Demi Moore plays the first woman ever to be accepted for Navy SEAL training. Anne Bancroft plays the senator who sponsored her but secretly wants her to fail. Viggo Mortensen is the hardass drill sergeant who I think is secretly in love with Demi Moore even though he doesn’t admit it during the movie. Ridley Scott directed, so the movie looks and sounds great. Demi shaves her head and tells Viggo to “Suck my dick.” All the other SEALS-in-training start shouting, “Suck my dick!” at each other. It becomes their rallying cry. That will put the fear in the hearts of America’s enemies.
When I first saw G.I. Jane, I really liked it. I got really caught up in whether or not Demi Moore would complete her training and prove all the chauvinists wrong. Rewatching the movie today, I realized that it was silly for me to worry about whether or not Demi Moore would become a SEAL. Of course she does! If she didn’t, the movie would be a real downer. This movie was made back when Demi Moore was always cast as serious women who never laughed and who were always intense. If they didn’t let Demi Moore become a SEAL, she would have burned down the entire Navy.
Rewatching, I still liked the movie. Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen having a glare-off? Be still my beating heart! Demi Moore wants to become a SEAL but Sen. Anne Bancroft betrays her. So much for sisterhood! Is the movie saying that women belong in combat but not the Senate? It better not be! Maybe we need a sequel where Demi Moore takes down the new Ayatollah and then runs for the Senate.
I wanted to end this review by telling you about the real first woman to complete Navy SEAL training but I discovered that hasn’t happened yet. Hopefully, it will soon. Demi Moore didn’t shave her head for nothing.
Through the Shattered Lens 