Jarhead: Forgotten Masterpiece - Movies with Mikey

Jarhead is an all-star forgotten masterpiece, from 2005. For real, check out this list of winners: thoughtfully directed by Sam Mendes, filmed beautifully by Roger Deakins, using the screenplay by William Broyles Jr., based on the book by Anthony Swofford, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jamie Foxx. The list goes on.
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[@metelicgunz146]

The most powerful scene in this movie is at the end when the Vietnam vet comes onto the bus starts crying and asks to sit down because he never received a welcome back even though he witnessed war at its most brutal.

[@evanomnis4605]

I think it's also because he never really abandoned his military identity, like the video says, you're always a marine.

[@RemedialRob]

I was an Army Infantryman during the Gulf War. I went into watching this movie thinking "oh this will be a war film like Platoon but for my war" and had a really tough time watching it. It brought up a lot of shit I hadn't dealt with and still haven't dealt with. It was hard to even watch this review because of how much it reminded me of what I went through watching the film. But I really wanted to see if there was any insight into it. If Mikey was able to figure out what I couldn't at the time: why did this movie hurt so much more than any other war movie I've ever seen? I'd say I maybe got a couple clues but truth be told I don't think anyone can answer that for me but me. Since I wasn't a Marine (though I had some in the family... 2/4 siblings, father, uncle, both grandfathers, brother in law... all military of various branches in various times) some of it was alien to me. But I served with Marines and since all Marines are Infantry and I was Infantry it was pretty close to home. The Marines were on the coast and in Kuwait, I was in Iraq and the desert. Same suck. And yeah I was the prototype moderately shitty childhood but wanted to go to college and didn't really know how to get there recruit. I can say that I was never so bloodthirsty as many of the men in the film though I served with some who could be. I remember one incident where a guy who liked to carry big knives on him was leaning out the back of his APC with a piece of chocolate bar in his hand from an MRE trying to get a goat to run fast enough so that he could grab it and kill it. And I remember being torn between wanting the goat to catch up to the APC as they drove on as it was such an amusing scene and really, really not wanting the goat to catch up. The bodies on the highway from all the bombings... and that scene in Jarhead where he comes across those burned corpses, so similar to what I saw so much of. It's pretty hard to think about and not expect your head to just roll off your shoulders and bounce onto the floor. And it's even harder to reconcile with the parades and the president having Thanksgiving dinner with us in the middle of a bunch of fucking sand dunes while people are dying everywhere in the most horrific way possible and all of it brought to you by a bunch of rich assholes fighting over a sticky black liquid used to run... everything. Looking back I've always felt a bit foolish. Naive maybe. There were a few of us who knew Saddam was a legitimately bad guy. And several of us who just thought the whole thing was about oil. And to an extent it was.But it was really, more than anything else, just time. America hadn't had a real war in nearly twenty years. It was past due. People in factories needed jobs. Some foreign nations were starting to forget just how dangerous we are. And it was time. And the worst thing about that is just how big it is. When you're in the military they teach you to approach problems one step at a time. To break it down into it's component parts and pull those parts out one at a time until you find the offending issue, remove and replace it and repair the whole. But how do you repair the government? The military industrial complex? The American media? The citizenry? How can you fix something so fundamentally broken without destroying it? I hope I have an answer someday but for now I just buy cereal like everyone else. And I guess that's a mercy. That I could get back to buying cereal.

[@paradigmdashed]

Robert Tracy.. beautiful

[@joshuarandall6041]

Robert Tracy thank you for your service and reply. Whole reading your comment I found myself hoping that it would keep going, just so I could understand more. Your last question is articulated so well and supports the weight of the it with care. Thank you.

[@joearnold6881]

I love you, man.

[@patrickholt2270]

I think it was also the first incident which came up after 1991 (apart from the coups in Russia itself) in which it could be discovered how much the US could get away with in the world without a Soviet Union there to act as an inhibitor on US imperialist aggression. To that extent also it was time, because there were hugely powerful interests in the wings wanting to set the ball rolling towards the permanent wars now going on, and not only in the US, but also in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the UK, France and so on - looking forward to the possibilities of selling more missiles in more wars for control of more resources without anyone to stop them anymore, ad infinitum or until someone powerful enough to stop the USA does finally emerge. The war industry is voracious, and ultimately it could go anywhere and start bombing anyone, not just in the Middle East, but anywhere there's an uppity government that can be painted as an antagonist. Europe isn't safe in the long run. Obviously South and Central America aren't safe from it. And eventually, again if we don't stop it somehow, it can even turn on the home country itself, as a civil war. And that's assuming it doesn't trigger the apocalypse early by starting against China and/or Russia, which is frighteningly likely right now. [Edit: So evidently the Soviet Union still existed, just, as the 1st Gulf War was running up. Which meant that the machine wasn't even ready to wait for the Soviet Union to disintegrate, but jumped at the chance ahead of time while Gorbachev was still there trying to make peace, because that alone meant they weren't going to put their foot down.]

[@shhwinner6663]

RESEARCH THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

[@AkutomiNamikaze]

I remember catching this movie on FX when I was like 13 expecting kind of just another war movie and then promptly receiving the biggest gutpunch of a movie I had ever seen at that point in my life. This movie, along with Prisoners and Nightcrawler, solidify Jake Gyllenhaal as an unsung hero of modern cinema. Also, Jamie Foxx played his part beautifully.

[@soulofastro]

"Part of you will always be in the suck" ...that cuts deep man.

[@chestyp0311]

It cuts deep man, I tear up and my mind always drifts into an abyss. Such much pain and emotion I can’t articulate let alone make sense of. I fear I will never understand it

[@jakethet3206]

I was a Marine during the time of Jarhead’s setting. Here are my thoughts: - You only briefly touched on one of the two the defining characteristics of the Modern Marine recruit: who seem to come in only two flavors: from abusive homes trying to make the world a better place, or poor kids trying to pay for college. There is a substantial overlap of these two groups. - That generation of Marines and most of the previous generations were indeed only taught how to clean and how to kill. Even for those of us who did not see combat (like myself,) reconciling your Marine identity with you civilian identity can be harsh. I myself have at times verbally abused people and started fights I didn’t need to. Having PTSD from your upbringing, then being given ONLY tools of aggression at the age of 18... not a good mix. - Jarhead does indeed tone down the language of Marines. “Curse like a sailor?” Yeah, right. Thanks Mikey. This is an important topic, and that I feel you should consider making the follow-up on the sequels more about the topic of toxic Marine aggression, and sooner is better than later.

[@modolief]

Thanks for the thoughtful commentary. I've never been military; I really appreciate you telling it like it is. One writer I like a lot is Stan Goff who was in the United States Army from 1970 to 1996. Your comments remind me a lot about what he has to say.

[@loleeeetaa]

this is a really nuanced and thoughtful comment. i dated a former navy seal (i know the navy and marines have very different cultures) with severe PTSD and he was genuinely abusive to me at times as a result of his service. it took me a long time to reconcile his behavior at home with the fact that he was COMPLETELY unequipped to handle the horrible things he'd been through, seen and done. i'm no longer with him but he's made a lot of progress, without like.... any help from the government that put him in the situations that traumatized him in the first place. it's so easy to either glorify servicemen as 100% perfect or demonize them as 100% evil, depending on your beliefs about american involvement overseas. few people, in the media or in daily life, properly handle the nuance and complication of real young people living very difficult complicated lives

[@briankoontz1]

The purpose of soldiers is to control a situation, to achieve a political objective by any means necessary up to and including mass murder, the goals of which necessarily lead to lethal opposition. In a society of perpetual war, a subset of the population must be expendable, who exist as tools for the powerful to attempt to achieve their economic and political objectives, which amounts to greater power and control for themselves. PTSD is a symptom of a larger reality, which is that these people are coming face to face with their own dehumanization. A dehumanization that, yes, begins during childhood at home as their own parents prepare them for a lifetime of sacrificing themselves for both corrupt powerful individuals and a corrupt imperial society. It's darkly funny that PTSD and abuse are viewed as aberrations, as "mistakes", when in fact they are necessary ingredients of the dehumanizing process. If we stop dehumanizing people, we'll have to stop imperial conquests - we can't have the latter without the former.

[@SavageDawgJoshua]

Wow, Jake The T, so was I... graduated Dec. '92, just in time for the war to be over. Never saw combat, never went anywhere except LeJeune, Twentynine Stumps and Oki. I never understood where my aggression came from or why, but I believe you may have nailed it for me. THANK YOU My Sacred Brother for this insight. Stay safe and Semper Fidelis.

[@SavageDawgJoshua]

Semper Fi, my Sacred Brother! ELMACO Marine from '92-'98! I just posted this comment and then read others', saw this post and wanted to copy/paste what I wrote to yours! I was under contract with the Marine Corps from '92-'98, and left a sweet Navy nuke deal to do it. Because of the first gulf war. Now I am a 47-year-old Marine: no longer under contract, who will keep his Sacred Oath: "I, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same...", until the minute GySgt. St. Peter calls me up for street guard duty in Heaven. So I can completely empathize with your take on this (these) movies, and you, sir, are absolutely correct.

[@radityapoerwanto7018]

I love how in Jarhead all the death that we see directly is caused by friendly fire.

[@ey7290]

which is quite accurate considering that about 50% of all coalition losses were blue on blue

[@nessunamore]

"cereal doesn't fucking mater" finally someone gets it. Anyone who has suffered from serious ptsd will naturally understand this. What ptsd does is alienates you from others. When you got it bad suddenly things like late orders or small mistakes become meaningless and the people around you get frustrated because you simply don't care because you know it doesn't matter.

[@leonmorton6082]

Oh...

[@evadelay5750]

Its just not with PTSD. In the military, you are told what to wear, where to, when and how. Few choices were given to us so learning how to make a decision can be tough, (it was for me). But also, when the military personal are constantly given situations that has large impacts, and real world things and involved in "serious" situations, small stuff just seems..confusing.

[@echs457]

Came across this comment as he said tjat

[@jacquesachille7365]

Most of regular first world life is completely meaningless . Unfortunately.

[@kyleg2756]

Interesting. I have never served in the military and i can somewhat relate to that statement. I have had people tell me i seem cold or disconnected at times, but i only see it as not sweating the little things.

[@jmarquiso]

To add - "Don't Worry, be Happy" was reportedly George HW Bush's favorite song. Which makes it an even more loaded choice.

[@dannya8614]

For real?

[@Frogberto]

That's not true. George HW Bush always said that his favorite song is the Navy Hymn. It's in several biographies about the man, honestly.

[@anthonymolina7962]

jmarquiso to add even more: The song “Fight the power” which plays later on near the end of the film, Disses don’t worry be happy

[@logger22]

@@Frogberto was it because he was a Naval Aviator?

[@wjhull]

I remember seeing Jarhead in the theaters... it was probably the first time I walked into something expecting a dumb action movie, watched a profound work of art, and walked out saying, "I'm actually glad this wasn't what I wanted." However, I also recall everybody hating it--it was marketed as a dumb action movie (possibly trying to be meta about the theme of bloodlust and disappointment), pretty much guaranteeing that most of the people who would appreciate it wouldn't see it, and most of the people who would see it wouldn't appreciate it. Anyways, great choice, and great video. You're the man, Mikey!

[@Sparkle_Wizard]

I had the exact same experience. Even now just thinking about how Inglorious Bastards really subverted what I was hoping for. Although Jarhead's conclusion was far more welcoming. I wouldn't have the same level of subversion until Spec Ops: The Line.

[@Icipher353]

I saw it on DVD and had a similar experience. Whoever did the marketing should have been fired. For me its up there with some of the great "War sucks for everyone involved" movies.

[@silverXnoise]

To give the marketing team some presumed credit they likely don’t deserve-maybe it was meant to draw in people looking for that experience specifically in order to expose them to the message the film delivers, because the producers thought that those kind of people needed to hear it. More likely it was because they knew it would be an effective means to sell tickets by portraying it as being targeted at a broader audience than it works otherwise. I remembered writing it off as a dumb action movie that glorified war, and didn’t see it until I read a review in Rolling Stone magazine that talked about its distinctly anti-war subtext. That was well before I decided to go back to college and study media theory and film production when I was in my late twenties. I went back and watched it again a few years ago and was stunned to see how well it was produced and how much artistry I had missed the first time. Now I consider it one of the classics of my generation.

[@genewood756]

As a vet... as someone who deals with PTSD... I started watching your channel and cant belive just how well a lot of your videos hit my feels right in the balls and then follow up with a gentle kiss on my head as I'm doubled over in pain.... keep up the great work and than you for putting a voice to our, well at least my, feelings.

[@SavageDawgJoshua]

Stay strong, my Brother!

[@sanctuslucifer5328]

get well! and help us find an alternative to war. help spare others what you've gone through

[@DeathBYDesign666]

I think I might suffer from PTSD, but it's not from war. I'm not a veteran and apparently, according to a recruitment officer since I have adhd, possible autism and took medication all my childhood I can't serve in the armed forces. I have emotional problems from the get go and also have lost all my closest friends and several family members in a relatively short amount of time through various tragedies. Could the fact that I have closed myself off from almost everything and everyone be a symptom of this?

[@rachelloello]

Beautiful

[@AssassinLupus7]

I was 16 or so when I saw this in the theatre. I went expecting the same thing as my stepdad. Just a fun action/war movie. Cool setpieces and some cathartic violence. Did not get what we expected, obviously. It was an awkward ride home. He kept talking about how much he didn't like it, how boring it was. I couldn't really say anything back. I really loved it, but I couldn't really explain why. I wish I had this video then. Maybe I could have explained it to him. Side note: Pretty much the same situation with Lord of War.

[@Crick1952]

Man, Lord of War is definitely one of the most unappreciated masterpieces of the past 3 decades I feel you bro

[@danielkeller9729]

That praising of Roger Decons aged like a fine wine. 1917 was the most beautiful film I've ever seen

[@youisstupid2586]

daniel keller i wish it had more substance... it’s perfect in every aspect except the script.

[@Roncon1997]

Sicario

[@37Kilo2]

I didn't understand this movie until after my time in the Marines, as a Rifleman, during the Iraq war (OIF). This really is a great movie that shows how fucked up we are before we even join the Marines. I mean, who in their right mind joins the "Tip of the Spear" during wartime? "Yea. I wanna be the first to fight!" You've gotta be mentally unbalanced, right? Don't get me wrong, I love the guys I served with, they were (mostly) stand-up guys who ultimately only cared about each other; I trusted all of them with my life. That said, most guys in had a chip on their shoulder, or hidden traumas that tended to come out when drinking heavily, etc.. I don't really know where I was going with this, I just wanted to share some immediate thoughts.

[@sxeaustin]

You nailed the hidden traumas when drinking. In the barracks my company would always get fucked up together. We'd always have fights, mental breakdowns and people just talking about their traumas. Yet the next weekend we'd all be back at it again.

[@rachelloello]

I appreciate your truth.

[@chestyp0311]

That was very well put devil, thank you.

[@damiensimmons2504]

Mediation will help a lot Brother.

[@Jaxos050]

i actually never got around to watching this. but i think i will now. jake gyllenhaal is one of those actors that i apparently love but do not cognizantly recognize that i do.

[@ggsay1687]

He is great actor.

[@TheFinalBoss25]

Guy is amazing but I kinda feel the same way

[@-MrFozzy-]

Beautiful beard in no way home though!

[@whoisbatman]

As a librarian, I can say that the Librarian movies are actually spot on. Hollywood done right with us librarians.

[@Gladzet]

phew! at least they done got something right

[@mguin2104]

whoisbatman agree to disagree. I have shushed and probably will again, but that's def not all I do.

[@KrazyKupo]

This is why I keep a pith helmet and goggles on hand. You never know.

[@digger2094]

It's not hard to be a stuck up bitch!

[@Mortablunt]

Including the ones where stepsister won't let stepbro check out a book unless he pays off his fines in her vagine with his meat rod fuck vine?

[@joearnold6881]

This hit home, ‘cause I remember watching the green night vision tracers on cnn as a kid, knowing my dad’s brothers, my two uncles were over there, “fighting”. They came back changed. One has gulf war syndrome, the other passed of brain cancer still near-completely estranged from his (our) side of the family. Story goes the one saved the other’s life over there, but they rarely talked again after coming home. The cold, polite split in the family widens over th generations. Hell, my dad wasn’t even asked to carry his brother’s casket. Um. I guess that needed to come out of me somewhere. Sorry. ... And yet also _thanks_, internet people.

[@nolan6183]

Glad I could read that. Sounds like a divide that maybe they themselves didn't understand, but knew it to be the right thing to do. Also, nice profile picture.

[@therougechipmunk8058]

Before this even starts I love jarhead. I relate to this movie so much as it summed up my experience when I deployed to Afghanistan back in 2013. I was an 0351 did a whole year work up for deployment, I thought I would see some action, have some fun and do what I joined for but instead all I did was just sit around in the desert heat and near get blown up a few times, never once getting a change to even fire my M4. Sure some guys in the company saw some action but more didn't. Guess in hindsight its good I never was forced to kill anyone but at the time in the moment I dam sure wanted to, its what I was trained for.

[@ghost-lp9cv]

thats is the hardest thing to get civilians to understand. during my 4 years in the Marines, i spend about 2 years of it training, i was in Iraq 18 months but i never fire my rifle and unlike most other people since i was a driver i didnt even get a chance to. yes we were shot at and blown up but no "real" combat a couple shots back from the gunners, no kills, no one in the platoon hurt. "Every war is different. Every war is the same." F 2/11 sep06-arp07 and RCT-1 all of 08

[@sgtjarhead99]

I was in the Marine Corps during Desert Shield/Storm. I thought this movie was spot on in many places and you could tell who ever wrote it was there.

[@Kilo-ct8dh]

As an Army vet of the same era that trained Marines on Armor, I have to say most of that movie was spot on. The only thing was when the guys were watching VHS tapes from home "incident". Every one knew some guy from a different unit that happened to. Not saying it didn't happen, but it was one of the biggest urban legends of that war.

[@chimpwimp9407]

“Who’s fucking around now Brian?”

[@Carstuff111]

As a child, I had a step father in the Seabees (For those not in the know, construction branch of the navy) and that was a weird "war" to say the least. My step father wasn't even in the fighting really to speak of, but he came back a different person. In fact, even the most recent conflicts in or around that area of the world, people I have known for years went there and even if not in the fight, they too, came back changed. Personally, I found this movie to be great, and pretty accurate from the things I have seen with how people I know were changed, and the level of boredom that was often felt when, well nothing really happened to a lot of folks over there. Those that were in the thick of the fighting, they came back changed for obvious reasons, but those that did not even get in on the fight, what changed them? I think this movie did a pretty good job showing just how messed up war is even for those that were not directly involved.

[@Fleato]

" name one movie roger deakin hasnt shot masterfully" this video was before 1917 came out... he didnt even know what was coming yet.

[@j.d.3597]

I had to pause this video about half-way so I could quickly buy Jarhead and watch it for the first time. I don't like watching War Movies made when the nation is at war because 9/10 times it's just propaganda but this is one of the rare ones that is not. Thanks for this!

[@Virilla]

Richard Foran I’ve always wanted to be a marine. I’m 16 and after watching jarhead two times I still find myself wanting to join. Movies don’t change minds as much as some people think.

[@JamesV1]

@@Virilla probably because you've already been conditioned to join, especially since you're so young. Look at all the people praising American Sniper, when it is clearly a big piece of propaganda. Just try to keep an open mind, especially when you have so much life and potential ahead!

[@Virilla]

Leo Peridot Leo Peridot 1. I want to travel the world, and meet new people. 2. I want some adventure in my life. 3. I want to leave my hometown. 4. I need money. 5. Better than a 9 to 5 that offers no benefits But the main reason I want to join the military is I need money for college. Do you realize there are some people with nothing to fall back on. This is all I got at this point. Yes I am young and I have time to change and make a better life but from where i am at its military and that’s it. The only chance I don’t go into the marines is if I win the lottery to pay for my college because my parents can’t afford it and all the rest of my family are dead. So the GI Bill sounds good to me. And yes I know all the repercussions of joining the marines. I’ve heard stories of Ethan McCord and I’ve watched jarhead . I realize the horrors marines go through in service and even when they are done serving but I need to do it. I’ve thought of joining the coast guard or navy because we’re not in major conflict so being shot and killed in combat is way less of a chance but I don’t know yet. So i don’t know why you were so cold to me... I don’t know if you’re family went into the marines and lost there life and your mad a teen has made up their mind. I really don’t know why you couldn’t just say good luck but now you know my reason.

[@ravenfrancis1476]

@@Virilla Well, there's also the fact the military is a tool of US imperialism and no sane or moral person would be as staunch about joining as you are. To me its less about the horrors that'll be inflicted on you and more the horrors that would naturally be inflicted on the citizens of the next country some rich white dude orders you to bomb for oil.

[@TheGeekyAmreeki]

Army - Soldier Air Force - Airmen Marines - Marine Navy - Sailor

[@robpaul7544]

Thx Mikey, loved that film. Would be very interested in hearing your view on Sherlock Holmes adaptations through the decades. Jeremy Brett, RDJ and Cumberbatch..

[@millennialacademy1087]

Well said. I am a veteran and I don’t usually see poignant statements about our experiences from civilians. I have never seen jarhead personally for the very reason you stated about professions. There is always horrible misrepresentations (I’m looking at you Hurt Locker, Basic and any sci fi movies with military) of how the military functions or behaves. I’m glad I got to see you perspective on this film as I never would have given it a chance otherwise.

[@Draukagrissah]

This is the first MWM that I've gotten to see on fresh upload since subscribing to this channel and... hoooooo boy. Think I need to go lie down. And give my brother and cousin, both retired MC (MAG and MEF respectively), a big hug.

[@TehAmelie]

Yeay! It's about time this movie gets some recognition. Thank you for taking it on, and doing it os well.

[@Antiganos]

Brilliant video as always, the respect given to the subject matter and those who served deserves mad respect. Excellent breakdown and humour as usual!

[@leduffe]

Awesome man. Saw this in theaters. Everyone I saw it with hated it. I loved it then and still do. You framed it perfect. You did it justice. Thank you.

[@toniaroane17]

One of my favorite movies, this is AMAZING! Thank you!

[@mr.l2837]

Holy crap that ending fits perfectly. While I personally know a lot of Marines who were not fans of the book as comes across Swofford extremely whiny and blames the Corps for a lot. We were all fans of the movie however and I actually watched it in bootcamp. Another thing that I think the movie does extremely well is the odd fear that you won't see combat. It would be like training in the NFL but never playing and while you're in its a very real fear. Part of me will always be A Marine, and weirdly part of me misses Afghanistan that clarity of purpose. Thanks man. Side note don't watch Hurt Locker with vets either. 1/5 Cherokee 09-13

[@gottacreatechannelstocomme858]

I just have one question. What the fuck kind of DI let you watch a movie in Bootcamp bro? Im guessing you mistyped or something

[@mr.l2837]

I meant ITB for some reason they decided to show us. my brain decided to say bootcamp for some fuckin reason.

[@Darth.Fluffy]

gotta create channels to comment!? WAH . We saw The Drill Instructor with Jack Webb. Maybe the DIs needed a night off to drown their children's puppies.

[@Mortablunt]

Don't watch The Hurt Locker. Fixed that for you. Swafford is a dangerously intelligent human being. He's also massively maladjusted and has failed to see he is the common thread in literally all his problems.

[@Mightyass1]

Great as always! Thanks for doing what you do, Mikey!

[@missylynke]

Love that you did interviews. This channel is so thorough and thoughtful

[@OrionBlarg]

You fuckin' nailed it. I'm a veteran with PTSD and the part where you mention that these kids already have PTSD from their previous lives and that it truly manifests when they're at war is the most real thing thats ever been pointed out about this movie.

[@filmjoy]

[m] Thank you for your service. (Also thank you for saying such nice things about the piece)

[@thejunkface]

I haven’t seen this movie since it came out and now I really feel the need to watch it again... thanks man!

[@BLACKZUBURBAN]

Oorah! Well done Mikey! You did a great job portraying the underline meaning of this amazing movie!

[@FeaturedPixel]

It should be noted almost all songs on Jarhead are taken from the real US Armed Forces Radio when Desert Storm started. The first song played was Rock the Casbah. Also Something In The Way was allowed to play because Courtney Love was an admirer of Troy’s actor, Peter Sarsgaard.

[@chimpwimp9407]

Didn’t know that about Courtney. They also were allowed to play it in “The Batman” which also starred Peter Sarsgaard.

[@tuskinradar8688]

Ita channels like these where I recognize that I'll never really need Television. As many problems as this website and other streaming services have, the quality that can be found from thousands of people like Mikey here, *for free* , will always have a definitive and nearly insurmountable edge on broadcast programs.

[@TrashTheory]

I watched Jarhead especially so that I could enjoy your take. Fantastic as ever! One thing that really made me think was the ultra affecting and effective use of 'Something In The Way' and how Nirvana are barely ever used in film. What's the deal with that? I can only think of this and the "Here we are now/entertain us" line in Moulin Rouge.

[@duranbarnett8587]

Top class analysis as always. When I saw Jarhead in cinema I remember liking it/thinking it was good but never really understanding it. I'll chalk that up to being far too young. It's so good to come back to this gem and see it again in a whole new deeper way.

[@WingerB17]

This was beautiful, thank you.

[@Bazzabazeman]

Great analysis. I remember having watched this a few months after it came out and as you state: I was underwhelmed as I expected something different. But in hindsight this really is a great film.

[@SavageDawgJoshua]

Sarah was right... I'm 51, been "not under contract" from the Marine Corps since '98, and after watching this makes me realize that I've NEVER gotten used to working with "nasty civilians". This has been a giant eye opener. Thank you, Mikey.

[@BreakingBanter]

Can't watch this until I see the movie (which will be way sooner now because of this video existing). Just wanted to drop a like anyway and let you know you're the best, Mikey!

[@filmjoy]

[m] thanks!

[@SuperXouxou]

Also the fact that you used Black Hawk Down's soundtrack is simply amazing, that's THE way to talk about greast war movies :D

[@HarperNguyen]

Cop that bad boy now, mate.

[@pettaspro]

tonight? mine?

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

I've had multiple movies that I only watched because there was a Movies with Mikey video on it, and I wanted to make sure I watched it before watching the MwM video. :-D

[@rachelloello]

Absolutely fantastic breakdown. Excellent job, from the social view as well as cinematically. You got my sub. Keep up the stellar work I can't wait to see what else you have.

[@steveremo474]

I look forward to every mwm post! This is an incredibly poignant video, thanks again

[@user-mg4wr3lx9o]

Thanks for your recommendation! Saw this video pop up weeks ago and I finally came back to it after watching the film this afternoon. Wow it was like a hell of a ride

[@joeycruz7667]

Brilliant episode, Mikey! This movie definitely passed me by when it first came out - now I need to track it down.

[@kungpowchou]

Wanted to make sure I watched the film before I watched the video. Another awesome analysis, and I'm super glad you introduced such a thought-provoking piece of art that I probably wouldn't have checked out otherwise.

[@chaoaretasty]

Hi Mikey. I haven't seen this film in over 10 years but it's always been one at the back of mind that said "oh yeah, this was a good movie" but for a long time I haven't thought much about it or why. Thank you for bringing this one back up for me! (PS, there were sequels? Oh dear god...)

[@aidilmubarock5394]

It's bad, don't watch it

[@DustinHudyma]

Awesome, Mikey. Always thoughtful. Always worth watching.

[@Nick-oj2rt]

I literally just though that you should cover this movie yesterday. You're a Psychic!

[@sdlstr91]

Thank you for this, Miley. And I’m glad Sarah Campbell was able to give you clear answers about the Marines because it’s a unique micro culture (is that the word?) within the subculture of the military.

[@minustaco42zero24]

I've always loved that quote "welcome to the suck"

[@HarperNguyen]

I’ve bloody waited for this video for so long.

[@badger297]

Love your content mikey. Havent been here in a while, but i come back every now and then to binge. Hope you're doing well brother 🙏 ❤

[@acomaslip5212]

Nice work Feldman, glad you have youtube now.

[@gahllib]

I've always loved the film, so it's nice to see you've both done it justice as an film critic and talked it over with real marines to give the very necessary dose of perspective.

[@Drewe223]

Having the Black Hawk Down theme playing in the background was a nice touch.

[@WallyHolland]

I thank god for this channel. You the man, Mikey

[@alefnull]

somewhere in my top 3 war films. i actually saw this the day it opened, with almost nobody else in the theater. so much better on the big-screen, honestly.

[@XandersArcaneStudy]

Arg, Metroid doesn't even have "levels"! :D Great vid.

[@Erika-gn1tv]

The second one kinda does.

[@Forceful-cu3he]

Ive really enjoyed most of your content and am only now finding this one. i'm in the Army and I really appreciate how you took the time to get the opinions and thoughts from your friends and family who serve/served. I know this will sound cheesy, but you became validated as a civilian who reviews military film to me because of it. Thank you. It is hard has been hard for others (civilians) to understand what we go through and as such Im glad you provide the right message. If you want to further expand this topic I recommend HBO's Generation Kill. They nailed it.

[@jimmyallen8210]

This video is beautiful. This movie is a masterpiece. It is so much like my own experience. Telling people that always falls flat, just like the stolen climax of the story. Loving this story is loving something you know you will never have. Searching for inner peace by studying external violence is a recipe for disaster.

[@joshuacaulfield]

I was planning on never watching this movie, but now you have given me reason to give it 20 minutes to see if it grabs me. Thank you.

[@michaelmarner6578]

final monologue gave me chills man

[@tcalhoon9606]

Hey Mikey, just saw your tweet about this video re-blowing up so I came to do my part and give it another watch.

[@willdieinsun3454]

I love your videos so much. Like, so. Much. I wish I could put it more eloquently than that, but that’s the long and short of it. There’s joy to your videos I find infectious and beautiful, and I just really want to thank you for that.

[@chewface]

I watched this movie 15 years ago (when it first came out). I could never bring myself to watch it a second time.....not because it was a bad movie....but because of how painfully real it was. I am still haunted by many of the scenes, particularly the one where the guy's wife mails him a video of her cheating on him while he's in the Middle East. And the tragic ending. Just a brutal movie that shows a lot of the pains men in the military have to deal with.

[@coreyhoward4397]

Finally. Jarhead was the movie that opened my eyes to what movies could be/do back when it came out. Everything in movies just seemed all the same to me and this film gave me something different. Thanks for finding the words for it.

[@ChocolateThunder357]

kickass review!!! love your stuff and hope to see more!

[@rafatvaz]

As always. Great fucking job! Seriously, you are amazing at what you do, I love your voice, your style and what's behind the stylish voice over. Stay fresh!

[@GarforthProductions]

I love this channel. Wish you had a lot more content up. But I know making pieces this in depth takes time. Personally, I’d love to see a breakdown of Schindler’s list. That movie is both terrifying and beautiful.

[@ruthielalastor2209]

Thanks for this. The way this movie portrays PTSD is so poetic and human.

[@clussylove]

I absolutely love Jarhead I'm so glad you did a video on it. I break down in tears when Tory loses it.

[@linusdn2777]

Honestly my heart skipped a beat when i saw this notification. This one of the 10 best movies ive ever seen!

[@creatorsremose]

I still can't (actually, ambivalent, because I know what most YT viewers are like) believe the Movies with Mikey videos aren't the most watched videos on YT. MWM is SUUUUUCH high quality shit, I'm addicted!

[@igia0394]

Former corporal in the Marines i got out in 2012 and its been years ive been coming to grips with things but honestly i have to say I love your videos but this one hit me like a ton of bricks. I had the jagged little pill i tried to swallow but by the time code 14:20 and what follows I was in tears. Because its true. If it was her words or yours doesnt matter. "Once a Marine, Always a Marine" ... part of me is still out there but the thing is, while I HATE that..... I wish I could go back. That part of me does not know how to function properly without a weapon in my hands. The drills, the range, the tool to protect my fellow marines and myself though protecting myself became less of a requirement the more I did and saw. Thank you for this video

[@walter80922]

From a early-mid 2000s Marine, I can say it seemed pretty damn authentic to me.

[@dozeregg]

12 years out. I still miss Iraq. I only deployed once. I thought I would get a chance to prove myself. Instead I came home just in time for my EAS (end of enlistment contract) only to have one of our trucks hit 11 days before I was officially out. Not only did I not get to prove myself, I'm now saddled with survivors guilt for the rest of my life. I'll love and hate the Marine Corps as long as I live. Semper Fi.

[@SavageDawgJoshua]

Don't hate the Corps, my Brother, hat the masters pulling our strings. I had my own struggles with the same shit, having spent my career in the '90s under bill fucking Clinton, and was a radio tech for 6 years. I dropped a Navy nuke DEP to go infantry in the Corps after Saddam lit the oil wells. In my opinion, no matter what got us here, we are ALL still Brother Marines, and as Veteran Marines, our Sacred Oath is not fulfilled until the day MsGySgy St. Peter calls us up for street guard duty in heave. So when the shit hits the fan, we'll be re-enacted and immediate sworn in again by our hearts, and we will stand in front of our families and neighbors against the tyrannies of evil men.

[@37Kilo2]

Er. Hang in there. We all have regrets, guilt, etc.. Just remember that you're not alone. Have you tried therapy with the VA? It might help you cope with some of the shit going on in your head, even stuff unrelated to the Corps. Even just talking about shit can be cathartic. I recommend staying away from the pharmaceuticals they'll push on you, though.

[@Hachiae]

@Leo Peridot sounds like he just wanted to do his job

[@Hachiae]

@Leo Peridot all you do is create assumptions, why would i listen to what you say?

[@Hachiae]

@Leo Peridot except im not generalizing "every officer" "every general" "every grunt"as everyone is different, i created a safe assumption as someone new at a job will want to prove themselves regardless of what it is, and from what OP said thats what it sounds like. you created a whole assumption based off your bias on a number of different people. you are as ignorant as you could get

[@willneisen2245]

thank you for what you do

[@RichEdwards]

I remember when I saw this in the theaters that I thought it nailed tonally what being in the military in the 90's was like. Caveats for moviemaking and smoothing some of the edges, it got the experience right (HT to Swofford's book on a lot of that). The other angle that stuck for me was the fish out of water feeling. The military at that time was still geared towards fighting WW III in Europe against a Soviet Union, which by that point had become a shadow of itself. So there's a vague sense of preparing for some threat, but still studying Fulda Gap in Germany as a key future battle ground. Great movie and great analysis as always Mikey.

[@krabsan2286]

I have seen this film at least 5 times its amazing, and one of the best perfomances of Jake Gyllenhaal

[@willowjohnson8553]

God, this video for some reason felt so cathartic, like pulling out a splinter I'd just been ignoring for *years*. Thank you Mikey.

[@pcg13]

Welp, you've convinced me to see this movie. Thanks!

[@LynzuAnderson]

This film was before my first deployment, and I didn't realize how the emotions of this movie made sense until i served. My ex left me, I did get 1 confirm but never reconciled with any of my actions or emotions to this day. It's been 9 years since I got out. I used to wake up every night drenched in sweat reaching for my rifle after I got home, and would just struggle with civilian life in general. Little things like people standing crooked in line at Walmart would drive me crazy and I'd have keep my mouth shut. It was only when I bought a rifle civilian side that I could sleep, and now I'm medicated (20mg valium/day). After all the time since I was in I did eventually get back on my feet, quit drinking, got married to a new girl, had 2 kids, and bought a house. But I went into truck driving at a small family owned business so I'm alone 95% of the time, and can cope that way. I suppose isolation became my coping mechanism and I went into a job that accommodated that. I couldn't work on a team unless they all had some form of militarization. Still my heart is overseas, but I'm home.

[@solokom]

Your editing is extraordinary! outstanding.

[@DashArkenstone]

Great episode, Mikey! Watched it while donating plasma and Don't Worry, Be Happy came on the radio during. Creepy.

[@danielland3767]

As a former army solider this is a great episode that you went over in this movie piece awesome show Mikey.

[@marcuspiraquive3355]

I love this video iv watched it so many times and I enjoy it more every time

[@MrValBar2]

Thanks, Raycevick, I'll definitely check Jarhead sometime!

[@waxh9679]

war movies always move me deeply, but i never watch them. war movies are like horror movies to me - a very specific genre that has a known effect on audiences and displays the world from a very specific perspective. like horror movies, i can't handle watching war movies that often. but i might watch jarhead, the hurt locker, and apocalypse now in my life. i might not, though, because the horrors of war are traumatic for me to think about. idk. thank you for the video! as always, it was great i hope someday war movies won't have to be relevent, because i hope there will be a generation one day without war.

[@StuartChapin]

Great vid on a challenging subject matter. Thanks!

[@petergwbaker]

I have seen this movie... so many times, as someone who grew up in Kuwait and the UAE, I find it fantastic and I have always loved it.

[@michaelcardenas9065]

Terrific work Mikey!

[@nothawkeye5073]

I smashed that bell and still didn’t get notified it makes me sad that the show I care the most about on KZbin isn’t shown to me

[@michelletheia9853]

I’m a vet of OIF 1 (March-December 2023). I never got shot at, but was afraid of it daily, and “Part of you will always be out there, in the suck” is so plainly but epically true.

[@natsudragion7790]

I hadn't seen many of Sam Mendes's films besides American beauty and Skyfall so I was catching up on them. After seeing Jarhead and looking it up, I was shocked to see that the critical consensus of it was in the 50s and 60s . It was a joy to find this video because I share this sentiment wholeheartedly

[@bernieponcik1351]

So much love for you Mikey! Breathlessly awaiting you're next stroke of Genius...