i have done the research for my media As opening sequence and have decided to go towards the more cynical view of war that jarhead and hurt locker portrays. both of these films are based in iraq and while the start of the film is meant to be falklands i believe that the father son link jarhead works really well and want the film to be in iraq. also i believe that the type of war in iraq is far better than any other for portraying the horror of war instead of the glory. while i recognise that the men who knowingly and willingly sacrifice their life even if for the wrong reasons. i feel asthough the sacrafice of my personal pacafism is necassery for the audience to like the film and for the company to make a profit upon its releace. however i morally couldnt portray war in a good light and will still take the cynical route. however saving private ryan has massive profit margins and that is a film that puts soldiers in a heroic light and paints them as saviours. furthermore the film apocolypse now was a massive sucess and had the cynical anti war view in. this was due to the fact that it accurately represented the public view of the vietnam war. this is somthing i can use with the iraq war as many people see it as an illigal war and disagree. furthermore the british involvment in iraq was questionable in its reasons therefore my film will target this audience that holds the negative view of the iraq conflict