane
Review: What a dum stupid movie, big Hollywood money wasted. What the film makers and writers thinking, that one day women will be able to make it into Special Ops, like in the Army Special Forces, Delta Force, Navy Seal and Army Rangers. Special Ops is a man's world, the good old boys network. Even with that scence of a female senator helping Demi Moore make it and not be treated differently in training, does not work in the real world. No woman senator, will do that in the real world even with all the powers they got as a senator. Women should just stick to non special ops when joining the military like flying a attack chopper, work on a battle ship, carrier, be a fighter pilot in a f-14, f-18, and be part of non Special Operation forces like, the Army Air Caverly, Marine Expeditionary Units, the Army's Infantry Brigade and so on. Do the film makers think that in the real world women can do CQB, HALO and HAHO jumps, in to the jungles(Army Special Forces)and the ocean near the beach(Navy Seals), swim so far with their boots on in jungle rivers, live off the land and hang from a Blackhawk chopper. Those are just some of the things of Special Ops. The one thing best said was from one of this season epiosde of JAG, in which Mac had to go help a female Marine, afterwards, back at JAG Headquater AJ the head og JAG and Navy Seal during NAM called her in. The one thing MAC asked was "Do you think a woman will ever be a Navy Seal?" and AJ said "no" I have to say that sums it all up about women in Special Ops. I have never seen this movie and never will. I don't own it on DVD or VHS, and at any price it is not worth owning it in my view.
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Summary: People just don't understand...
Review: Do you know what the Navy SEAL/s do? Do you know their importance? Do you know how ... our government is? Probably not. You may think you know, but chances are, you are missing some key points. This movie does an excellent job of portraying the rigors of Navy SEAL training and the problem our military faces today...women fighting in combat. As a member of the Armed Forces, I view this movie as a good learning experience. Demi Moore plays an excellent part of a Navy Officer who is selected to train in Cornado, Califronia. This is the most intense training in the entire world. Although, some of the training in the movie is fake, it gives a good overview of BUD/s (Basic Underwater Demolition School). There are many other aspects in BUD/s training that the movie left out such as the Diving Phase, demolition/reconnaissance/land warfare phase. If a women can meet all the requirments a man can make, without cutting the corners, then there is no problem with women being in combat. All standards must be the same as the men. Good movie.
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Summary: A BIRD WILL FALL FROZEN DEAD...
Review: ...FROM A BOUGH WITHOUT EVER HAVING FELT SORRY FOR ITSELF Demi Moore puts her body through some real physical trials for her roles. It is too bad that she is not much of an actress, and if she is, she has been hiding behind some rather bad film scripts. The concept here is a bit too unbelievable, with a US Senator (Anne Bancroft, who is excellent in her role) tapping into the voice of her constituency in a bid to try to equalise the playing field between men and women in the military. However, her motives are purely selfish, and when Navy woman Jordan O'Neil (Demi Moore) signs on to be the test case as the first woman to try to become a Navy Seal, the Senator not only stops backing O'Neil at a pivotal point, she herself sabotages the success O'Neil achieves in her Seal training. Overall you get a view of the grueling nature of the training and also get to see the commander's soft side when you realise at the end that he quotes poetry to the new recruits (although he does so in such a way that you may not realise it is poetry until he gives his copy of DH Lawrence to O'Neil after the most fantasy-laden combat scene has ended, and he ultimately owes his life to O'Neil. Of course, if you were observant, which is it somewhat difficult to do while watching this film, you will catch the commander reading a lot of erudite literature throughout the film. For example, a book by acclaimed South African JM Coetzee).
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Summary: Sad, sad, sad...
Review: I guess the one star would be for Ridley Scotts direction, but the star's only there 'cause I can't go any lower. Ridley Scott is a great director, but the story is completely impossible. The physical requirements alone to be a SEAL knock Demi Moore right out of the "plot". Very sad...
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Summary: SEALs are Excellent Support for the First Team
Review: The Navy Seals get a lot of publicity, and they are extremely competent -- which likely is why they were chosen as the foil for political correctness in this film -- but if you analyze this plot carefully, the conclusion is unexpected though quite apparent. A woman trains with Seal candidates. While on a final qualification exercise, her group is activated for a live mission. They perform the mission successfully. So what was that mission? A U.S. satellite had crashed in an enemy country. A small unit of soldiers parachuted deep into enemy territory, avoided detection, located the satellite and carried it out, by hand and on foot, to the rendezvous point, where the Seals waited to assist their retrieval. So, who performed the REAL dirty work here? Answer: The U.S. Army Rangers. When the mission is the toughest,the United States always sends in our First Team to do the hardest part.
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Summary: ONE SAD SACK
Review: I didn't check this one out at the theaters, so recently, a friend let me borrow the dvd. Let's start with bald-headed women: Sigourney Weaver in Alien 3-good. Demi-hilarious! She just looked awfully disproportioned to the rest of her face! I found it distracting as hell. How does one get uglier? Shave their head. I found the story lacking any intensity, especially for a Ridley Scott film. The only interesting part of the film is "Jane's" brutal fight/confrontation with her Master Chief played by Viggo Mortensen . That's it. After that, the movie slows to a dull combat sequence. A waste of time. One star for Ridley Scott's attempt at good filmaking. That's it.
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