Well having heard feck all about this film i decided to watch it at an early screening a few days ago with a m8 who's read the book!

and to say i knew nothing of the storyline would have been an understatement....

i went to the film expecting some guy with a jar shaped head to be running round doing crazy shit.... but i was plesantly suprised

For those of you who havent read the book, i recommend watching the film and reading the book!
For those of you who have read the book, i recommend WATCHING the film

i wont go into any detail but if you liked Donny Darko, you'll love this film...

yeh its really good

cool, i will give it a watch then

Looks good, but with no spoliers whats the basic premis of the film? looks a bit like a modden "full metal jacket" from the trailer, i'm i close?

Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom... Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit.

i haven't got round to watching it yet because ive heard such mixed reviews with bad ones outweighing the good

put it this way.. if you liked donny darko, you'll like this

i cant believe you keep sayin if u like Donny Darko youll like this - Totally different movie - the only thing they have in common is the main star. And i wouldnt say on a review for last action hero - if u liked T2 youll like this

well i felt that their are a few things that are simular aside from the main star,
but then again i cant remember what at the moment... ill have to get it on DVD and watch the two back to back to be sure... but my gut feeling was their very simular in some aspects

Going to see it at 9 tonight with some mates. Been looking forward to this since I saw trailers for it while I was in NY back in November.

aye i have to agree with bigbird the most reviews i have heard of jarhead said it isnt very good and lacks any real emotion. It looks nothing like donnie darko either, tottaly and utterly different with the only similarity being the actor. Different director as well, sam mendes the guy who done american beauty done jar head.

deffo worth a watch stan, Slurmseh can tell everyone what he thought about it

Very good film. Good performances by Jamie and Jake make the film. Very funny aswell, I was laughing for most of it. It lived up to my expectations.

Finally got around to watchin this last night

Pretty good movie - dont watch it if your expecting blood and guts mind you

"...for a cause they don't fully fathom..."

I do hope I don't come off all blather and bluster (and God knows I can), but, as an "old" Marine with many many current contacts amongst the active duty fellowship of the USMC, I can tell you that there are VERY few Marines afflicted with a sense of confusion about their fidelity and purpose. Without a doubt there must be some, it's only human nature after all. But in my direct expierence, I know of none who question thier "cause". This is not to imply that the Marines Corp has dolts for members. Rather the reverse is true. Still, it was a moderatly good movie...
Magicky

bally yank

Yeah man, really good film, Andy McNab said its a very real account of what its like in war for a squaddie