Just saw The Hurt Locker

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I rented this without ever hearing anything about it, just one that I hadn't seen yet. I am a huge critic of most movies but I thought this one was really great.

I couldn't predict what was going to happen next as I can with 95% of all other movies. I was sitting at home with my fist clenched for the first 30 minutes of the movie without even knowing it at first.

The use of unknown actors along with very well known actors totally took me off guard. You will know what I mean if you see the movie. The best Iraq War movie by far and one of my favorite war movies ever. You will have a new found respect for what these soldiers do other there.

Go see it...
 
Don't you just know that in real life, those bomb guys, when dressed in that protective suit that makes them look like the robot from the old "Lost in Space" TV show, must be sweltering at something like 130 degrees.
 
It's an entertaining story, but I wouldn't put too much stock into thinking that's how EOD actually works in Iraq...
 
Haven't seen the movie, but I was a Combat Engineer. We didn't worry about explosives in buildings and what not, but roadside IED's and mines and what not were very easy to deal with...BLOW IN PLACE. The premire rule was, "If you didn't plant it, you don't ******* touch it. You blow it where it lies!" However if the movie features EOD using those suits in heavily populated areas, then it may in fact be quite accurate.
 
every movie will have creative license in it, but my point was that we all know how dangerous it is in being in downtown bagdad, or at least think we do. but then to add the extra danger of defusing bombs etc on top of that, i just couldnt imagine the pressure of that job.

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I'm still trying to figure out why the bomber decided to blow up the IED after the tech started walking away from it, instead of while the EOD tech was standing over it.

And why do you start running away from the IED after you plant C4 only if someone's yelling at you to do so. Most people would be hauling *** the moment C4 is put into place.

And don't get me started on that scene with the snipers and the ODA team. I've used the .50 cal sniper rifle and it is a VERY difficult weapon to use. Properly spotting for a sniper is even more difficult...
 
I won’t mind Cameron’s movie winning for best picture, but I am rooting for his ex-wife to win best director.
 
the performance of jeremy renner just blew me away, i wasnt familiar with this guy at all and he just took over this movie once his character was introduced.

roger ebert called it the best film of the year and one of the best of the decade, thats pretty strong. i like what one critic from time magazine said, something about it being a near perfect movie about men in war, men at work, and that even hell needs heroes...
 
Honestly, the only reason to run away from C-4 is if you're getting shot at. Otherwise, mil-spec C-4 is very stable and provided you have been taught how to set a charge, there's no reason to run. In fact, you're taught NOT to run.
 
I'm not saying he should've been running from the C4, he should've been running from an IED in which he never disabled the detonation device. I think that was the whole point of sending the robot down there in the first place, they didn't want to bother with disabling it.
 
As far as the realism of an EOD squad, the writer of the movie was imbedded with EOD squads in Iraq, so I'm sure he had first-hand knowledge.

And it was a great, great movie.
 
I agree the movie was intense. Movies seem to do that when you think a bomb could go off at almost any moment.

There was no clear antagonist and the story seemed headed for no kind of climax. The movie or characters didn't seem to have a goal or an objective. Other than to stay alive I suppose.
 
Nice post Roma, and thanks for that link gecko. we have to remember that unless its a documentary, there is going to be a lot of creative license. if you ask most people what their favorite war movie is then many will say "full metal jacket", "apocalypse now" (my favorite tied with saving private ryan and das boot), "deer hunter", "platoon", and so on. these all obviously have a lot of creative license in them but they are all entertaining. all the war movies from the 40's, '50's and '60's had a ton of creative license in them such as "midway".

if they made a movie where soldiers sent that robot out to the bomb and detonated it over and over it wouldn't be much of a movie. but by adding a little "cowboy" and "renegade" element to the characters it made them more interesting.

in real life the military has very little room for "cowboys", that kind of behavior endangers other soldiers lives. todays military is very professional and by the book and while they wouldn't go about their business exactly the same way as they do in this movie, i think it does a great job of reflecting the bravery needed to undertake this profession. it also does a great job of showing the extreme pressure that these soldiers have to deal with on a daily basis. an example of this is that these bomb specialists probably have a better chance of being killed by snipers than by the bombs they are trying to diffuse.
 
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