The Hurt Locker (2008)'s comments

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Linkmaster89

Really good, but doesn't deserve six oscars.

5 months 2 weeks ago

clarafpicado

Very well done but also very boring (to me).
I thought it was very realistic but after reading many reviews I found out it isn't....oh well...

3 years 1 month ago

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

Limbesdautomne

Nice dud for audience hooked on adrenaline. A good war film is a film which questioning the war, not which promote it. Over.

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6 years 4 months ago

skinny_much

overrated

6 years 10 months ago

Panunzio

A fairly strong war movie that doesn't quite reach the emotional depth and resonance it strives for.

6 years 10 months ago

filmyjo

Pretty normal and boring war movie.. 5/10.

7 years 1 month ago

Aramir

This movie won 6 Oscars? Seriously?

7 years 7 months ago

mono-no-aware

The last two minutes are handled stupidly and feel like AAA Hollywood BS, but it's an otherwise very powerful film.

8 years 5 months ago

A Blue Roar

I did a tour as a combat engineer in Afghanistan, and during bomb training we had a lot of good laughs about what NOT to do, as seen in this movie. It is so unrealistic it almost becomes a comedy.

9 years 2 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

Yankeefan03

To the people that think this movie is accurate ask a veteran of the war. A cowboy movie set in a real war. Sad how much praise this got.

9 years 10 months ago

rakesh

boring movie.....(5/10)

9 years 10 months ago

SkilledLunatic

That Taliban who killed Ralph Fiennes had amazing aim, holy shit.

10 years 1 month ago

Joker of Gotham

Incredible work by the director and incredible work by the writer he does a fantastic job with the main character. Jeremy Renner is fantastic with this character, the performance is the best part of this movie, no doubt, that was Oscar worthy for sure.
4.25/5

10 years 4 months ago