Review of The Hurt Locker (2008) by Jorge G — 27 May 2013

If you've heard anything about this movie you've probably heard its amazing. I also heard the hype and went into the movie expecting a masterpiece and im not sure if it reaches that status. it wasnt really anything I expected besides the obvious and thats probably a good thing because for a war movie it still holds a feeling of origonality.

I definatly would not call it one of the best war movies ever though. i'd put it on the same page as behind enemy lines or platoon but nowhere near the calibur of saving private ryan or full metal jacket.

people also call apocalypse now one of the best but I have yet to see it. even though hurt locker apears to be directly about the suspense of the bomb squad but in the end we're revealed a pretty deep character study.

I guess what im trying to say is that I wasn't exactly blown away(no pun intended....honestly)by the hurt locker, probably due to the hype, but in the end I was far from disapointed. hurt locker is a good movie in that it shows us how our troops keep dying when we so often hear about it on the radio or see it in the news.

now that we know how all we need to find out is why.....anyone? why?