Awesome

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2005)

I found it to be realistically refreshing. The movie isn't based on trivial Hollywood portrayal of military life and that is what I enjoyed the most. It is hardcore realism that covers most areas of a soldier's life while over in the dessert, going through basic(only a small portion) going through more training before being shipped overseas.
Many of my military friends that are in the Corps do not like this movie, because they felt the characters shouldn't be in the Corps in the first place...there is great pride that they hold for Country, Corps and God. But in Reality there are individuals without class or intelligence like that in every unit, the guys let off steam it is reality it is normal given an abnormal situation. I am saddened that more people won't see or understand the conversion to military life, that more civilian spouses or family members...to give them an inside view of what our men/women face overseas.
Go with an open mind and see and you will realize there is a big difference between military life and civilian life and this movie shows that, also everything you give up to do the job they do.