Best Picture of 2009

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2010)

This movie is phenomenal! And what makes it so great? Let's recap the facts. This movie is set in one of the most unsupported wars since Vietnam, so it would be easy just to make another movie about some random nobody that just wants to get out of the war alive and make viewers even more mad about the war. But instead, the Hurt Locker takes another approach, one which the viewer can appreciate the story and performances and not end up upset at the government. Then you have the main character who is actually in Iraq because believe it or not, some people in the army actually love there job. Rarely is such passion been seen in any recent movies about Iraq which makes this movie is more special. Then there are people who say that Kathryn Bigelow shouldn't have won Best Director because of the shaky camera angles. This movie is being called one of the most realistic war movies ever made and you wanna know why? It's because the angles that Kathryn takes makes the movie more realistic because it gives you that documentary feeling without the low quality camera footage. So yes I can believe that Kathryn got Best Director and I also believe Renner should have gotten Best Actor. So if you choose to watch this movie, make sure you do so with an open mind and not with this negative view on Iraq that other movies had led you to believe.
Oh and by the way, this movie was voted Best Picture by a board of movie critics who have each watched thousands of movies for decades so I think they knew what they were doing when they made this decision.