one_pure_thought

I just finished watching that movie JARHEAD. I gotta say, that movie filled and renewed some deep buried hole in my brain.

Masculinity.

after watching that movie I really had a lot better understanding of the brotherhood, boredom and insanity that comes with being in the military. Or I at least understand what the director wanted to show me. But I gotta tell you. There were definite times in that movie where I was like. "Fuck, this shit is awesome." Even when I knew it wasn't. They had this devil's advocate character in their the whole time to ground the movie, but that was just to give the movie grounding.

It wasn't about politics or war. It was about hunger. Being trained and dedicated long enough at something that it's really ALL YOU WANT TO DO. How insanity can accompany boredom. How everything is broken down into goals and values like drinking beer and getting fucked are of the highest proirity at all times.

I like the idea of that. Probably not for the reality though.