The Hurt Locker

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[CoolioD1]

Love this film. Unbelievably tense and powerfully acted. Excellent character study.

[AniNate]

This has been called overrated so many times that it's now gone the whole way around and become underrated. It really is as good as the reviews say it is; intense, well-paced, well-acted, and even if it's not an accurate portrayal of bomb squads in Iraq, I have a whole lot more respect for them because of this movie, and I think that counts for something.

A

Edited November 11, 2011 by tribefan695

[pinocchio]

I still think its overrated and I still think Point Break is the best she ever did... But, oh, well...

[Noctis]

Uninteresting, insipid, and devoid of all tension and suspense except for one scene. It should end up being a great tool of putting children to sleep.D+

[mdot1982]

Very suspenseful. Renner was great. Bomb diffusing, can't get much better. Great camera work.A.

[SchumacherFTW]

I've always taken issue with this film. All the raves that it's a realistic depiction of life out there were bollocks. I may never have been to Iraq, but my dad was there when Saddam reared his ugly head the first time around. It's actually as generic, and uninspired as 90% of other war films, and I still don't get why this had all the hype and won best picture. Should have gone to the Basterds (even though Avatar was my personal favourite). There are some things the film does right, scenes with bonb diffusion are well done and intense, but as a character I absolutely Loathed Renner. Which basically makes it hard to enjoy the film.

[Phil in the Blank]

Yes its tense, Yes its well acted, but part of me agrees with Schumacker. It is a very generic war film that plays it by the numbers.I'll give it a B

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Over all good but not best picture worthy but most of 2009 oscar picks sucked. This movie is tense..7.5/10

[Warhorse]

As a war movie, not very good. So many things had me rolling my eyes. But, as a character study, excellent suspenseful moments and some very awesome shots, this movie gets a solid B. The acting from Renner is the Ace in the hole. I always had an eye on him since Dahmer, and I'm glad the bigger players are finally noticing his wonderful gift! Granted, I loved his Gem character in The Town more.

[Hiccup]

One of my favorite movies all time. Very well done!

 

A+

[StarSaber]

The first scene is good. I somewhat like Jeremy Renner in it, but as soon as Jeremy Renner goes all commando and ends up getting his friend injured, it just goes downhill.

 

Incredibly overrated movie. Many movies that year deserved an Oscar over this and Bigelow certainly didn't deserve hers. At least Zero Dark Thirty redeemed her in my eyes.

 

C+

[Travod]

When I finally decided to sit down and watch this, it was great. 

[Jake Gittes]

I'm getting more and more glad I first saw this in October 2009, more or less before the overwhelming critical acclaim basically forced itself on everyone who hadn't been already aware of it. Not that I don't agree with it, to the contrary, but at least I'd had the opportunity to form my opinion quickly and surely without the deafening cries of "brilliant" and "overrated" coming at me from all sides. 

[Crusader]

Such a great study on men in general 

 

Last 15 minutes are where film becomes so powerful 

 

10/10 

 

Bigelow's best hands down 

[Webslinger]

I prefer Zero Dark Thirty by a tiny bit, but this is still an absolutely fantastic movie. Whether it's dealing with defusing bombs or the characters who do that defusing, it's spellbinding.

 

A

[Lordmandeep]

I found it boring and overrated and a film that went right over the head of general audiences.

[CoolioD1]

Man, why you gotta keep bringing up "general audiences" in your reviews as if it matters?

[Lordmandeep]

When I look back at a film I look back at how I saw it and audiences saw it and if it had much of an impact with people and such.

 

Some films are just timepass, other films change everything. 

[luna]

a bit drab and straightforward to be anything particularly special.

 

C