The only movie that made my dad glued on the couch like a statue all throughout the movie.
Bombs. Bombs. Guns. They were everywhere.
I was once intrigued by this movie because I heard that Kathryn Bigelow, the movie’s director, won an Oscar so I hurriedly got a copy and watched it. At first, I thought it was boring and all I will see is war freak military men shooting at terrorists.
I did not know that things like these happen in real setting. I know that bombs do exist and wars are never-ending in the Middle East but this movie made me realize that “Hey! They do exist and this is what happens.”
How could someone risk his own life wearing only a piece of heavy jacket while cutting the wires of a suspected bomb? “Disarming” bombs would be a nice term and it might explode any minute. How could someone have the guts to do that nerve-shredding job. And how could someone love a job description that entails 365 days of discovering bombs, cutting off bomb wires, running away from exploding bombs? What is the image that gets into his head? A human turned into a bomb sniffing dog who sits on bombs that he detects? Well, someone in the movie did. He even risked the joy of having his family just to save lives and to make a name in history. Staff Sergeant James, for him, war is a drug. He survived the war with his body and soul intact.
I also saw in the movie how the military men deal with their day-to-day lives during a war. I saw the struggles of people who want to have a normal life but because they were faced with instances like these, they can’t even take a hold of a normal life… even just a touch. Did you know that there were actually human bombs? Terrorists make people wear bombs like vests and they could explode any minute… even while praying. Sad, isn’t it? This movie also reminded me of Valkyrie, only that it wasn’t Hitler on the big screen but bombs that need to be put off.
Who wants to get hurt or to die while doing their job?
Powerfully realistic, action-packed, unrelenting and intense.
The title says it all: The Hurt Locker.
Bombs. Bombs. Guns. They were everywhere.
I was once intrigued by this movie because I heard that Kathryn Bigelow, the movie’s director, won an Oscar so I hurriedly got a copy and watched it. At first, I thought it was boring and all I will see is war freak military men shooting at terrorists.
I did not know that things like these happen in real setting. I know that bombs do exist and wars are never-ending in the Middle East but this movie made me realize that “Hey! They do exist and this is what happens.”
How could someone risk his own life wearing only a piece of heavy jacket while cutting the wires of a suspected bomb? “Disarming” bombs would be a nice term and it might explode any minute. How could someone have the guts to do that nerve-shredding job. And how could someone love a job description that entails 365 days of discovering bombs, cutting off bomb wires, running away from exploding bombs? What is the image that gets into his head? A human turned into a bomb sniffing dog who sits on bombs that he detects? Well, someone in the movie did. He even risked the joy of having his family just to save lives and to make a name in history. Staff Sergeant James, for him, war is a drug. He survived the war with his body and soul intact.
I also saw in the movie how the military men deal with their day-to-day lives during a war. I saw the struggles of people who want to have a normal life but because they were faced with instances like these, they can’t even take a hold of a normal life… even just a touch. Did you know that there were actually human bombs? Terrorists make people wear bombs like vests and they could explode any minute… even while praying. Sad, isn’t it? This movie also reminded me of Valkyrie, only that it wasn’t Hitler on the big screen but bombs that need to be put off.
Who wants to get hurt or to die while doing their job?
Powerfully realistic, action-packed, unrelenting and intense.
The title says it all: The Hurt Locker.
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