Are You Watching the Same Movie I Saw?

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2010)

Is everyone crazy? I think The Hurt Locker was a phenomenal movie. Sure the movie didn't' really have strong story line, and the camera was shaky. But you're all missing the point.
When I watch a movie, the thing I usually look for is emotion. And this movie didn't' fail to capture the real life human emotion of warfare. The shaking camera only made it make me feel like I was there even more. The fact is that I am not one to easily be swayed by a movie. But this movie delivered. The action scenes were full of suspense, the bomb disarming was just intense, and the sadness was, for the first time I've seen in a while, life-like.
Everyone is bagging on this movie because it won six academy awards and Avatar should have won, and I agree on some points. For instance, I don't think for one second that Katherine Biggalow should have won best director, that should have been all Cameron's. But giving it best picture wasn't a bad choice either. When I say this, I feel like I'm alone. But I am willing to stand by what I say.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's a perfect movie (because it's not) because there are flaws. But just such a great performance by the actors was all I needed to give this movie what I gave it. 8.5/10