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Jarhead [HD DVD]
Jarhead [HD DVD]
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3.0 (205 reviews)
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5Every Man Fights His Own War
4Interesting Movie
10%Really wants to be Apocalypse Now...
5Good Movie for a Boring Day
3Not at all what I expected
11%Doesn't Represent the Marines I Know
11%Pure Hollywood hype...at its worst!
4Jarhead
51%A Grunt's Point Of View
50%GREAT MOVIE
51%Jarhead
31%An unconventional anti-war film - doesn't deliver the goods in the end
21%A Mom's Opion...
2No elite soldiers or action in Jarhead
10%Completely Misleading
41%Don't Ask a Marine
31%The frustration of going to war and never firing a shot
51%Marine's best friend
40%no action,no bloodshed ....boo hoo hoo hooooo
41%Too bad it wasn't more pro-war
10%A SELF INDUNGENT LOAD OF COW MANURE
10%Inferior DVD
30%A bit slow
20%Ollie North said it sucks
30%War is a bore
31%Great scenes, so-so movie.
1A $1 rental
1No reason for this movie
10%exceptionally bad
40%Pretty Good
50%Can a war movie about boredom and frustration not leave the viewer bored and frustrated?
50%Frickin' Amazing!
30%Good, not great
31%Not Bad, but Not Great either
10%"Welcome to the Suck"
50%Desert Storm: The Unvarnished Truth
20%For Jarheads
41%another good war movie...
41%Life on the Fringes of Desert Storm
31%Much misunderstood
40%The Best in War Movies
11%Not very good.
41%Exploring the brain within the jar
11%Lazy Hollywood
30%Purely a look at the psychological aspects of war
21%The Gulf War: A Comedy
30%Desert wait
20%customer disservice
10%Insulting to all War veterans
10%NO PLOT!
31%Marine Life on Display!
10%waste of time and money
30%Hypnotic, But Lacking Substance
41%Well acted. Well written. Well directed.
51%Jarhead: A Marine Tribute
20%Inconsistently Bad.
20%A Full-metal jacket wannabe
41%May not be your average war film, but it's one of the 'better' war films!
40%Refreshing story of one particular marine during Gulf War #1
41%A Singular Experience--Not A Modern War Epic
21%The most boring war/military movie I've ever seen
30%Actually, probably pretty accurate
41%An altogether new breed of war movie
31%Mediocrity as art
51%a REAL slice of "reality!"
11%Embarrassments all round.
40%Jarhead (2005)
30%Typical war movie
50%Excellent movie even for those who don't like war movies!
41%The Gulf War pictured well
41%Actually a decent movie, Not just a copy of Full metal Jacket
11%Much Promise, but is consistently bad thoughout!
51%Battling bordom with a sniper rifle
50%HD EXTRA !
41%An actual NEW good film? Can't be possible can it???
41%Frankly, I was surprised
11%This movie is a piece of garbage minus 4 stars
40%Jarhead: Reality or One Guy's Perspective
10%HORRIBLE
40%It's not a typical war story
4Microcosmic view of Desert Shield
11%Terrible Movie
11%What Happened In This So Called Movie
40%Very Good and Decent !
50%A Lifelong Civilian's Review of Jarhead
21%USMC Deserves Better than This
31%Overhyped
41%Surprisingly good.
50%Possible Classic & Underrated
11%Painful
21%Not that good
41%"Jarhead" in not your typical war movie, "Black Hawk Down" might be closer to what you're looking for.
20%should have been better than this!!!!!!!
21%just ok
41%Fills Us in with Operation Desert Storm
20%Yet More Hate for the Corps.
31%Just another Hollywood blockbuster
11%The jar is empty...
4 " I got lost on my way to college"
40%depressing, but well crafted
50%Obviously If You Rated this film below a 5 you know nothing about film Whatsoever Period.
50%Jarhead is a masterpiece-prelude to Baghdad 2006
31%Boredom During War: A Fate Worse than Death
40%Cursory view of war
40%GET THE MOVIE AND LEARN FROM IT
30%Marines: Full Metal Jacket v. Jarhead
20%cry, cry again
11%I need to write Hollyweird...
51%One of the Best Films of 2005
11%Waste of time
10%Crappy Movie
30%Actually 3 1/2 stars........
11%Amazingly insulting to Marines and US
40%Not what I expected...
11%ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
51%Wow
11%Overated, boring nonsense
21%Wannabe war movie
20%Faux Heroes
41%Not your typical war movie.
4Operation Desert Storm Through One Marine's Eyes
31%Hit and Miss
10%Pathetic Waste of Video
40%A military full of angst, light on action...
50%Good, but not great
41%The Great Actors Makes This Movie What It Is
40%Another solid Mendes film, though short of masterpiece American Beauty
10%this sucks
4Perfect movie to rent, but think before buying it to keep...
20%No guts no glory.
10%Was bad just like i expected
4..better than i thought
30%Flawed, but useful
41%Gulf War Frustrations Vividly Captured Even Though Characters Remain Distant
31%Ups and Downs
20%a movie leaves some questions
41%Intense to the end
11%Definitely NOT a pro-military movie.
31%Decent movie, but not great.
31%Okay, but not outstanding
31%"Every war is different...Every war is the same"
30%Dissing the Marines
10%Jarhead
30%Good Idea bad execution
41%A Different View
11%In All Fairness I Cannot Be Fair
41%A Marine in Operation Desert Storm: Chronic Tedium & Acute Horror.
10%Agitprop
30%Interesting Perspective Not Enough
10%welcome to the suck
10%Shame on Hollywood One More Time
41%Say 3 3/4 stars
41%Interesting Movie
41%"I thank God for every day I have in the Corps..."
40%A likeable movie
41%Read the book . . . it's way better . . .
10%I've seen better
31%Different kind of action
30%Not what I expected in a marine movie, better luck next time.
30%good acting - bad movie
20%Jarhear Letdown
30%Good movie, mediocre commentary, but...
40%I thought it was good!
31%Jarhead
40%Jarhead
20%Something to resent
1Seemed like a made-for-TV movie
11%A story that doesn't need to be told
40%deep movie...
11%USMC = Undisciplined S[censored]-bird M[censored] Crybabies!?
50%"I never fired my gun..."
41%A Different Kind of War Story
21%The War of all War Movies...
31%slightly dissapointing...
51%A realistic and blunt story
11%Don't waste your money
41%Terrific Portrayal of the Personal Struggle Inside the US Marine Corps...
41%A Day In The Life of
41%OK book becomes very good movie
20%The Supplemental Disc is better
50%Okay
40%One Shot, One, OK next scene...
41%Jarhead isn't a war movie.
10%AS A MARINE, I AM DISGUSTED
10%Ron C is clearly still in high school
31%Significance? JARHEAD depicts the Bizarre DESERT STORM War
50%Stop hating
41%War May Be Hell But So Is The Endless Anticipation Of It.
41%Jarhead: another Gyllenhaal vehicle that shows his acting chops
51%One Jarhead's perspective..
51%Underrated and Underappreciated - Welcome to the suck.
51%Jarhead - you think you know
41%Hurry up and wait
21%An uninspired disappointment
21%dissapointing
51%"This is Vietnam music. Can't we even get our own music?"
41%Not what it's ad campaign made it out to be.
51%I Understood What the Movie was Trying to Say!
20%War without Battle, Film without Heart: War Film with Very Cynical View on the Marines or Anything
31%JarHead gets an OO-RAH!
51%well done
10%AH, HOLLYWOOD
50%A different look on WAR.
40%Uneven but isn't real life much more?
51%What's the deal?? I liked this film a bunch. So what, the AF kicks butt, can't blame them for taking all the action.
41%A Modern War Classic
30%Jarhead Review
20%another a war movie
50%Unique War Movie
50%Best Movie Ever
40%Pretty good, but the book is better
51%Reality of war, and even some laughs
41%mixed
40%Welcome to the . . . reality?
51%A Truly Phenomenal Movie
30%Road To Nowhere
10%Anthony Swofford, traitor
51%Realistic
51%Jarhead is awesome!!
50%jake g
40%the review for jarhead by michael aster
51%Jarhed is Amazing!
51%Fantastic
30%Brilliant Cinematography As Expected, But The Film Is Uninteresting Due To Lack Of Character Development
20%Your off your jarhead if you liked this movie
50%Rox!
10%Jarhead
41%impressive, thoughtful war drama
20%rent this or don't watch it at all
51%It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This!!!!!!!!!!!
51%Relatable War Film
40%Solid War Picture, Without the War...
40%Silent but Deadly
40%Jarheads should win an Oscar for cinematography
11%A boring movie which was made as an insult to the US Marines
50%great
30%Good enough
50%Best film this year
41%THE GULF WAR MOVIE
41%Misunderstood
41%Good War Movie (Just About A Different War)
41%not bad
41%Mendes' Jarhead is terribly misunderstood
21%One man's snivel shown
30%JARHEAD's Dogs of War
50%Well, Col. North hated it.........................
11%'Jarhead'-The real 'suck'
51%It Will Make You See War in a Whole New Way...
51%Thought provoking and original
51%From someone in the suck.
10%I Want My Money Back !
10%What a disgraceful attack on the honor and dignity of soldiers
30%JarHead gets an OO-RAH!
21%Feel LIke Wasting Your Money?
50%Jarhead
51%"Jarhead" -- war movie for the head-oriented
10%Without my rifle, I am nothing...
10%A waiste of my time and money
41%"Are we ever going to kill anyone?"
30%Operation Mediocrity
10%Save Your Money!
40%Read the Book
40%Semper Fi
21%Uninspired despite its ambition
30%War Movie
40%A Compelling Character Study
10%THIS WON'T WORK!
31%(3.5) Best marketing campaign of the year...
30%War is Hell
40%outstanding
51%From the director of American Beauty comes Jarhead!
51%A war movie with a difference
10%THIS SUXXXXXX
30%What if they made a war movie... and nobody fought?
10%Sadly not true to all enlisted men and women
51%What If A Fighter Is Never Given The Opportunity To Fight?
41%3 and 1/2 Stars and Much Better than the Critics Say
51%"Welcome to the Suck!"
41%Semper fi
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