Telling a story that is without meaning.

Rating: 2/10 (23 June 2006)

The debacle war themed film "Jarhead" is monotonis and without meaning. What could have been a nice film about the meaning of war, is destroyed in its decision to make the marines look meaningless. And in the end, making a story that resides into nothing.
Set in the early 1990's, during the war of desert storm. A young 20-year old private named Anthony Swofford is shipped out with a group of marines.
Carrying a story that has little meaning. "Jarhead" takes away the fighting and violence of war. To tell the story of what marines lives are like without the firing of the weapons. With unique story, "Jarhead" destroys it.
Having characters that have no care about fighting for there country, instead, wanting nothing more then to kill and kill again. The story drags and becomes as boring to a fault, while everyone walks aimlessly threw the Arab desert soaking in the boredom.
There is no emotional real emotional story to "Jarhead", and what emotion or care that these characters have is thrown to the waist side. As it does nothing to draw the viewer in, making its point clear that these aren't groups of brave people that are willing to die and fight for there country. They are all hicks, potheads, and the fodder of society that have nothing to live for anyway. Making all of those that fight in wars look like mindless rednecks that have a want to kill.
Even the special effect, of what there are, look fakes and weak. While these mindless soldier are running around wondering where to fire there weapon.
And when the war ends, and everyone can return to there families. All these people care about is there regret of not being able to kill anyone.
"Jarhead" makes no means to give the viewer a story, or a look at what war is in any form. And in the end makes a story that becomes as meaningless as possible. There is no powerful story, no meaningfull emotional conflict, and no point to soak in the monotonis boredom that comes from this empty will that shows a story that tell nothing.