Review Jarhead
A movie review of Jarhead
My son, my nephew, and I went to see Jarhead tonight
and all three of us were disappointed. We thought we were going to see a war
movie but what we found was it was a coming of age piece that didn't bother to
linger long enough on any single challenge of that the young Marine experienced.
He went to boot camp, was confronted by the drill sergeant. Next we see the
drill sergeant telling the Lieutent that he thinks the young man is worth
something but we are never shown why he thinks that or why he is even asking the
question.
After way to short a time
there he is assigned to a unit. Then the gulf war starts and the unit is
transfered to the middle east. No build up. They are just there. This is the
major issue I have with the movie. It moves to the next part without have set
the stage for it.
They spend sometime
sitting in the desert being bored. The young Jarhead's girlfriend dumps him
(you knew it was coming). Now the attack comes and they spend a couple of days
walking around and then the war is over.
Sigh...
There was some fine acting here
and there but the story itself made you wonder why they bothered.
Posted: Thu - November 24, 2005 at 02:25 AM