Comments on: The Hurt Locker Review

By: evan

evan — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:18:56 +0000

for some reason i think american directors like killing off an entire british special forces team, what they dont know is that during the entire conflict only six men died in total in iraq, 12 in afghanistan.
the amount of damage four SAS troops can do is like a small army, and tbh compared to delta they outperfom them by miles for example if they did the black hawk down scenario they wouldnt go in a massive bloody force where they can be seen by the whole militia but infil covertly while a supporting force either creates a distraction or comes in after they have the blokes, then exfil covertly in such a way they wouldnt have been seen.

By: evan

evan — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:08:41 +0000

i agree with your point about our special forces, allthough only six men have been killed, but I do think they big up the americans yet again too much.

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By: Little Richardjohn

Little Richardjohn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:38:57 +0000

Simple question.
Are the motives of the 'Villains' examined as much as the motives of the 'Good Guys'?
If not, then this is just another popularist, militaristic cartoon, and as political as The Pentagon.
'Almost all prose above the level of a bus timetable is political'
George Orwell.

By: Little Richardjohn

Little Richardjohn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:38:57 +0000

By: Dumpster Baby

Dumpster Baby — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:26:38 +0000

You are out of your mind if you think this movie lacked a political agenda. Clearly the american forces are heroized and the shadowy islamic fundamentalists demonized. The Iraqi civilians, caught in the middle, personified by the undeveloped character of the little boy, is then brutally murdered by the antagonist, and the hero in the white hat emerges, flawed as he may be, he is undeniably a hero.

By: Little Richardjohn

Little Richardjohn — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:16:49 +0000

This takes war for granted, then. As a fact of life forever and ever.
How is that not political?
Unthinking obedience and conformity are just as political as radical subversion.

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By: UKneil

UKneil — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:56:18 +0000

I just wanna echo Marcus's post, the film was ok and rightfully portrayed a very dangerous job conducted by highly trained servicemen. However there was absolutely no need to over play the role of the EOD team and make them into an ultra SF elite / renegade force.
Being ex British Army (who served numerous occasions in Iraq and Afghan) I found the “British SF contact” scene extremely repulsive and distasteful (plenty of British SF have died in Iraq) – and to portray their actions under contact so ineptly was grossly inaccurate and ridiculous.
I wonder who researched the film so badly and why the producers decided to discredit the U.S's main allies so inappropriately ??!!
I for one hope the film does not receive any Oscars.

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By: 790

790 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:14:41 +0000

I didn’t notice any political themes other than we are a nation of abundance and Iraq is a nation of poverty.
That was the most obvious to me.
That theme was summed up in a brief scene towards the end of the film.

Sure there’s going to be some discrepancies of military protocol as with most war themed films. I felt that Hurt Locker had a contemporary “Rat Patrol” vibe that pulled off enough realism to keep your mind off protocol.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:13:55 +0000

It has its share of political messages, but not as much as most others…

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:51:39 +0000

@Marcus

First, thanks for your service.

I’ve heard lots of kudos for this film saying it’s not political but I’ve always had a little doubt in the back of mind about that – guess I’ll have to wait to see it for myself when it’s released on DVD.

Vic

By: MarcusFenix09

MarcusFenix09 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:55:21 +0000

Been to Iraq 3 times, and yeah what Jeremy Renner’s character was feeling is all too common among soldiers who return from the warzone…after being there so many times you begin to feel either guilty about not being there, or you feel that some how thats the only place where your worth anything. I guess I was somewhat biased against the movie the same way die hard fans of a certain movie are…I really wanted to like it but I was more bothered by all the things I found wrong with the movie. It was a great war movie but it wasnt accurate. I found alot of things wrong with the movie below are a few that bothered me.
****Spoiler Alert******

1. The movie takes place in Iraq in 2004 but everyone was running around in ACU’s and up-armored Humvee’s. ACU’s dident come out until late 2005-06 and Up-armored Humvees consisted of Mad max armor until around the same time.

2. They made the EOD team seem as if they were SF (Special Forces) which bothered me alot. There was no way these guys were rolling out into Iraq with only one Humvee and doing raids and infantry tactics lol.

3. Most of the insurgents (especially insurgent snipers) were poorly trained and even if they had training I dident see how they could take out an entire British Special Ops team lol. And it was almost unbelievable that EOD soldiers could get up on a .50 cal sniper rifle and kill snipers from more than 2 miles away lol.

4. I guess for the most part I dident like how they portrayed soldiers in Iraq. Alot of the things those soldiers did in the movie would have ended up in a court marshall or a reduction in rank. All war movies are going to have some sort of political undertone. I thought it was a great movie but not accurate for what was going on in Iraq at the time.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:19:54 +0000

Oops, the only things, lol. Anyway, Saw this and Funny People on the same day, lol, 5 hours of movies just about, lol.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:18:44 +0000

Oh yah, I saw the movie too, I thought the movie was pretty good, the only thing I didn’t really like was the occassional political message they threw into it and the main character that was just about the biggest “I’m a bad-ass” douche-bag I have ever seen. Another thing I found kind of weird was how in the sniper scene they made it seem like the SVD Dragunov MARKSMAN rifle, NOt sniper rifle, is somehow more accurate than the Barrett .50, either that or the good guys just sucked real bad as snipers, lol.

By: 790

790 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:40:35 +0000

@Jeffrey VC, right on bro.
“Hurt Locker” was epic, I can’t wait to get it on dvd.

I loved the early scene where held off the guy in the car. Great film!!!!

By: Jeffrey VC

Jeffrey VC — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:28:15 +0000

Great film. I’m so glad it finally made it to my local theaters. I didn’t think it would.

What I like most is that this is a low budget movie that feels huge in scope. We find out quick what those bombs are capable of and every minute after is tense without needing to have explosions and gore everywhere. Smart filmmaking and a surprisingly strong cast.