Interesting "war" film

Rating: 8/10 (5 November 2005)

(This may have possible spoilers if you don't want to know anything about the content of this film.) This movie is quite different than the other war films I've seen. Instead of a lot of fighting we get to see how the conflict affects the 9 marines our story follows. These characters seem less worried about fighting and dying than they do about their significant others cheating. I never considered this before and it was interesting to see how this affected the soldiers. At the beginning of the film everyone was laughing and chatting in the theatre. At the end everyone was silent and few people--if any--tried to get up as we sat in the dark theatre awaiting the credits. This movie definitely is an interesting film that takes a different path than other war films. It affects different people in different ways, while not considerably thought provoking, it does leave you thinking about these men days after you see the film.