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 The Hurt Locker



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January 11, 2010, 01:09:45 pm
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Offline Goza

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The Hurt Locker
« on: January 11, 2010, 01:09:45 pm »
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/

Stumbled across this by accident. Never heard about it (apparently it's from 2008, but it opened only a few months ago here). The lastest by Kathryn Bigelow, that 90s action-flick director (Strange Days, Blue Steel, Point Blank), about an elite bomb-defuse-squad in Iraq.

It's no action film, but all about suspense. Found it interesting how it shows the futility/incalculableness/impossibleness/insanity involved. Of course you never know how close to reality a movie is.
Only thing they could have cut is the yay-a-man-gotta-go-what-a-man-has-to-do bullcrap in the last 5 minutes.

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January 11, 2010, 03:31:09 pm
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2010, 03:31:09 pm »
Sounds like my kinda film. Will download!
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January 11, 2010, 04:49:43 pm
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2010, 04:49:43 pm »
Yeah I have heard this is really good.

Btw I just saw a trailer for a new Robin Hood movie, Starring Russel Crowe as Robin.

It looks really really bad.

Then I saw a Trailer for a New Karate Kid movie, with Jackie Chan as the sensei, and the kids black. That looks win.

Also new A-team movie!

Guess 2010 is the year of the remake.

January 11, 2010, 05:36:49 pm
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2010, 05:36:49 pm »
Is the kid chris rock?
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January 11, 2010, 09:59:05 pm
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2010, 09:59:05 pm »
I watched this one a few days ago. It's a good movie, but it has some ... attitudes that I didn't quite like. I guess it's just a matter of taste, but it could have been made into a much better film if the focus shifted a bit.

It got some good analogies as well as nice picture (cinematography?)

Worth a look!
7/10

*********** SPOILER ***********

wtf is up with killing of all the "big names" within 3minutes of their arrival?!

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Delling: give "spoiler" function on these boards!
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January 11, 2010, 10:04:40 pm
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2010, 10:04:40 pm »
What attitudes?
The main guy is kinda an arrogant prick, yes. But I think that's intended.

About the spoiler thing, why not. Didn't bother me, this isn't a starcast movie.

January 11, 2010, 10:12:47 pm
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2010, 10:12:47 pm »
I thought the main character was understandable, but not the others. They just seemed a bit more loosely put together... dunno, didn't really like it.

And the spoiler; it was like it was on purpose! Like a reverse trend of the norm. But I wanted more of those tbh!

January 15, 2010, 09:04:11 pm
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2010, 09:04:11 pm »
Just seen it. Liked the special effects, the story was ok. I didn't like it that much, the ending was crap imho. It's just an ok watch.

6/10.

February 13, 2010, 07:08:25 pm
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2010, 07:08:25 pm »
Ya, last 5 mins were not so great.

Should've ended in the car: 'Do you know why I do it?'

'Nope'

Good film tho'! Very nicely filmed, edited, etc -- nice mix of shaky-documentary + clean/sharp stuff.
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February 18, 2010, 01:18:38 am
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2010, 01:18:38 am »
Good film. The intensity in some parts is unmatched in any other film i've watched recently.
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March 01, 2010, 10:00:17 am
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2010, 10:00:17 am »
Didn't move me much.. The whole cowboy attitude got to an annoying point and I guess the ending part is already covered above.
Nice to get insight in a narrow field of work however ;)

March 01, 2010, 03:57:17 pm
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2010, 03:57:17 pm »
Ya, I mostly thought it was interesting, more than anything else. Didn't move me much either (though the 'body bomb' was pretty grim...)
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March 08, 2010, 09:49:03 am
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« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2010, 09:49:03 am »

March 08, 2010, 10:13:08 am
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2010, 10:13:08 am »
Says something about the film output for 2009 :)

March 08, 2010, 03:17:48 pm
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Re: The Hurt Locker
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2010, 03:17:48 pm »
Woah.

I mean, it was very good in all those categories... but... best picture too? Chrikee.
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