Its raining, raining oil

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2005)

i bought my ticket for jar-head with reservations. would i really believe that Donnie Darko could pull off the mentality of a marine sniper, one of the toughest and nastiest professions on earth second only to lion circumciser. Sam Mendes does it again. plain and simple this is a war movie that is not akin to any made today. the dialogue is as sharp as the bayonet they carry into battle. the action scenes are as good as black hawk down, and the character/actor resemblance is disgustingly amazing. Ray Charles can be a marine drill Sargent. Donnie Darko is a mentally torn apart sniper. the pure emotion that this film evokes is second only to Saving Private Ryan's first twenty minutes or the bathroom scene in full metal jacket. i gave this movie an 8 out of 10, but it was so close to a 9. it lost points in my book only twice, the startling resembles to FMJ in some of the opening scenes, and the male shower scene which is because i didn't see it coming and my homophobia was not ready for it. this movie is spectacular and will open your eyes to why we always must support our troops and malign the politicians who place the burden of freedom on the body bags of the willing.