Real people

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2014)

I must admit that I've been a little skeptic when I decided to watch this movie.I mean,the director was a woman,and no offense but you know,my half-of-century life experience taught me that all that you can expect from lady(look) point of view on war subject is huge bunch of stereotypes,in this case particularly considering general perception on Iraqi war: poor Iraqi people,poor American soldiers etc...On the contrary it turned to be one of the most delightful surprises of my lifetime film-spectator history.First of all basically this is not just war neither anti-war film.I mean,main frame inside which story is taking place is Iraqi territory,main partipiciants are Iraqi people and US soldiers,but...Renner as explosive expert is not just person who is trying to survive 365(or whatever numb of days)till next rotation,he is one of on this earth rare personalities that make things going on,encouraging weak or skeptic,helping them not just to survive but also to gain self confidence.The truth is that he has lost his ability of so called normal civil life,but the truth is also,and this truth is well known to every ex-soldier or any war partcipiant that there never is coming back home after war,simply because the home is burned,sometimes physical(as it was case in my country) sometimes mentally,often both.Crucial scene of this movie is Renner's character conversation with his one year old son,which basically points to the fact that he is in fact talking to himself.Is it not the truth that,even in common life,just simple aging we lose one after another our foothold positions-until there is only one that matters?That is,if even that...So,Renner-James is not coming back to Iraq simply because he is an adrenaline freak even after he barely survived first rotation,but primarily because he is good in what he is doing and as he said to his son-himself:that is the only thing that is keeping him feel alive.Because he is the hurt locker. And one more thing about Kathryn-although she is pretty woman she has more balls than any recent US director,and the proof is Zero Dark Thirty.Both of this movies are real movies about real people,nut just political correct bullshit so easily selling these days.Pesonally I consider The Hurt Locker the best movie made in the last five years,and Bigelow,Mann and Nolan best nowadays directors.