The Hurt Locker
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- Point50
While the movie does a decent job of providing plenty of suspense the clichéd I'm-a-wreckless-badass attitude that the main character had to portray was just boring and overplayed (possible really just overwritten). The plot was pretty thin and I felt like I was watching one of the many canned TV shows that exist today; antag + protag + personal history = generic story all wrapped up in a current events shell. I really don't get what the Oscar hype is all about for this flick.
- prophet0NE0
someone mentioned Near Dark. awesome flick. the bar scene is epic.
- SoulFly0
dudes, it's a movie. It's not supposed to be accurate just as the best war movie ever Apocalypse Now is not at all accurate.. or maybe it was :/
- jurassica0
The sentimental bullshit at the end really wrecked it for me.
- juhls0
Had to do charades in class today as a lesson in concentration on self as well as others during presentations rather than just others. And communicating without words.
I had to act out "The Hurt Locker".
F my life.
- _me_0
- twokids0
it was ok. some good things in it. i kept feeling like it was kind of routine, you know? he was crazy, his partners were afraid of him but had grudging respect...he was tortured....like i had seen it before, at least the story. he went home, it was drudge shopping for cereal, etc....
i mean, its not like i was in war...but it felt a little by the numbers...
- i know what you mean. i think the pacing of the story let your mind wander sometimes.SteveJobs
- mathinc0
I really liked this film. I don't quite see what the awards hype is all about, it didn't seem very revolutionary but all the same I really enjoyed it. I thought that the characters were very well developed and the cinematography was beautiful. I got to watch it with my brother who was an Air Force EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) until 2007, so it was really interesting in that regard too.
- Ramanisky20
other than a couple of intense scenes I felt very underwhelmed by this movie.
don't get all the hype. Decent movie but 9 Oscar nom nom noms?
- agreebabaganush
- Not a patch on Their Will Be Bloodbabaganush
- *There*babaganush
- <agree. but it is 'hollowood'.jaylarson
- very much agreepersona_non_grata
- bitPic0
good movie! except the parts where they are punching each other in the stomach other then that good watch
- juhls0
Only thing is most soldiers would not work with a guy like that in real life. He constantly risks everyone's lives and/or gives them more emotional damage than they already have.
Good film but there are a bunch of inaccuracies in it (search Google).
- its easy to say that until you are the person diffusing bombs. it takes a crazy fucker to pull that offBonSeff
- if you were to ask those soldiers if they would rather but on the bomb suit, they'd say fuck thatBonSeff
- 'put on'BonSeff
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Don't mean to be a hater... I still think it deserves awards.juhls - I love the character development and study. There were just some strange scenes in the film.juhls
- As for diffusing bombs, every soldier doesn't have to be exactly like the main character to do their job.juhls
- Yes, this movie was very unrealistic. Like there's no way that d00d would have survived in real life.Khurram
- It's like the filmmakers are trying to take the piss with unrealistic characters.Khurram
- yeah, what were they thinking making a film instead of a documentaty? what a bunch of jerks.instrmntl
- YEAHjuhls
- BonSeff0
she was interviewed on rache maddow's show a while back
- BonSeff0
i loved that movie
- mg330
I was all ready to receive it as my next movie in Netflix, but my fiance went and screwed the list all up with some roller derby movie and some other shit with Drew Barrymore in it.
- guttedStugoo
- for better or worse :)tymeframe
- Whip It was pretty entertaining.dMullins
- HAHAHAduckofrubber
- Khurram0
You know why i like Katherine Bigelow?
Cos she's not some conventional chick film maker making "pretty" films about cakes and fairies and flowers an oooh its so pretty with the dresses! like that annoying little cunt face with the big nose Sofia Coppola.
She makes movies with balls cos she got balls. Other than that, i can take or leave her cannon of work.. except Near Dark, that's well good that is.
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- To sum, i'm into chicks with balls. Nothing wrong with that. Each his own.Khurram
- wtf?
blue steel was brilliant - as was point break. even strange days had it's momentshans_glib - blue steels oright. NOT a fan of point break. haven't seen the other one.Khurram
- Not a fan of Point Break? For shame...dMullins
- I still think Point Break is greatbabaganush
- Like guys who make action films?juhls
- Projectile0
a WOMAN directed it?? Dang ah thought it was pretty cool, now I'll have to burn the DVD I pirated!! Next thing y'all gonna tell me it was a Muslim woman what directed it!
sheeyit!!
- oiishi0
great film! HL 10 AVATAR 0!
- brandelec0
i like the part when the director wasn't sure about making the film and her ex husband told her to do ti. so she did. and now they're both killing it with oscar nominations