unacceptable

[madeinmoscow]

The Hurt Locker was so bad that, despite my frugality, I had to walk out after about 40 minutes. To add insult to injury, the director dedicated her Oscar to the men and women in uniform. I have no words

Comments

[prosto_los]

I didn't see it but I'm curious, what was so bad about it?

i am not sure where to begin

[madeinmoscow]

everything that has anything to do with military operations was fucked up beyond recognition and patently absurd.

Re: i am not sure where to begin

[prosto_los]

that's what I thought. Credibility can often stand in the way of... other film qualities, so I guess they made their choice ;)

i guess so

[madeinmoscow]

this was the classical b movie. it is as if navy seals got the oscars.

[roxymartini]

what's that about? it sounds sad. poor locker. what was wrong with it? who would want to hurt a poor little locker. )=

it is sad

[madeinmoscow]

all the worst and inaccurate stereotype about how the military works are combined into one painful movie.

[finik]

You are the only person I know that hated the movie. I wasn't excited by it, but I don't consider the time I spent watching it wasted. And it has nothing to do with the fact I was hacking kernel in the other window at the same time (thats what 24"+ displays were invented for anyway :)
Anyway, I would love to hear your reasons for hating it, I am really intrigued.

[onyx]

any particular reason for hating the movie?

[saul_paradise]

I see your point, but I am not sure that automatically takes away from the movie. This was not a documentary about the military. It was sort of a mediation on someone hooked on andrenaline beyond crazy (see Point Break). When viewed in that light, the details you mention actually support the premise of the movie -- the character's need for andrenaline causes him to behave in a way no normal soldier in that position ever would.

FWIW, I thought it was an oK movie, not Bigelow's best (I prefer Point Break, and I hear Strange Days is supposed to be very good). I personally would have given Best Picture to Up in the Air.

[pingva]

> I am not sure that automatically takes away from the movie

... says the man who wouldn't even watch "The Wire" on professional grounds =)

[saul_paradise]

not quite the same thing:) I am not interested in the subject matter on professional grounds. For example, a show called Raising the Bar is terrible on details, but I find it enjoyable nonetheless.

i remember taking this movie critique class at school

[madeinmoscow]

they mentioned verité and willful suspension of disbelief, if i remember right. anyways, you cannot have some dude running around iraq on his own, putting the lives of his buddies and random iraqi civilians in danger, just because he is addicted to a little adrenaline rush. there is this whole chain of command thing, but this is too obvious, right?

if you examine the sniper duel in any detail, you will see, fo example, that the enemy, after being shot by the big, bad .50 bmg just slumps over the windowsill, instead of flying across the room, after being blown into several pieces. 'cuz .50 bmg don't play.

it is like you watching a movie about lawyers, with the assistant da yelling "strenuously object" every 5 seconds, wearing daisy dukes to court and charging passerby with murder, absent any probable cause. all because the ada in question enjoys a little rush.