Excellent tale of perseverance

Rating: Null/10 (20 April 1999)

To me, GI Jane is a very old-fashioned film: it's about persistence, about not giving up. Although violent and often unpleasant, GI Jane is, at its core, a very uplifting tale of one woman's determination to battle sexism in the military, and to meet the tough standards set by Navy SEAL training. In fact, another commenter rightly said that the film's focus was more on the training, than the combat. Yes, that is correct, because naturally, you have to pass SEAL training before you can go into combat as a SEAL! It's also for another, more subtle reason: that the best warriors are given the toughest, most combatlike training! I don't mean to speak for any of our brave men and women who fought in the Gulf War, but I do remember some of them (especially tankers) saying that their training was more rigorous than combat against Iraqi T-72's! Please don't watch GI Jane to see Demi Moore buffed out and dressed in a tight T-shirt, don't see it for the action, but see it, and be inspired by her courage and tenacity.