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Freaknik: The Musical (2010)
An interesting adventure through hip hop and animation
I saw Adult Swim's advertising blitz for Freaknik and was so annoyed by it I watched the show out of spite. I actually hoped that it was bad I could keep complaining about the direction they are taking on some of their animated shows. I was pleasantly surprised.
If Freaknik is any indication to what Adult Swim is going to put out in the future, I'm excited. I grew up in Atlanta and I remember Freaknik coming through the city. I had no idea how they would make this into an animated TV show and honestly thought they were going to screw up.
The show had a rather silly plot with a lot of small jokes scattered throughout it. I had to watch it again because I giggled at things characters said (or just Lil John going "WHAT?!" in the background) and missed some dialog. The music in it is pretty good and it's really amazing to see so many artists collaborate on something and have it turn out pretty well. Very entertaining and easily re-watchable.
Jarhead (2005)
If you want a "war" movie, don't go see "Jarhead"
It's amazing what previews can do for you. I came into Jarhead expecting a slightly critical movie about the combat in Desert Storm. While the movie was set in Kuwait/Iraq and it had marines, it was not a true war movie (FYI: I consider war movies to be like "The Longest Day", "Private York", "Full Metal Jacket", "We Were Soldiers", etc.). Aside from no actual combat, the movie was OK. However it seemed to drag on half way through and never pick up and get really interesting. While you can label me jingoistic ignorant American for not liking this movie for not having any real fighting, keep in mind I gave it a 5. It was OK. Not great, not awful, just OK. I compare this movie to "Full Metal Jacket" without any actual combat.
Don't go expecting a war movie, go expecting a drama about one marine's experience in Desert Storm which seems to spend more time criticizing the war than actually making the movie really interesting.