Jarhead takes place in the late 1980s. It is about Anthony Swofford, Jake Gyllenhaal, who becomes a sniper during the Gulf War. He is sent to Saudi Arabia and after days and days of boredom and heat Desert Strom takes place. This exposes Anthony Swofford to actual war. He sees dead bodies, burned bodies, and he gets a chance to do some killing himself. While Jarhead is about a young mans journey through war Brokeback Mountain is about two young mans journey through abnormal love. Ironically Casanova is a love story as well. Casanova, Heath Ledger, is in love with his friend Francesca. Although he is in love with some one else he is engaged to Victoria who is in love with Francesca’s brother. Throughout the love triangle and secrecy Casanova is brought by the Catholic Church to be trial for being an unorthodox catholic. Although a love story Casanova is nothing like the love story of Brokeback Mountain. Both Jarhead and Casanova show the struggle of manly men. Ones that go to war, have a healthy and wild sex life, and are just the epitome of men. Even though Cowboys are very manly being a homosexual usually is associated with being very feminine. Viewers can tell that Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger were a little uncomfortable in their characters because of the social life they took apart of during the filming of Brokeback Mountain. Jake Gyllenhaal continuously reinforced that we was not gay while Heath Ledger had an affair with a women from the film. This does not mean they are uncomfortable with the lifestyles of homosexual, I think it just means they do not want to be taken away from their manly persona.
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