Jarhead (2005)

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[bartonfink]

Sam Mendes's Full Metal Jacket. Eventually, the soldiers get only disconsolate nihilism instead of glorious triumph.

Edited August 27, 2014 by bartonfink

[Rorschach]

Massively underrated in my opinion. It is truly an amazing film. Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jamie Foxx give really great performances, especially Gyllenhaal who knocks it out of the park. My favorite aspect of the film (besides the beautiful cinematography by the great Roger Deakins) is how it deals with the issue of boredom and how the soldiers had to constantly face it while waiting seemingly forever for the enemy to attack. It was very intriguing to me and I loved it for that reason.

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