Finally got to see the movie. It was better than I expected, but still not all that great.
Seemed that the movie had three main parts. The beginning was about the training. The middle and largest portion of the movie was about 6 months of boredom in the desert. The last was about the war and the return home.
Throughout the movie, there are only three recognizable characters. Swofford, Sykes, and Troy. The rest just all seem to blend together. Shave-headed Marines with southern accents and one mexican. They're just props. Unfortunately, they're noisy props and the director spends too much time on them.
The story just isn't interesting and the characters are shallow.