{"id":8769,"date":"2010-03-14T14:59:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T22:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=8769"},"modified":"2010-03-14T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T23:00:22","slug":"the-hurt-locker-kathryn-bigelow-2008-usa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=8769","title":{"rendered":"The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow 2008): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by\u00a0Sara Dinari<\/a>. \u00a0Viewed on DVD.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Hurt Locker<\/a> <\/em>won the Oscar for Best Picture in the 82nd annual Academy Awards in 2010. This film was an eye opening\u00a0experience\u00a0for all those who have not been fully exposed to the horrors of the war in Iraq. The win was very much well deserved for it makes the viewer feel like a\u00a0participant\u00a0in every scene. \u00a0The many different everyday activities that an American soldier over comes are shown in detail as the movie progresses.<\/p>\n

The film more specifically focuses on a team of three men who are part of the EOD (Explosive\u00a0Ordinance\u00a0Disposal) for the US Army. The three men although very different from one another bond due to the\u00a0circumstances\u00a0they are under with each other. William James, the main character played by Jeremy Renner becomes the Team Leader of Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge who are played by Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty.<\/p>\n

The methods of their new Team Leader leaves Sanborn and Eldridge a bit uneasy for they have\u00a0recently\u00a0watched their\u00a0previous\u00a0Sargent\u00a0die in a fatal bomb\u00a0incident. The careless antics and the unique style of James leaves the two soldiers anxious for\u00a0their\u00a0departure in 39 days as the movie\u00a0begins.<\/p>\n

The film moves through the streets and small villages of Iraq and exposes the dangers of being insurgency and the many types of\u00a0threatening\u00a0natives that the men come in contact with everyday. Moving along the 39 days, the three men become much closer and respect one\u00a0another’s\u00a0ways of war.<\/p>\n

The films objective is to show that once one has\u00a0experienced\u00a0war they change forever, this is evident in the reckless behavior of Sargent James as he puts himself in harms way voluntarily. The rush of the risk of death has become a drug to the soldier and his addiction is only fed defending his honor and his country.<\/p>\n

The minds of the brave men over seas are filled with\u00a0desperation\u00a0and that is what the film portrays to the audience. This film is highly\u00a0recommended\u00a0not just by me but by every person who sees it. Viewing this film you get an\u00a0up-close\u00a0encounter of \u00a0what the young men of America are facing each day. It is indeed a MUST SEE MOVIE.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by\u00a0Sara Dinari. \u00a0Viewed on DVD. The Hurt Locker won the Oscar for Best Picture in the 82nd annual Academy Awards in 2010. This film was an eye opening\u00a0experience\u00a0for all those who have not been fully exposed to the horrors of the war in Iraq. The win was very much well deserved for it makes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":816,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,3],"tags":[114,115,128,141,268,142,138,135,139,137,140,136],"class_list":["post-8769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd","category-films","tag-academy","tag-awards","tag-best","tag-dinari","tag-dvd","tag-film","tag-hurt","tag-iraq","tag-locker","tag-osacars","tag-sara","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}