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Finally finished it. I had to stop in the middle, that 'shaky cam' really got to me. Well it was interesting but not my favorite. IF I would seen it in theatres I could see/feel the suspense but on TV it went slow. Slow but when it got to the bomb scene thats when it got good for me. To look at it to show N get into the soldiers mind N action, yeah it did pretty good.
Gotta check this movie out. I just watched a segment on the director who made this movie on 60 minutes. She is actually nominated for best director for an oscar award. Going heads up with James Cameron for Avatar, her ex husband. haha
She was explaining why there wasnt really any plot. Just showing how it is working as a bomb squad member in Iraq and all the shit they go thru. Shaky camera was purposely used to give the audience the feel of being part of the bomb squad team. She was explaining why "war is a drug" and she said that soldiers fiend for that adrenaline rush and when they come back home, they dont get that and its hard to adapt to normal life after witnessing and doing all that shit. Thats why he couldnt really relate to his wife, felt weird picking out a cereal and decided to go back to the warzone instead of raising his son at the end.
They interviewed some retired bomb squad members and they agree to that "War is a drug" quote.
She was explaining why there wasnt really any plot. Just showing how it is working as a bomb squad member in Iraq and all the shit they go thru. Shaky camera was purposely used to give the audience the feel of being part of the bomb squad team. She was explaining why "war is a drug" and she said that soldiers fiend for that adrenaline rush and when they come back home, they dont get that and its hard to adapt to normal life after witnessing and doing all that shit. Thats why he couldnt really relate to his wife, felt weird picking out a cereal and decided to go back to the warzone instead of raising his son at the end.
They interviewed some retired bomb squad members and they agree to that "War is a drug" quote.
http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/522-hurt-locker-producer-barred-from-oscars-ap
While I do agree with him on what he said, what a dumbass.
While I do agree with him on what he said, what a dumbass.
I watched this last night and thought it was awesome. I would say it lands in my top few movies of the year. I agree that it lacked an in-depth storyline, but I believe it more than made up for it. In fact, I dont ever recall thinking this during the movie because I was so drawn into what was going on, but looking back it's pretty apparent. Outstanding acting throughout the film.
Question: Those "troops" that they got involved with during the drawn out sniper scene; was it ever clarified who they were exactly? When I saw them I immediately thought to myself they were blackwater, but I dont remember if they ever revealed this.
I thought he did a good job, dont get me wrong, but I thought Anthony Mackie was the standout. I find it hard to believe he didn't at least get a supporting nod for his performance.
Question: Those "troops" that they got involved with during the drawn out sniper scene; was it ever clarified who they were exactly? When I saw them I immediately thought to myself they were blackwater, but I dont remember if they ever revealed this.
I thought he did a good job, dont get me wrong, but I thought Anthony Mackie was the standout. I find it hard to believe he didn't at least get a supporting nod for his performance.
Yeah I am born and raised in the MO. I sold appliances a couple years back and he came in a couple times as he was looking to remodel his parents kitchen. I did not even mention shit about who he was ( I did not even recognize him at first ) and just treated him the same as everybody else and cat was nice and respectful did not seem fake or Hollywood at all, so I respect that and he was that way every time he came in.
