No Pleasing Hollywood In War Effort

JAKE GYLLENHAAL has shocked American Gulf War veterans by joking they did nothing but "masturbate" during their time in the desert in 1991. The cheeky 25-year-old stars in JARHEAD, a movie exposing the US soldiers' lack of combat in the Middle Eastern conflict. He said, "The US soldiers were sent to the desert for 122 days and they sat in the same tent and did nothing, except a little too much masturbating." from here

Evidently some believe our men and women at arms are deserving of ridicule whether, in their view, they fight too much, or too little. I wonder if the side-saddled, butt-munch Gyllenhall realizes less grunt contact means fewer deaths and causalities on America's behalf and stems from the type of mobile, high-tech dependent force structure Rumsfeld is determined to construct, despite criticism from the Left, the media and some old soldiers.

As I've said before, when actors open their mouths unrehearsed, especially on political, or war issues, it simply proves the need for script writers and directors to guide many of these trained monkeys around the stage and screen.

Comments

[kahlua]

In the words Laura Ingraham "Shutup and Sing" or act...

[splashtc]

Was sooo dissapointed with jarhead- Why even make it? Too bad we can't get refunds from all the bad movies being produced lately.

[SJ]

Just an FYI that the comment is about a character Gyllenhaal played in a movie. A character based on the real-life memoir of an actual Gulf War vet. The quote is taken out of context and altered. The actual quote:

Jake Gyllenhaal on Boredom as an Enemy: “I think a soldier’s mind is as great of an enemy in the field as bombs or bullets. I think that’s probably what I feel like the movie is about. That when you use these techniques and you teach someone and you harness a pure time or an instinct in them, and then they’re not allowed to express that, I think the mind is confused by that. And yeah, the boredom then, when the boredom sets in, when you realize we’ve been here for 122 days and we’ve been sitting in the same tent and I’ve done a little too much masturbating, because it’s like you know, I mean it’s true. Sad, but true.

The interview, which also details how Gyllenhall gained new respect for the military from reading the book and making the movie, can be found here: http://movies.about.com/od/jarhead/a/jarheadjg103105.htm