“Details are the difference between you killing your target and your target killing you”
by Lizbeth ~ September 13th, 2010. Filed under: Uncategorized.After watching Jarhead for a second time, I feel that I was able to enjoy it more this time around. The first time I saw it was in theatres so I did not have a chance to pause and rewind certain scenes/lines I felt deserved a second look. One of the scenes that stood out the most to me was when the Marine was killed in training because he began to panic and stood up. This scene captured not only the frailty of human life, where one mistake can end it all but also the fact that the horrors of being a marine extend beyond the battlefield. The men were not given a chance to grieve over their dead friend but rather watched their leader yell at the corpse in anger for his error. Aside from being shocked by that scene, the movie made me see just how many of these men live for the fight and for the kill. While in training, Swofford stated that “the sniper dies for that one perfect shot” and that he was now “hooked” in trying to get that perfect shot. Being in the Marines and preparing to serve in a battlefield clearly consumes you to the point that that is all you see, war and destruction. As we have read in our readings these are feelings deep within us all that are brought out by triggers. In Swofford’s case, we can see his aggressive nature come out when one of his friends accidently starts a fire and get Swofford in trouble. In anger, Swofford seems inclined to kill the other marine and goes into a trance state where he builds and takes apart his riffle 28 times and begins to recite marine mantras while pointing the gun at his fellow soldier. This scene truly captures what it must be like to have something overtake you and lose control, to be consumed by aggressive feelings and actions.
This movie not only captures what war was like for these men but for all men and women. As it was said in the movie “Every war is different every war is the same”. By that standard, it is safe to feel that all the outcomes and tragedies are, in some ways, all the same for every war as well. The ending scenes show that once a Jarhead always a Jarhead; how even though they are no longer in a position requiring that they always are ready for battle, they still feel that connection and identify with being a marine and that probably goes for every soldier. War changes you, you are constantly training to kill and it is impossible to turn off that aggressive side just because you go back to civilian life; that struggle is something which the movie Jarhead was able to show successfully.
September 20th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
I completely agree that war had changed the marines in this film. It’s especially noticeable in the scene where they have the perfect shot and Swofford’s partner expresses that they “need” the shot. The kill is what they live for now. They almost lose their humanity and concern for any other individual because they have become more obsessed with being excellent, killing machines, products of their training.
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