The Hurt Locker Thoughts
Was the Hurt Locker really the best film of the year in 2009? There’s lots to leave one impressed.
1. No stars
2. $20mm budget
3. A woman directing a very, very testerone-driven film
4. Exceptional tension in a visceral sense.
But I haven’t been thinking about it all day. That key litmus test leaves me wondering if it wasn’t just a series of bomb defusing scenes loosely coupled into a Bravo Company tour of duty. Is this film really about characters and their relationships or about the terrible danger and voyeuristic cinematic appeal of an Army Bomb Squad’s daily work?
Make no mistake, The Hurt Locker is well worth seeing, but I don’t think it needs to be owned.
My prediction is that I will prefer a Serious Man and Up in the Air, but we’ll see.
