Bad in so many ways.

Rating: 1/10 (8 February 2011)

It is very apparent that the people who made this movie are totally clueless as to how things really are in the military. To believe that there is such a lack of leadership and that soldiers are uncontrolled hot shots is an insult not only to the army itself, but to the men in uniform as well. The Hurt Locker takes what is in reality, a very organized and professional group of soldiers, and transforms them into authority hating, testosterone driven psychotics. I have to admit, I really have no idea what the point was, but I think it was to show how much Hollywood doesn't respect our military.
In addition to the disrespectful portrayal of our troops, the film just lacks the basic quality that you would expect. One of the main things is the camera movement, which I assume was an attempt to give a more gritty feel too the movie, but instead became much more of a distraction than anything else. That and other unoriginal directing gimmicks as well as being too long for what material there was makes this 'must miss' film experience.