My Nirvana song review can be found on treblezine.com
"Something in the Way"
By Nirvana
From Jarhead (2005)
Jarhead is one of the best modern day anti-war films and the first honest portrayal of American servicemen in Iraq, Jake Gyllenhaal portraying the protagonist and the voice of the movie. It's a coming of age movie of a solider in a war where nothing much happens but the aching stain of loneliness. These guys are trying not go stir crazy while staring at the burning sunlight reflecting from the empty Iraqi desert as these soldiers wait for a battle that never comes. My favorite scene comes with the use of Nirvana's "Something in the Way" as a reflection of the mindset of Jarhead after his girlfriend has sent him a Dear John letter. He's dealing with being stranded in a Middle Eastern country and he feels disconnected with the rest of his unit. He is on the verge of major depression for being heartbroken and homesick away from a life that seems distant and further away as the days pass in the desert.
As the camera pans and you see the expressions on Jarhead as he tries to keep his head straight, you can feel the tears, the hurt and the aching as he covers his hands over his head, hiding out trying not to share his vulnerable side with his fellow grunts. You sense it, he's about to lose it. And now one better than Kurt Cobain can echo these sentiments as you hear Kurt singing, "Something in the way…yeah" it's as if he's hovering above and singing for Jarhead. The song was made for this once scene and this movie. You feel his pain and as Kurt sings you hear the hurting in Cobain's voice. It's a perfect match for the character played so brilliant, stoically and eloquently by Gyllenhaal.
Adrian Ernesto Cepeda
2007
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