interesting to say the least

Rating: 8/10 (23 January 2006)

I must say that before watching my expectations were that Jarhead was going to be another action based movie trying to make a point somewhere between the action scenes. I was wrong, the movie in my opinion shows a part of soldier life that is normally not ofter portrayed in Hollywood movies (or hardly any movie made anywhere). Most movies try to idolize war, a war full of heroes and tough guys. This movie shows part of another side of war, the boring and mind wrecking part. The part that contains hardly any fighting or heroism. Which doesn't give you the happy satisfaction feeling after wards, but makes you silent for a moment. Not silence in reverence or shock, but to process the concept.
In my opinion this is a movie that is well justified with the 7+ overall rating it has. Definitely worth seeing, even for those generally not attracted to war or action movies.