Talk:G.I. Jane

Demi Moore training
What is "lifting by one arm"? Plz explain. --Big gun 18:02, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

CRT
I'm watching GI Jane right now and it seems from the dialogue that CRT (Combined Reconaissance Team) is just another name for SEALs (at least in the context of the movie). The exact words are "I'd start with Combined Reconaissance Team, SEALs, 60% dropout rate. No woman's going to survive that." Is it just me or does that sound like CRT is just another name for SEALs, at least in the context of the movie? Bubbleboys 16:39, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * If you read the first paragraph, the opeing of the article:
 * G.I. Jane is a 1997 action movie that tells the fictitious story of the first woman to become a Special Forces Operator. Many believe the film shows Moore's character going through Navy SEAL training, but this is inaccurate. Several of her "classmates" are already SEALs. The training Moore undergoes is for a place on the non-existent "Combined Reconnaissance Teams," which apparently draw candidates from the entire military.
 * It states that the CRT is a fictional thing. In the movie, however, it states that CRT is just a special part of the military that "apparently draws candidates from teh entire military," including Navy SEALs, so therefore they are not the same thing.  SEALs + other people from military groups = CRT

When the graduate they get Budweisers. Big Mistake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.77.67 (talk) 03:03, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

An especially big mistake when you consider that BUD/S graduates don't get their Budweisers until after a 6 month probationary period.

The CO referred to ALL of the trainees as "Operators" early on in the movie. The one character who definitely was not an operator was Demi Moore's. I still like the movie, I just recognize that it's not real. I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.100.158.4 (talk) 07:51, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Correction: they don't get Budweisers at the end. The emblems they get are silver/grey, not gold. And there's no reason DEVGRU couldn't run such a program, since the DEV stands for DEVELOPMENT. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.77.67 (talk) 21:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

famous quote from the movie
ok, i realize that it is vulgar, but why is the most memorable quote from the movie excluded; "Suck my dick!"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.147.51.49 (talk) 21:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC).

Because most Wikipedia editors claim to have Asperger's to cover up their douchebaggery. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.176.11 (talk) 06:36, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Feminist Response
It would be nice to see a short section critiquing this fFilm fFrom the fFeminist perspective. While I enjoyed the movie a lot, I was surprised to learn fFeminist fFilm theorists have a lot of problems with this movie. Specifically, because O'Neil is only able to become an equal when she stops acting like a woman. Essentially, the movie is saying women can never get ahead, but if a woman becomes a man, then she may rise to an equal status. She stop having periods. She is embraced as an equal -- even a champion -- by her peers when she shouts the infamous "Suck my dick" line. And the single greatest blow to her is when she is revealed not just to be a woman, but a potential Lesbian, which introduces homophobia and other perils. Interesting points, since I rather expected this movie would be praised by fFeminists. Skotte 16:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Late reply but her stopping having periods was nothing to do with her being accepted. It's not something she could choose to do and I doubt the rest of the trainees even knew about it. It's just a common result of a woman being extremely stressed, physically or mentally. Even end of school year exams can mess up periods.109.148.131.23 (talk) 22:18, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Linking out
It'd be nice to have a few links to articles on women in military service, and particularly in the American military. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.50.187 (talk) 06:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Editing:
I don't know if this is just me, but I can't make sense of this: (last para)

The final phase of training ( operational readiness excercise ) where set in middle east in Libya where a recon sat powered by weapon grade Plotonium falled into libyan desert ( Mr. Qathafy back yard ), a team of US Army Rangers was sent to retrieve the bird which they managed to do but their exfil plan was failed so CRT team were sent to provide safe return to the Ranger team , during the mission Master chief were badly injured in the leg but saved by Lt. Jordan. In the base all those who participated in the mission were accepted to CRT, Master chief gave Jordan his Navy cross medal and the poem book as acknowledgment of her eligibility to join CRT

Anyone want to edit this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.116.184.155 (talk) 19:16, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

CRT
If you watch the movie very well then you will notice that Demi Moore was selected to train as a seal specificly Devgru ehich is shown on the papers presented to Moore from the senator, so i removed the section regarding CRT .--Max Mayr 21:48, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Anything that's actually in the movie is Original Research, so fuck you.

Unsourced and trivia
This information needs to be sourced before restoring back to the article. Also, trivia needs to be integrated into the article rather than listed as trivia per Trivia sections. -Classicfilms 15:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Demi Moore training
Demi Moore took her fictional training quite seriously, gaining the respect of her co-actors. Far from behaving as a primadonna, she was always punctual on the set and trained harder every day. In the end she was really capable of performing multiple one-armed push-ups as shown in the film. This female hero role puts this film close to the amazon feminism genre.

Trivia

 * The Master Chief's poem is by D.H. Lawrence, entitled "Self-Pity."
 * When the Master chief forces them to stay awake, the Opera background music is "O mio Babbino Caro" (from the opera Gianni Schicchi).
 * The Master Chief is seen reading an EM Forster novel at one point.
 * The line "When I see the sea once more / will the sea have seen or not seen me?" is from Pablo Neruda's poem XLIX, from The Book Of Questions.
 * Critics have called Moore's performance her best to date.
 * Demi Moore was trained by Scott Helvenston, a former SEAL instructor.

Controversy
Im surprised no one has mentioned the anual SEAL reunion debacle. Many SEAL's were offended and Demi Moore recieved strong backlash from Jesse Ventura.

You're talking about a guy who wasn't embarrassed to wear neon spandex on national TV in the 80s.--76.92.243.14 (talk) 21:41, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

-- You're also talking about a guy who thinks 9/11 was a USG job. But kudos to him for being UDT qualified, and serving with SEAL Team 1 during his Reserve duty. I certainly wouldn't fault him for being a member of the Mongols motorcycle club. He's what the gay community calls a "bear". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.176.11 (talk) 06:57, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

O'Neal Ringed out?
Maybe I missed something in the TV movie version, but I recall that O'Neal flat out told her CO (whatever his name is) that he could either let her train or throw her out when the charges came out, then after the result of that meeting, she charged out and hit the bell causing it to ring rather than ringing it herself implying not that she dropped out but rather that she was forced out with her smashing the bell indicating her rage at being thrown out. --Forgottenlord (talk) 12:52, 10 August 2009 (UTC) \

"she charged out and hit the bell causing it to ring rather than ringing it herself implying not that she dropped out but rather that she was forced out with her smashing the bell indicating her rage at being thrown out"

Dude, ringing the bell means "I quit". The CO or any of her training cadre could kick her out at any time. She QUIT. That's the major flaw in this movie.

Disclaimer: I would probably not last through the first week, either of this mythical CRT training, or actual SEAL training. I liked the movie and I respect D.M. for the physical training she did. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.176.11 (talk) 06:50, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Scene Locations: what locations in Florida were used?
The Subject Line is the question. Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Passinthru007 (talk • contribs) 13:03, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Scene Locations: California: Alabama Hills
"Libya" (in land) is filmed in Movie Flat in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California. The distant mountains has the zig-zag of the Cottonwood Lake road (quite evident). Lone Pine holds a fall film festival for the movies filmed here. 198.123.56.141 (talk) 17:16, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Waterboarding scene
The waterboarding page has settled down, and they have decided to keep the link to G.I. Jane (in the Examples in fiction) section. This page should at least make mention. Did Moore do the scene herself? 198.123.56.141 (talk) 17:10, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

The other "G.I. Jane"
How many know that there was another movie titled "G.I. Jane"?

Granted, it does not have its own Wikipedia listing/entry and it is nothing like the Demi Moore film.

But I think this 1951 movie starring Jean Porter and Tom Neal (who do have their own entries) should have its own entry.

In addition, and the main reason for this section, is that I think a warning or caveat needs to be placed at the beginning of this entry. Something like:  Not to be confused with the 1951 movie of the same name.

I have seen similar warnings/caveats on other Wikipedia entries.

Just a thought. 2600:8800:50B:6700:C23F:D5FF:FEC5:89B6 (talk) 09:02, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Op-ed
David Twohy wrote an op-ed in the LA Times in response to criticism. If the article article ever had a proper Production section it might then be possible to make use of this source, but it does not yet make sense to add it to the article. -- 109.76.153.9 (talk) 10:51, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

oscars incident
should we include the infamous oscars incident where will smith slapped chris rock? Dangervest69 (talk) 02:25, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned references in G.I. Jane
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of G.I. Jane's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "imdb": From Louis DiGiaimo:  From List of films shot in Lone Pine:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 20:04, 13 March 2023 (UTC)