Title: Wannabe war movie
Review: This is a dull movie that would have been better as a series of shorts. The whole thing goes back and forth between "humorous" and "serious" scenes, and you're never really sure what the movie is supposed to be about. You never care about any of the characters either - most of them are portrayed as drooling idiots when they're not spouting off dialogue that sounds like it was created by some sort of generic army talk generator. Worst of all is the soundtrack. Everybody Dance Now? Are you kidding me? It's like listening to a mixed tape made by someone who owns every volume of Now: The Hits.Jarhead tries too hard to be deep, with its trippy visuals of burning oil wells and dramatic naratives, but by the time the film is over, absolutely nothing is said. Jarhead is just a wannabe war movie that even references Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter while ripping off Full Metal Jacket. Too bad because a good cast was wasted.
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