Oscars or not. Do I want to see a movie called "The Hurt Locker II"?

Rating: 6/10 (5 February 2011)

Certainly a test for a good movie is if you leave the cinema yearning for a sequel, a prequel or something similar. Another test is the pp-test. And another how soon you want see the movie again. The Hurt Locker did not do it for me! It passed none of these test. I did not yearn for something more, I did not pause the movie when I went for a pp and I don't think I intend to see the movie again.
It is not a bad movie, though. The part the team were pinned down by a sniper, was good, perhaps the one and only reason why I would watch the movie again, but not too soon, and only that part. So were the continuity, the story-line and the special effects. It portrayed a part of the history of the Iraq-war well. But that's it.
If you like war-movies, go see it. You won't regret it. But don't watch it expecting something extra-ordinary or spectacular. You'll be disappointed. As I was.
For me, the Oscars this movie received made a serious dent in the credibility of the Oscars as a whole. I cannot help to compare The Hurt Locker with Avatar. Avatar had greatness in it, The Hurt Locker not. Avatar should end on the list of best movies of the decade, The Hurt Locker not.