Nice director.

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2006)

I just LOVE this director American beauty and Jarhead..Great films, well acted, well directed. It can't be too much of a coincidence.
Well, i have to do 10 lines on this review but really i only want to say one thing and that is this: I love films that keep me watching, even when nothing is happening. That is this film. They're in Iraq, but what are they doing? Sitting around.
Don't get me wrong, things happen, dramatic things, life changing things..etc. This is all mixed in with fantastic little speeches from the fantastic character fantastically acted by Jake Gyllenhall, about merely nothing, just what they do in they're spare time while waiting. Which is just fun things.
This film is funny, moving and dramatic. There are shocking scenes, hilarious scenes and tear worthy scenes. Not American beauty 2, but its Jarhead, and thats something new.