No story, all about creating tension in the audience

Rating: 4/10 (14 March 2010)

I can't believe this won Best Director and Best Picture of the year. I thought the main component of the movie was to frighten people in a Hitchcock style. I hesitate to even link this director with Hitchcock though as it failed to even accomplish that task well.
The story begins with the action already developed which is a handful of soldiers defusing bombs. It continues through the story, and finally ends with them doing the same thing. Hence there is no story. There was little character development, no conclusion, and as far as I can see no purpose for the movie.
Whoever is in Hollywood telling directors to use a lot of camera shake to fake realism should retire from the industry please.
I would have liked to see The Blind Side win the Best Picture award. Sure it was a simple story but based on real events. It was uplifting and held my interest much better than The Hurt Locker.
I will not recommend this movie to my friends.