Boring Yet Interesting

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2010)

Ever since the 82nd annual academy awards , when the hurt locker won 6 Oscars including best picture , i was dying to see the film that overthrew avatar(my favorite film of 2009) but after watching the movie i was pretty shocked for i was expecting much much more and i understood why it failed at the box office despite of all its international awards.
For starters there was no music whatsoever and in my opinion music is a key element for both the film's beauty and success and this particular picture was in desperate need of some music to keep the viewer interested.
Another thing, most of the film's scenes should be enlisted in the Guinness book of records as the most boring scenes in cinema history, it was as if i was watching a documentary about war with no actual combat but the reason behind this is that the film tells the story of a bomb squad and their job doesn't require shooting enemies nevertheless there is one intense scene that will make your body shiver .
What's great about this film is its concentration on the effects of war upon soldiers. However, other war films such as platoon made a much better job analyzing this subject making the hurt locker look ridiculous.
Despite the negative things i mentioned before the movie has a smart and interesting plot, the cinematography is quite impressive but a bit confusing and as far as acting, Jeremy Renner(the lead actor) gave a powerful performance worthy of an academy award .
To sum up, the hurt locker is a movie worth renting but definitely not worth buying and Avatar should have won best picture.