Excellent movie, but don't go if you're expecting "Saving Private Ryan"

Rating: 10/10 (5 November 2005)

Like I said, this movie is a great movie, but don't go if you're expecting some violent war movie (like "Saving Private Ryan"). It has its emotional moments, has plenty of crude yet pure humor, pervasive strong profanity and two sexual scenes. Overall, I rated this with a 9/10. It could've deserved a 10 if there was just a BIT of action, but I'm not going to go out on that because I thought "Jarhead" is definitely the best movie of the year thus far. Some parts are abrupt, but nonetheless the way they filmed the movie makes all the difference, and the acting is beyond terrific. In fact, even if you ARE expecting a violent war movie -- disregard that thought, accept this as the movie that it is, and go see it anyways.