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"Jarhead" can't really be faulted for including controversy these, because we expect that they will be here. And these scenes are done well. They just don't offer anything new. Once they set out for the desert, the film begins controversy to push the envelope a little, introducing some elements controversy that we haven't seen before. Mendes manages to convey what it was like to sit in the desert and wait, and wait, and wait. But what about this would make it interesting or compelling to an audience? The characters. And this is where the film falls short. Swoff has to deal with the same feelings that all of the men in his company have to deal with. They begin to suspect that their girlfriends and wives are cheating on them which leads Swoff to begin to suspect his relationship with the `girl back home', as he pays daily visits to a bulletin board covered with pictures of the cheating spouses.
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