Sam Mendes does it again

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 2005)

I hesitated to see American Beauty, thinking how much more is there to say about suburbia? I was wrong. Great movie. I hesitated to see Road to Perdition, thinking how many more mobster movies do we need? Good movie. Same thing again. I thought do we need another war movie especially now? I was wrong yet another time. JARHEAD is a great film.
I don't think it's anti-military at all. After all, it was written and edited by former military men. If anything, it shows the dangers they put themselves through, the sacrifices they make just so we can have the right to go on the internet and speak our mind.
For me, the movie was very profound. It has a universal theme we all can relate to. How to overcome one of life's greatest challenges: disappointment. Troy, a sniper, gets denied the chance to shoot the shot he's prepare for all his life. Swoff deals with the disappointment of losing his girl. The Vietnam soldier at the end dealing with the disappointment that he did not get the "Welcome Home" that he deserved. This movie was anything but a disappointment.