Pointless and implausible

Rating: 3/10 (28 February 2016)

The Hurt Locker is to war what Interstellar is to space, totally divorced from reality. I can forgive technical inaccuracy. I just watched Company of Heroes and thought it was half-decent even though it was full of mistakes. And its cinematography was far better, bless their Red One and a tripod.
The shaky-cam might look OK on a field monitor while you shoot, or on a 27-inch TV, but I was getting dizzy looking at it on my 70-incher. I would be nauseous watching it in a theater. Newbie mistake, like setting up 4 cameras because the director lacks the self-confidence to plan the scene like Hitchcock did. I pity the editor-- 200 hours of film to wade through to try and stitch together a movie.
The movie is pointless, with no coherent plot. That some reviewers think it is pro-war when Bigelow intended it to be anti-war evinces her incompetence. Maybe its abstract film, where the viewer supplies the meaning because the director can't be bothered to. Like Interstellar, this move is drama porn. Regular porn is sex scenes tied together with a weak or laughable plot. Drama porn is dramatic scenes tied together with a weak or laughable plot. As many soldiers have commented, nothing the characters do makes any sense. Why the hell would a bomb disposal crew be out riding alone in the high desert? Its so they can have the wildly implausible sniper scene. Why are they called out to suicide bomber that is still alive? To add to the drama. In reality, that clown would have been shot the second he was perceived to be a threat. I thought that Hollywood had passed its cocaine phase. This flick was like "chop chop chop.... snoooorrrt.... Yeah and let's have them pinned down by a sniper!" "chop chop chop.... snoooorrrt.... Yeah dude, rad, and lets have them help a suicide bomber!" "chop chop chop.... snoooorrrt.... Whoa dude, so awesome, and lets have them chase some bad guys into an alley!" "chop chop chop.... snoooorrrt.... Yeah dude, oh man, and lets have him go into a local's house with no backup!" Totally, I am sure the room was electric.
This film is implausible. That suicide scene. What idiot enemy would go to that trouble and waste that much explosives when they know its likely to only kill one guy? What sniper hides in a shed with no escape route? And do effete Hollywood writers really believe a little fresh blood will jam a Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle?