Disappointing.

Rating: 1/10 (2 June 2010)

Many critics may argue with me but I think that the Hurt Locker was an awful movie. As everybody knows, it had won six Oscars, including best motion picture of the year and best achievement in direction. Since I don't know much about the later, I will concentrate in the "best movie" aspect.
When I heard that this movie won those Oscars, I wanted to watch it. But I was wrong. The Oscars are not the measure of good movies anymore (I didn't take into account that Silence of the Lambs won the 5 major categories, and still was a really bad movie). So from now on I won't consider the Oscars' opinion.
The movie went really boring at times. It just felt too long. By the time it reached the middle, I desperately wanted the movie to end. A lot of scenes weren't concluded and they were slow paced. And they didn't even create a plot. The story went nowhere. There were some good sequences though and the effects were good. But in the end those good scenes weren't able to make up for the final product.
The acting was bad and so was the script. I didn't care for any of the characters. They couldn't convince me, and that is the very least thing expected from an Oscar winner (Well, not anymore). Perhaps Bigelow did a great job in directing this, but as a whole movie it didn't work out.
To end this review I will say that this is another overrated movie from recent years. This is the kind of film that I try to avoid at all costs, even if it's on TV. Extremely forgettable with really forgettable characters.