Overrated

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2010)

Everyone loved the Hurt Locker didn't they, it was just so perfect they all said. Well I think differently, personally I found this movie to be extremely over rated. There are definitely some things that worked in this movie, but there are also a lot of things that don't. This movie won best picture, and I'm sorry to say, did not deserve it, there were far better movie that came out in 2009.
One of my big problems in this movie is that I just don't like the main character. William James is just a douchbag, now I like Jeremy Renner, he's shown that he can be a very likable person, but half the time in this movie he is acting like an a$$hole, and most of the times they try to make him look good he comes of as moronic. I am not an expert on combat, but I bet everything that this guy would have been either killed or discharged. Another thing is the camera, it seems it wants to be like a documentary, but it isn't. Most of the movie I could just ignore it, but during the action scenes the camera shook so much and the editing was so bad I couldn't tell what was going on. I'm pretty sure half the stuff in this movie is not how it really works over in Iraq, and that explosion in the beginning? Come on, there is no way he could've been that close, he got a huge head start. And also this movie is boring. I swear a quarter of this movie is just them walking. I guess their trying to build suspense but it didn't work for me, I was bored throughout most of it. Oh, and the whole "War is a drug" thing doesn't come in until the last five minutes.
I did like Eldridge and Sanborn though, they were actually funny, likable, and relatable. This movie did win Oscars for sound mixing and sound editing, and I have to agree on that. And it has amazing production value, since they really did shoot it in the middle east. There are a couple of instances of actual suspense, the acting is great, and there are a few good explosions. So overall the direction was good, but weather Kathryn Biggelow deserved the Oscar for best director is debatable.
The Hurt Locker at it's best is OK, but certainly not deserving of it's best Picture win. The main character was unlikable, the camera-work sucked during the action scenes, there seems to be some continuity errors and just errors in logic, and worst of all, it's boring. If you love the movie good for you, but I'm just going to be hoping that Zero Dark Thirty is better.