Anybody know anything about this movie?
I like Bigelow’s work, it often portrays the vapid, smiling faces and postures evil employs to lure the good to destruction - and how the good remain true to themselves, grow from the encounter and persevere. Also, she likes guns. A lot.
My 2c: when Rolling Stone, the NYT, NPR, USA TODAY and every liberal anti-US rag comes up with glowing reviews about an Iraq War movie like in the trailer...does that tell you something?
Curious... I only heard about this movie yesterday. It looks really good, and has gotten good reviews.
I guess it’s now out on DVD.
If it is directed by a cultural barbarian like Bigelow it most likely will be cynical, violent, and gory.
She has directed a lot of nasty violent films over the past 20 years. Some written by James Cameron.
EOD ping.
Here’s part of a WaPo article about the movie sceening for Iraqi vets at the Navy Memorial theatre in DC Friday night. Apparently, “Hurt Locker” passes muster. All I can say is “Finally!”
‘Although Renner couldn’t bring himself to watch “The Hurt Locker” in its entirety at the Navy Memorial screening, he did sneak in for the last 40 minutes. What he found was an audience that quickly apprehended the film’s wry sense of inside humor. A scene where a psychologist tries to convince a specialist that the war “doesn’t have to be a bad time in your life” was met with guffaws. But by far the biggest laugh came when James lies about going to a brothel and an MP promises to let him go if James will tell him where it is. In between those scenes, viewers could be seen leaning forward in their seats; at one point, during a sniper sequence, an audience member whispered, “Oh, sweet” when an American soldier shot his moving human target.
When the lights came up, Renner took the stage in front of the screen to enthusiastic applause. When he started to answer the first question, about what research he did for the role, Renner paused for several moments, trying to gather his emotions. “It was really, really important for me to portray [men] who to me are heroes,” he said, “and how tragic it is that no one knows who the hell they are. I hope I could capture a fraction of what is real.”
“Sure did,” came a voice from the audience, which burst into applause again.’
FYI, Netflix has this movie in their “Save” category which means it hasn’t been released to the public yet.
I added it to my queue.