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1. Jacqueline Gomez 02.22.10 / 11pm

   I do think the quote in the beggining was very effective and set the stage for a wonderful film. I was a little hesitant at first since I am not a huge war movie person. However the film really pulled me in and as you stated it was action driven and had me at the edge of my seat :)
2. Bridger Bissell 02.23.10 / 6pm

   The Hurt Locker is a film that is not to be taken lightly. I thought that it would be a couple of years before a film about the war in Iraq would come out. Kathryn Bigelow portrayed the life of an American solider fighting in Iraq very well. The topic itself is one that is hard to depict without creating a pro war or anti war, which can either make or ruin a movie. The effects were done very well it actually looks like they are in Iraq fighting street to street. The end is what really made the movie for me. I like how they tied up the ends of SFC William James life and showed how he lived his civilian life.
3. Brynne MacInnes 03.08.10 / 7pm

   Last night while I was watching the Academy Awards I noticed the Hurt Locker won many awards, and not having seen it i wondered why. After reading this review I feel compelled to see it, I feel that the iraqi war has been completely portrayed by american media to be a war for something far different than it really is. I enjoy movies that take the blind fold off the public and display what the reality of war is. I personally would also like to see this film because of the fighting scenes, i feel that they are the most captivating and interesting to watch.
4. Kate Neely 03.09.10 / 12pm

   This review is the perfect amount of information without given too much of the movie away. I have not seen The Hurt Locker but have heard many great things about it and the fact that Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director on Sunday and it also won the Oscar for Best Film makes me want to see this movie even more. What I didn’t know is that this movie actually came out last summer and has been out on DVD for a while. I just started hearing about this movie when it was nominated, which is strange because I tend to keep up with movies and when they are in the theaters. But I completely missed The Hurt Locker. I really cannot wait until I get to see this film, and by reading this review I know I will enjoy it.
5. Nils Wilhelmsson 07.18.14 / 1pm

   Great review of a good movie! It was a long time since a saw this movie but your reviews made me want to watch it again. I think this movie truly deserves the awards it got. It is good directed that reflects the soldiers feelings and adversities that we can imagine they experience during the war, especially the harsh relationships between soldiers. This movie made be appreciate that what soldier are experience. All kind of soldiers are needed and the work they do in “war-zones” must be such a hard task to perform. But i still think its hard for us that haven’t been there to really understand how hard it is, Something just soldiers know.
6. David Helmi 07.20.21 / 7pm

   This was such a great review of The Hurt Locker. I am glad to find out the this film has gained these many awards because of how great Kathryn Bigelow did directing it. She made the plot increasingly easy for the viewer to follow along and not get confused. There were also many satellites that gave the viewer a better insight of the war life in Iraq. This movie definitely was tension-filled and graphic and I think those two things are really important for these types of movies so that the viewer has a greater understanding of what these soldiers and the innocent people that are involved in these wars go through.
7. Oscar Gallardo 03.11.22 / 7pm

   I chose to watch this film for one of my film studies assignment. I thought your review was great. It gave the perfect information to get a broad idea of the film to someone that hasn’t watched the film. This film has an award, an Oscar nomination for Achievement in Directing for Kathryn which is one of the decision that lead me to watching this film. The special effects in this movie are outstanding as it looks very realistic as if they were in a war. The script is flawless, the natural progression (acting, dialogue) everything that movie needs, this movie has as he is the leader of an army bomb squad unit in the dangerous streets of Iraq. Lastly, I thought the review on the film was captivating as well as the film.
8. Oscar Gallardo Chacon 03.11.22 / 8pm

   Great review! The review states the amount of prizes the film got, one of them being for Kathryn, an Oscar nomination for Achievement in Directing, and she is the first woman ever nominated in this category which I thought was outstanding. The special effects made me feel as if they were realistic, as if it was a real war as it has an extremely high budget to produce the film (15 million US dollars) The script is flawless, the natural progression (acting, dialogue) everything that movie needs, this movie has.this film does have is straight adrenalin. This film does follow the classical Hollywood narrative structure where there’s linear chains of cause and effect. The actors, events, main and secondary points are present in this film. One of the main scenes in this film is when the team leader, James, says he dismantled 873 bombs which speaks about the experience and no fear he goes through. Tension is always present in this movie as the characters go from one bomb to another.
   To conclude I thought this film had everything to keep it entertaining and I thought the review was useful to give the audience a broad perspective of the film.
9. Joep Wouters 03.11.22 / 9pm

   I really enjoyed the review and I think this movie deserves all the rewards it got. What I enjoyed from this movie was the emotional and action scenes. This movie was really tension-filled and I think this attracts people to watch the movie. While watching the movie I realized the skill of the director who was able to craft such emotionally weighted scenes while simultaneously providing tension through action scenes.

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