So....all marines are pathetic losers?

Rating: 2/10 (28 January 2007)

I watched "Jarhead" after my nephew told me how his marine unit reacted to it... He said they spent the night talking about what they'd do if they happened to run into the one of the filmmakers who put it out... One idea involved a tree, some rope, a long piece of string, and a lug wrench... That's all I'll say.
They were revolted by it and so was I. There wasn't a single redeeming moment in the entire film. Just one pathetic scene after another of incompetence, ignorance, and depravity, leaving viewers with the impression that these men, our U.S. marines, are the most pathetic people on the face of the earth.
If this is all the author gained from his experience over there, he should have shut the f-ck up and gone on with his life. He never saw or experienced real combat. He never earned the right to speak on behalf of the Corps. Seven marines died in the last 2 weeks in Iraq. Over 3000 soldiers dead since 2003--and these people decide to make a film showing them at their lowest, most degrading moments--based on the account of some jaggoff who never saw action? I agree with my nephew and his unit. You make me sick.