Overall decent

Rating: 7/10 (10 November 2005)

Jarhead was a decent movie overall, it was well put together and constructed and the visuals were very well done. Someone else commented that it was similar to Platoon, but it seemed to be more reminiscent of Full Metal Jacket than Platoon. The characters seemed a little flat, and I found it hard to become involved with the movie. The pace and the efforts of the cast did much more than the director (Sam Mendes) did for the movie.
As a side note, American Beauty was not one of my favorite films, it didn't draw me in, and I've had that problem with many of Mendes' films, I consider Road to Perdition his best one.