Reviews

Never have i been so excited by a trailer for a movie. I must have watched it 20 or 30 times in the run up to this movie. I counted the days until it was released. And after having watched it last night i find myself a little disappointed.

Its a classic example of brilliant trailer editing. Good music skillfully edited with the best scenes from the movie.

I just had my hopes pinned on this movie being different from all the previous letdowns because the trailer was so damn good. Once again I was wrong.

Its not that the movie is bad (I enjoyed it) its just that it wasn't the nerve jangling experience (likr the trailer) I had expected it to be. I had seen all the best bits already so there was no surprises. And the best bits as i just called them looked ridiculous in the context of the movie.

I read the frank miller comic a few years back (not my favourite) and thought it would make a great film. It probably would have. Why the director felt the need to fill it will elephants, giants, mutants, rhinos and bare-chested he-men i'll never know. To me the sole single story arc of a small number of men using battle tactics to slow down a larger enemy should be enough for a brilliant war film anyway.

It almost seems that the "true" story did not have enough for the scriptwriters/directors to make a full length modern music video with and so they added a menagerie of baddies (including grenade clowns).

To cut a long review short I enjoyed this movie, but nowhere near as much as I should have done. I wanted so much more after watching the trailer. I consider myself a little let down.

One friend of mine was lucky enough to see it at an IMAX cinema and he said "I've never seen a movie with more nerve jangling moments and my girlfriend cried for the last ten minutes."

Clearly his girlfriend was closer to the truth than him as she, in the last ten minutes she actually realised what twelve quid could have bought instead of this bastardised, cinematic, gay friendly, bruckheimer, cock adventure.

If you enjoyed crash you will undoubtedly enjoy this. Similar story - similar structure - similar music.

If your into films in any way you'll appreciate the that the final cut of this movie was made on a very small budget, but gives the feel of a much bigger movie. There is a believably tense atmosphere throughout the movie which is further drove into your being by the excellent music (very similar to crash).

The running time is short - but leaves you feeling as though you've seen a lot more.

The film is a character based one and is driven along by some pretty good acting. But the film is really too short for any of the leads to really stretch there acting skills.

The main guy is actually the oldest brother from "malcolm in the middle" and after watching this I hope he gets more work in the future.

A very good film overall - My buddy thought it was super sweet.

Who am i to disagree!!!!!!!!!!!! WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought i was going to be watching a comedy when i saw this, BUT...... OH NO! This is one serious hardcore movie. A tour de force. Stretching all my emotional muscles.

Its easy to cast this film off as another under siege or,if you like, passenger 58 (i missed the first 56 films) I laughed - I cried (mainly from laughing so hard) In the end a B+ Eddie griffin is cool.

ALSO That scene where he thinks back - classic - you just have to watch it.

Quite high budget as well.

Vinnie jones is quite funny.

I came to this film after getting back from the Gulf. I had not seen a film for three years and felt like I needed to unwind a little, as I was pretty stressed as you can probably imagine.

I was immediately struck by the charming Anna Faris. Has this girl got the cutest face or what- certainly a change than the desolate looks I had been used to in the preceeding 3 years! I decided to find out more about this young lady and came across an incredible coincidence- she is 17 days older than me! Unbelievable. I might even join a fan club if such a thing exists.

Anyway, on to the film itself. It is basically a parody of several films I have not seen, such as Signs, 8 Mile and Ring. I could not comment on the accuracy of the parody but guess it's pretty spot on as people around me were shouting- "its like that bit on Signs!" and other similar stuff. The film is directed with a devil-may-care attitude, jokes are fired at you like bullets from an Iraqi bunker! If there is a problem with the film its probably that many of the jokes will be missed when you are busy laughing at the previous joke, or even the joke before that.

Mr Sheen polishes up on laughs in this film, even surpassing his performance in Hot Shots part Deux. He is truly a master of comedy timing, able to wring laughs from even the most jaded cinemagoer- a talent he no doubt perfected during his wilder years.

Finally, I feel I must mention Leslie Nielson. I don't want to waste words here- the guy is funny. Thats it. Funny.

In summary, the title of the film is 66.6% correct, but that is irrelevant if you want a good laugh. I'm going to watch Jarhead now. See you soon!