The link to Michael Yon at the end of that article is not to be missed.

That guy is an awesome journalist.

But don't be surprised if the cost of getting this made is the insertion of a sympathetic "insurgent" who speechifies about the evil of American invading his sovereign country.

And hopefully, this "sympathetic insurgent" will be the guy who set off the bomb killing hundreds of children getting candy from marines. Might as well make it factual.

I can't wait for this movie. If Willis makes this, I hope it does for him what The Passion did for Gibson: Piss off Hollywood and make a ton of money.

I want a movie that shows us for what we are: the good guys, doing good works. Damn! I'd go see it.

By "we" I mean our servicemen and women. I can't claim any credit.

It's an exciting prospect but everybody's jumping the gun. Willis has expressed interest but this project is years away from the cameras. It may never get there at all.

If it does - and if Democrats don't manage to sabotage the war effort - the Iraq mission will already have succeeded. Willis' movie will be seen as a poet-war tribute to the heroes who made it possible.

Willis has got stones. If he gets this made, he can kiss any chance of ever getting a Oscar nomination away. Part of the man's cool factor is that he really doesn't seem to give a shit what the rest of his industry thinks.

Obviously I meant post-war rather than poet-war, which would be rather dull... Unless of course it was a poet-war SLAM!

Ace, did you see Bruce Willis's Tears of the Sun? In that one, the film makes it clear that Islamic hatred for Christians and Christianity is what is driving the genocide. There was no give in that film. If Bruce Willis has a hand in making Deuce Four, there'll be no Nazis and you can expect CAIR to come out howling about how we're making Muslims look bad. Yeah, right.

I second lauraw's comment. Read Yon's post. Excellent stuff. Pity it's so late over here (midnight), or else i just might read every single post in his blog...Hope he puts it on book!

PS: Since Yon mentioned it, i think it won't sound so bad if i do too. Is it just me, or are the wifes of those soldiers smoking hot? Damn them and their uniforms!

madneo, he does have a book out.

Obviously I meant post-war rather than poet-war, which would be rather dull... Unless of course it was a poet-war SLAM!

Which reminds me, didn't Ace promise to post poetry contest winners in the Loose Shit category? Did I miss that? Are we just going to have to relentless nag him until this gets done?

Cuz, my Ode to Ogden Nash was bested by Monty in the Integrity category, and I have come to accept that judgment. I now realize that the Ode to Ogden Nash was actually a Loose Shit entry. Yeah, that's what I intended all along.

This is a great, great story.

Bottom line: at some point, the sense of missing out on a huge chunk of money (think Mel Gibson's flick) will overwhelm standard-issue Hollywood leftism, and studios will want a share of this. At least when someone else has taken the initiative, as here.

Jarhead sucked. Its so obvious that his book is a recollection of marine corp wivestales.

The movie ratches this up a notch. Its supposedly about how awful it is for a warrior to be primed, but never to pull the trigger. Oh, or how he never shoulda been a marine. He can't decide. Ultimately, the movie really is about masterbation, not war.

I would like to watch a war movie about warriors doing some warring. Give me Black Hawk Down meets Thunderrun.

Honestly, all this hollywood shit about corporations and oil is so old. Nonetheless, the scary thing is is that there are no screenwriters that could write a gung ho, pro-American film. Maybe if Ace put down his 20 sided die and read Janes, he could get Willis' ear.

Anyway, I am glad they are losing money on their anti-war-prop. Maybe they will wake up if (and when) a duece four movie is a hit.

welcome to the party, pal...

I think Willis has enough pull (money) to make this happen, and soon.

A well directed, relatively low budget PRO US, PRO MILITARY, PRO IRAQ WAR would make a boatload of money. And Willis has been openly and actively supporting the troops throughout -- and not that "I support the troops, but..." bullshit. He would do a truely fair and accurate representation of the facts, which would inherently be PRO US.

And if he does it, it would move him up from the just-a-half-step-above-B-Grade-movie-guy to full-fledged "action hero" in the John Wyane catagory, something I don't think we have really had since the Duke died.

-- fret

Btw, Foxx was the best part of Jarhead.

I love this job.

But I really want another Master and Commander.

Give me a good pro-american movie and I will be there.

I'm in the 1-24 infantry, the unit that this movie is supposed to be about. I am good friends with michael yon, and have talked to him recently. If you have read his blogs, you would know that this movie would not only just include the fire fights that we've been in, but the good iraqi families that we have met, and that have taken us in to their homes...