True- Nothing Happened

Rating: 7/10 (9 November 2005)

'Jarhead' does an admirable job of portraying young Marines as they truly are in life. At times subtle-as-a-flying-mallet with a dash of torrets syndrome. The feeling that 'nothing happened' is bound to be the underlying emotion after seeing the movie yet all one needs to do is consult the history books. For ground troops-nothing happened.
We get to see, instead of storming the beach scenes, young men attempting to cope with life in a prison like setting. Hell, even prisoners have better accommodations. Their battles are fought on the home-front as they attempt to maintain relationships while on seemingly endless deployments.
This picture is one of military life more than a war movie. We get a glimpse of a tragedy where nothing always happens.