The Hurt Locker (2008)'s comments - page 3

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mathiasa

legit movie indeed.

10 years 9 months ago

It really took a very average movie year for this one to win an Oscar. It was this or Avatar so all in all it's not too bad but it's a very average one with good moments and average acting.
Everything stays very cold and distant from the subject. It feels a little like a documentary with no commentary. Could be a good thing with more of a storyline, character development or some kind of evolution to the plot.

11 years 9 months ago

Public Enemy

No, it's a 2008 film. It was released in the US in 2009 but it came out in other countries in 2008.

13 years 1 month ago

naikou

Damn fine movie, glad it got the oscar! Anyone who thinks this is American propaganda is either an idiot, or they somehow missed the part where just about every American in the movie is an asshole. Next you'll be telling me that Schindler's List is Nazi propaganda because Schindler isn't an asshole.

13 years 2 months ago

mochiusle

The worst movie to win an Oscar...

13 years 3 months ago

Emmy_84

i hated this movie. Oh my word. I can't believe it won an oscar. I couldn't connect with any character. Nor could I sympathise with any of them. The highlight was the scene with the cereal choices in the supermarket-but that could just be from a PD point of view and the end credits obviously

13 years 4 months ago

StigAnder

Good, not great. Oscar-y films get Oscars.

13 years 5 months ago

justanotherfrog

I just finished this one. Despite the hype and all, I really enjoyed it! I'm not disappointed by it's best picture win, although personally my favorite was Up in the Air. I don't know if it was the masterpiece some people were making it out to be, but it was definitely a good, suspenseful film with some great performances.

13 years 10 months ago

diegoivan

Overrated.
The oscar for best picture should have been for Inglourious Basterds or Precious.

13 years 10 months ago

Thief

I liked it, but I just wasn't blown by it (no pun intended).

14 years 1 month ago

Troublenight

It is interesting but I think some scenes could've been deleted

14 years 1 month ago

Bin M. Khulayf

its released in US was in 2009, but the official premiere was in Venice Film Festival in 2008.

i hope it will get the Oscar not Avatar, or best director at least

14 years 3 months ago

filmcave

Uhh, this "poster" needs fixing.

14 years 3 months ago

Siskoid

I respect its documentary style - sometimes forgetting that they weren't really filming in Baghdad - but then the action movie tropes (the maverick hero) seemed to work against the style. Then again, the events are based on the scriptwriter's observations while embedded with a bomb squad in 2004 (and his bits are the most interesting thing about the commentary track), so it may be a case of life imitating art. Certainly, while there is an "arc" to follow, there isn't really a plot. It made me think of Platoon (without Oliver Stone, which is a good thing) in its portrait of the Iraq Occupation

6 years 3 months ago

BigAwesomeBLT

Felt very real and authentic. Great amount of tension and some beautiful shots. Quite slow in places but I think it needed that to push the tension.

9 years 2 months ago