I don't understand all the hype surrounding the "Locker".A watchable and intriguing experience, but nothing more.

Rating: 5/10 (29 January 2010)

I bought "The Hurt Locker" DVD a few days ago, and had the chance and time to see it this morning, since it's been so long out there, but not at our theaters, unfortunately.Or at least, i thought so.
The movie tells the story of the solders, rotated to Iraq, their relationships, with the locals and with each other.Team Bravo are a bomb squad with the mission to locate and defuse different kinds of bombs in the territories of the city Baghdad.
There were many bright, fresh, new ideas and some intense scenes as well, but i won't ruin it for you.But also, there were some big problems i saw, at least with me.Let me make a short list.
I won't write down the things i liked, because they are many and very obvious for the viewers, considering the awards the movie won and the upcoming Oscar noms, which won't be one or two.
The things i didn't liked: * LENGHT:I thought the movie was too long.There were some expanded scenes, that didn't make much sense.Scenes, where main characters stare at each other for a couple of minutes or some, were very annoying to me.In war movies, that's not that good.
* PLOT/STORYLINE:In my opinion, the long scenes were there only to cover some plot holes and actions, that couldn't fit well in the movie.SPOILER HERE>>>Angry with the death of a boy, one of the leads goes on a search for the people, responsible for the boy's death.Then, at some point, he just stops the search, confused<<<.Even if there was some message in his actions, it was blurred, unnecessary, pointless and could've been skipped.Also, after a mission two of the leads pretend, they're fighting.They're obviously playing and chilling up, but the scene is too long and pointless.
* CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT:There was a very good development indeed, but some of the actions of the lead were simply unthinkable and irrational.If the movie's goal is to show the war in Iraq in it's true face, then those actions are needless.The lead is like the lone and unaccepted action hero, saving the day by himself, making things even harder for both him and his team.A real sergeant will never put his men in such position, threatening the whole unit.But those things could be found, again due to plot weakness at some points.
Those are the problems i found.As a whole i liked the movie, but i can't say the things, the movie critics say.I can't appreciate the movie, as some of you do, at least not that much.The movie was good, fresh and a different point of view at war and at the people involved in it.The actors were very convincing with their plays, with the emotions, they express throughout.
Because war is emotion.War is a drug.
My rate:*** out of *****
Edit:Rent "Jarhead" instead.