Jarhead

War.

When I was a kid I watched WW2 movies and wanted to be a solder. After coming out of this film I did not have that same feeling. War is not glorified. War is not vilified. War is: sad but true, sometimes necessary, sometime pointless.

Jake Gyllenhaal gives a great performance with solid support from Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper.

Based on the book by Anthony Swofford, a marine in the first Gulf War. In the end this movie is not about a war or about politics. It is about the very human experience of a horrible reality.