Thank god... Ooorah

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2005)

Something new, finally.
In the story that tells about the Persian Gulf War in 1991, Jake Gyllenhaal tells the story as the soldier Anthony Swofford, a soldier who experienced firsthand the war with the Middle Easterners. A war that was filled with boredom, and complete isolation from the rest of the world, and how the world on the other side responded to them, which was responded in a graphic, disturbing, and almost tragic, way.
As part of being one of the late contenders in the year, "Jarhead" is a success to those who were there, and a failure to those who sat in their chairs and watched it from the seat of their comfortable dens and family rooms. Staff Sgt. Sykes (Jamie Foxx), is portrayed in positive light, and enforces his presence with every demanding breath that he takes in, in this film, not only for the purpose of the demanding man that he was, but the way that the war, and the film itself, should have been demanded, in a form of respect.
Another pleasant surprise has been touched on the big screen a lot in the past couple of months, as Peter Sarsgaard delivers a stand up performance as Troy, the spotter for Swofford, who was the shooter in their sniper Platoon, in this amazing triumph for dignity, pride, and national respect for the country that one mush fight for in order to come back as a hero, and a well honored soldier, not a coward.
You're in the army now. Now get down and give me 50.