Your Favorite Directors

[MT2008]

I didn't exactly love "Jarhead" as a movie, but I hated the book even more. It's another one of those examples of a movie being made from source material that is inherently weak. I think Sam Mendes deserves props as a director for doing the best he could with it.

Also, I liked "American Beauty", but let's face it - Mendes is not exactly sympathetic to American gun ownership, and that movie is a perfect example.