Jarhead (DVD, 2006, Full Frame)

Well it looks like Menndes is taking another swipe at the USMC, heaping it on top of American Beauty's portrail of the surpressed homosexual murdering Marine. The movie is in fact boring. The characters are in fact one dimensional and give little or nothing to care about. Jarhead tries in fact to elicit some kind of emotional response the way Full Metal Jacket did, but the simple fact is there is no reason to care for the characters.

Now having said that, Swofford, whose book this movie is based on ( I didn't read the book ) may indeed have had a tough time with his duty in Desert Storm. But to portray the entire USMC or at least his platoon as a bunch of no minded, uneducated, untrained and stupid oafts is supremely biased at best. The portrayal of Marines losing it after only a few months in the desert, awaiting the conflict begs one to ask the question "how did our Marines and the rest of the military make it through WWI and WWII"?

This movie reeks of agenda, especially when the public needs to be swayed by Hollywood into their way of thinking. Go speak to a real Marine or soldier. Go ask them what is really going on. Use the money to send some books or granola bars to the men and women serving right now instead of buying this drivel. Or simply go with the flow like you are expected to and say this movie is good, even though you fell asleep 10 minutes in.