Good Movie battered by critics due to unrealism and over-rating

Rating: 7/10 (15 April 2010)

Now, The Hurt Locker was a good movie... Was it as good as it was hyped to be.... No way. Was it unrealistic? Far too much! The vast chunk of negative reviews are from people agitated over the acclaim and Oscars of this film who tend to rate it far lower than it should be out of disdain.
Don't get me wrong, it was a good movie, but in no way is it worthy of all those Oscars and the critical acclaim that accompanied it.
It was good, but not great, not excellent. I can't contain any spoilers, so I will just say it also lacked realism. In many scenes I was shaking my head... There were far too many scenes in this movie that were pure Hollywood for this movie to become a war classic. Many veterans alluded to this; thinking the average Joe would think this is how it is in Iraq. I am not in the military but I could see the glaring mis-representations of reality all to easily.
Take it as a good action flick. We don't hear people complaining about Die Hard being unrealistic do we? The movie is a thumbs up despite the persistent lack of realism.
Also remember, it was far too over rated. Let's face it, Hollywood is out of touch. Oscars and prizes don't mean it has to be great! Look at Obama winning a Nobel peace prize after a few months of nothing but talk, and Al Gore getting an Oscar and a Nobel for Inconvenient Truth. Today its been proved that "Climate Change" is junk science and that Al Gore owns that largest carbon emissions trading firm lining his pockets with more money Mr. Burns.
So take it as it is. An okay movie. 7/10