Jarhead
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal
Follows the trip through the marine corp of Anthony Swofford (played by Jake G). It's about the emotional turmoil of being a soldier, and the changing face of war in the late twentieth century.
Swofford falls into being a marine mostly through lack of options. In doing so he leaves behind his girlfriend, which appears to be the only person he really cares about aside from himself. After training, war breaks out in Iraq, and Swofford and his elite sniper buddies are sent to the middle east. What follows is a chronicle of interminable boredom, where each day is more about short bouts of killing preparation followed by lots and lots of downtime. Sounds boring for a movie, but its actually rather interesting, and makes many good points about the individual in relation to the greater group.
A good but not great film, worth 7/10