A lot of people say that The Hurt Locker shouldn’t have won an Academy Award. Have they seen the other movies that were out last year? Did they happen to notice that none of them were nearly as intense as The Hurt Locker? Did they realize that there was no concept as original as this one?
I saw The Hurt Locker for the first time a few nights ago on direct star tv. What made it especially interesting for me was that none of the actors were recognizable yet the acting was superb. I love when this happens. It’s so unexpected and it’s often the beginning of someone’s storied career.
The Hurt Locker is about a cowboy-like soldier that defuses bombs in Iraq. He’s filling in for a deceased soldier that their unit was tight with. This is supposed to make his transition difficult, but he doesn’t care. Maybe he does on the inside, but we don’t see it. This is a man that shows no emotion. He keeps a poker face at all times. Even when he returns home, there’s no emotion. That part of him is dead. He’s a soldier and he knows nothing else. That’s the aspect of this movie that made it so powerful. Those who thought this movie won an Academy Award because of bombs being defused missed the point. This movie was 100% charter-oriented, not plot-oriented.