I'm sorry it upset you! I just didn't happen to see it that way. I don't think there is any intended form of mocking involved towards military families. I think that's just the backstory of how the thriller begins.
I think the story is more about the relationship that emerged between Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal and how the jealousy begins to affect Tobey. I certainly understand you not wanting a topic like PTSD to be mocked, I just think this story is going to have more to do with the rivalry that lies between these two, at least that was my impression from Gyllenhaal's character's jail background vs. Tobey's character's more heroic life.
Bailee Madison, Carey Mulligan, Clifton Collins Jr.
BROTHERS tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to e...( read more
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November 9, 2009Not only am i not interested in seeing this movie it disturbes me that the writer would think it ok to make fun of military families in this way. I'm the daughter of a LTC and when soldiers come back they do NOT act the same. I'v had friends whose boy friends come back completely changed and might not ever recover. This movie is a slap in the face to every man and woman who has served and their entire families. I could barely sit through a less than 3 minute trailer of this shit.
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November 5, 2009They put a new trailer up today on Yahoo! Movies, and it looks WAY more intense than the first. Definitely has the thriller vibe to it now, and Tobey Maguire is certainly looking like he's going to do the chilling role justice.
http://movies.yahoo.com/holiday-movies/brothers/1809963453/trailers/241
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