...before watching it, I thought "this might be the ONE for the year" but after watching I was not only "bleh" but "enraged"

Rating: 2/10 (24 January 2010)

Okay, I admit I have NOT seen any of Bigelow's movies before. Well I'm pretty sure its not a prerequisite to find a good movie to be a REALLY good movie. But this movie is not only factually incorrect but it has gone wrong in several departments.
First of all the storyline was not original. As someone else already mentioned that it was made from the same theme as "The War Lover." Just changing the roles from a fighter pilot to a Bomb-tech doesn't make it a earth shattering movie....now does it? If that's the case then I think I'll become rich after making "Astro-ana Jones" (thats Indiana Jones in the future...maybe in a galaxy far far away).
Okay the worst for the last. I actually was looking forward to this one because
1. The plot sounded good 2. Ralph Fiennes 3. Guy Pierce
As I said number 1 failed completely. As for the rest two, its completely pathetic. No they did not act badly instead it was the casting official/directors fault who only gave Guy Pearce a 4 minutes role and Ralph Fiennes 8 minutes MAX.
Now why do you think they did that with the (ONLY) two TALENTED actors in the movie....what else but to put their names on the promos and the covers of DVDs.
I really felt like a victim of vandalism after spending some bucks on this movie. Who are making the hype all over about this one?
So, I ask myself, is this some kind of a new forceful strategy of making a disaster turn into a success?
Thus, I wouldn't impose anything by saying don't watch it.....I'd say WATCH IT and Judge it yourself. (My personal review: 2 thumbs DOWN).