Hurt Locker >>>>>>>>>>>> Avatar

[Jacob1983]

I don't think James' bravery is why he was so good at what he did in The Hurt Locker. It probably helped him he keep calm but being brave does not mean you're good at something. He knew what he was doing and loved it. He was good at what he did. His experience probably helped him too. Plain and simple. And he enjoyed it too. I think that's one reason why he was a likeable character that people rooted for. I can understand people talking about Avatar but The Hurt Locker?
Are you serious?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Finally saw The Hurt Locker. Pretty bad ass tension throughout that movie...and the ending was ing awesome. Especially combined with Khyber Pass by Ministry as the perfect background song.....it was as if they wrote that song for that scene. in tight. Final scene snapped the whole movie into perfect place. Jeremy Renner sure has come a long way since National Lampoon's Senior Trip back in '95. Who says actors can't improve?

Also received bonus points for 3 total Ministry songs in the movie.

[Trainwreck2100]

too bad it's a "war movie" directed by a woman. Lol winning best director cause you have a vagina.

[Trainwreck2100]

seriously if a chick's gonna direct a war movie it should be about getting raped or building 1940's era weapons cause that's all they do in war.

[CubanSucks]

really good movie but a little overrated. District 9, Up, and Inglorious Bas s were all better imo. District 9 should've won

[Trainwreck2100]

really good movie but a little overrated. District 9, Up, and Inglorious Bas s were all better imo. District 9 should've won

directed by a white man so he was automatically disqualified that year

[Booharv]

Nothing in that movie was realistic fwiw

I made this post on another forum when the movie came out:

"Though I’m back in Iraq now, I put off seeing the movie, partly because I felt no need to be disturbed by memories that its graphic images would surely raise. But I mentioned the movie to a few soldiers. Predictably, none liked it."

"If there is one rule with the military, it is that there is strength in numbers. No one soldier, no one vehicle, goes out alone. Ever. Four vehicles and a 20-man squad is the minimum that I have worked with in Iraq. A lone Humvee would not be allowed to clear the gate at any base in Iraq.

Yet, in scene after scene, the bomb disposal team, led by Staff Sgt. William James, appears to be fighting the war alone."

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/essay-15/

""Films, almost more than anything, will be the way Americans understand our war," Rieckhoff said. "So we feel that there is a responsibility for filmmakers to portray our war accurately. We see ourselves as watchdogs. . . . When he puts a hood on like Eminem and starts roving outside the wire, it's ridiculous."

Gallucci, a former sergeant who served in Iraq from 2003 to 2004, says he kept hoping James would get "blown up throughout the entire movie. I wanted to see his poor teammates get another team leader, who was actually concerned about their safety.""

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...022506161.html

Lol, when veterans are hoping your main character/soldier gets blown up during the movie thats saying something.

"“It’s a Hollywood fantasy version of reality,” said Paul Rieckhoff, founder of the 150,000-member Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, who served in Iraq. “It’s a compelling film. But when it comes down to the technical and tactical scenes, it’s pretty ridiculous. This criticism has been constant from within the military community. The guy is a reckless, go-it-alone guy, which the film celebrates. That is the opposite of what the American military is all about,” he said."

"“Any of us as team leaders would have immediately been decertified, at best, for either one of those stunts. Going outside the base alone would probably result in an immediate trip to jail.” He added: “It is a minor joke around the shop, when we go out, to ask one another where our hoodies are.”"

Lol again at the movie being a punch line.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle7050384.ece

"Some of the scenes are so disconnected with reality to be almost parody."

http://defensetech.org/2009/07/10/hu...out-the-spark/

I could go on but it gets redundant there's like 20 articles of Vets ridiculing that movie. To be fair some vets like it but even they don't defend its technical accuracy. Click on these if you must its just more of the same (skip to the next paragraph after the links otherwise).

http://www.newsweek.com/id/234064

http://friendfeed.com/movie-reviews/...-isn-t-reality

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-h..._b_449043.html

http://www.helium.com/items/1765887-...he-hurt-locker

http://insidemovies.moviefone.com/20...e-hurt-locker/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=124319820

I know pretty much everyone knows this already, but still...

[Trainwreck2100]

Nothing in that movie was realistic fwiw

I made this post on another forum when the movie came out:



I know pretty much everyone knows this already, but still...

see:woman
see:war movie

[Trainwreck2100]

seriously if a chick's gonna direct a war movie it should be about getting raped or building 1940's era weapons cause that's all they do in war.

sons i want to apologize for this horrible post, women do other stuff in wartime like triage nurse. Or around and their man and spend their money when they are risking their lives on the other side of the world

[cheguevara]

Nothing in that movie was realistic fwiw

I made this post on another forum when the movie came out:



I know pretty much everyone knows this already, but still...

it was a movie. if they had tried to make it realistic they woulda put little children's dead heads and body parts on multiple scenes.

again its a hollywood movie. And as that it was a pretty damn good one, especially if you blast the speakers. It's definitely a hard choice between that and Avatar and District 9.

[cheguevara]

""Films, almost more than anything, will be the way Americans understand our war," Rieckhoff said. "So we feel that there is a responsibility for filmmakers to portray our war accurately. We see ourselves as watchdogs. . . . When he puts a hood on like Eminem and starts roving outside the wire, it's ridiculous."

this is the most re ed statement I heard in a long time.

First of all, nothing put on film will make you understand what it's like to be at war. And in the end there is nothing to understand about war. It's children being put on a meat grinder for political purposes. what is to understand about that?

[Bill_Brasky]

Wasn't a fan of Hurt Locker...everybody was ing their pants over it and I really have no idea why. Avatar was decent, but Basterds was probably my favorite.

[Agitator]

it was a movie. if they had tried to make it realistic they woulda put little children's dead heads and body parts on multiple scenes.

again its a hollywood movie. And as that it was a pretty damn good one, especially if you blast the speakers. It's definitely a hard choice between that and Avatar and District 9.

hurt locker was better

no contest there

[lefty]

Inception, Hurt Locker and Avatar equally suck

[cheguevara]

hurt locker was better

no contest there

different movies.

Avatar was a family movie with a real lame unoriginal theme

District 9 was completely original and a real sci fi with social themes

Hurt Locker was more like a suspense/rock and roll ride

all good

[scampers]

Hurt Locker was such a piece of . Star Trek is more realistic/believable.

[Cane]

different movies.

Avatar was a family movie with a real lame unoriginal theme

District 9 was completely original and a real sci fi with social themes

Hurt Locker was more like a suspense/rock and roll ride

all good

Tbh Hurt Locker also seemed lame and unoriginal

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Tbh Hurt Locker also seemed lame and unoriginal

No i think che has a point. But i think its silly to call out the hurt locker for not being accurate. Its a movie for goodness sake. The movie was well done, i give that chick credit. I don't think its one of the best movies ever or anything but i expected it to be mad overrated and i was wrong. Its a good flick definitely worth watching. I place it ahead of district 9 overall cuz while i dig scifi, something about that movie just did not flow very well. The plot seemed rushed and under developed at one point then too slow the next. It was good but i liked hurt locker better.

[Prime1]

I don't know reading that post made me think less of the movie. Somehow I had never heard any of that. Most war movies are accurate...or at least ones like Platoon and Saving Private Ryan from what I've read about those two. Its not hard to make a realistic war movie and have it be good.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

While there may be some issues with "Hurt Locker", it still was better than any of the other films nominated for that year. Then again we live in a society where "Raging Bull" and "There Will Be Blood" are without Best picture wins, so at least the academy got the Hurt locker year right.


oh, and social network > king's speech

[CubanSucks]

While there may be some issues with "Hurt Locker", it still was better than any of the other films nominated for that year. Then again we live in a society where "Raging Bull" and "There Will Be Blood" are without Best picture wins, so at least the academy got the Hurt locker year right.


oh, and social network > king's speech

Ummm There Will Be Blood didn't win because there was a movie that year that was better in NCFOM. AT LEAST on par with it. I think better examples would be Goodfellas losing to Dances With Wolves and Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare In Love

[CubanSucks]

it was a movie. if they had tried to make it realistic they woulda put little children's dead heads and body parts on multiple scenes.

again its a hollywood movie. And as that it was a pretty damn good one, especially if you blast the speakers. It's definitely a hard choice between that and Avatar and District 9.

wait, you're kidding, right?

[Monostradamus]

Ummm There Will Be Blood didn't win because there was a movie that year that was better in NCFOM. AT LEAST on par with it. I think better examples would be Goodfellas losing to Dances With Wolves and Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare In Love

There was a time when I might have rated NCFOM higher, but after repeat viewings I don't think the two movies are anywhere close. TWBB is a masterpiece in every way, NCFOM is just a really good movie.

NCFOM winning was the Academy throwing the Coen Brothers a bone after years of screwing them over, nothing more. PT Anderson will get his Oscar glory one day, with a movie probably far inferior to There Will Be Blood.

[cheguevara]

get real mofos.

like Platton or Apocalypse Now are accurate???

and they are undeniably top 5 best war movies ever.

[tlongII]

District 9 sucked.