A different war movie (if it is).

Rating: 7/10 (6 June 2006)

Jarhead is a good movie that you should see. Although it has the same structure of war movies (training, war, conclusions), it isn't a war movie: you won't see spectacular battles and bloody tracks. On the contrary: all the situations that in a war movie would be filmed with a furious action scene, in JH are depicted with a strong slow down of tension and rhythm, as they happened out of time.The thoughts of Swofford (the protagonist) -filled of a bitter and grotesque humor- are really fantastic and analyze what's happening from a fascinating point of view, that makes laugh also in dramatic moments. The one bad aspect of the movie: not all the good promises of the first part are totally developed, and the central part sometimes seems only a patchwork of sequences. For these reasons it is worth a full 7. Nothing more. (sorry for the bad English)