I was 18 when this was released. Just a little bit too old for it. Over the decades I've heard people just a few years my junior rave about this as if it were an Indiana Jones or a gremlins or the like. So finally at the ripe old age of 46 I've had a look. I cannot believe the hype for this. The director's overriding instruction to the actors, seems to have been, shout and scream and say your dialogue whilst everyone else is saying theirs. That will keep the audience thrilled and excited. It gave this member of the audience a headache. The storyline is weak, the characters 2 dimensional and the script is dire. I kept thinking these kids must be off their Ritalin. It was like an onslaught of annoyance. I get that people are nostalgic for movies they saw when they were kids. I still think jaws is one of the greatest films ever made, whereas people younger than me can't abide the plastic shark. But really, I'm amazed that so many people still seem to rate this. I challenge anyone over 40 (in 2013), who hasn't already seen this movie as a kid, to like it!
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The Hurt Locker
(2008)
If you get this far down the reviews....
2 February 2010
There is not much more to be said here than in the other reviews. I watched this film after reading several of the reviews posted here. I have to say that I thought it was a marvellous depiction of tension and a study of compulsive/obsessive disorder. I'm glad I took the time to watch it.
But I have to say that the Iraqi & Afghan veterans who have (near to every man) damned the film, very nearly made me not watch this film at all. But then I thought, well, I program computers for a living. How do I feel about the way IT is depicted in film? I can't name a film that depicts my job accurately. But I just live with that - it does not stop them being good entertainment. So I watched it. Result! Us civilians cannot know what it's like to serve in the Middle East. Apparently this film does not bring us any closer to the actual experience. But it's still a good movie! If not an accurate documentary!
But I have to say that the Iraqi & Afghan veterans who have (near to every man) damned the film, very nearly made me not watch this film at all. But then I thought, well, I program computers for a living. How do I feel about the way IT is depicted in film? I can't name a film that depicts my job accurately. But I just live with that - it does not stop them being good entertainment. So I watched it. Result! Us civilians cannot know what it's like to serve in the Middle East. Apparently this film does not bring us any closer to the actual experience. But it's still a good movie! If not an accurate documentary!
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