Movie Theater The Hurt Locker

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Hi all just saw this movie on demand wasn't to sure about it at first but after i watched it i loved it. Its about an E.O.D team in Baghdad ,I strongly recommend this movie to everyone at least rent it .I have a brother who's in Baghdad as we speak so it was a little hard to watch this but it is truly an awesome movie.

Hope you enjoy!
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There's not much of a story, just a bunch of intense suspenseful vignettes, but it works. The only problem is for anyone who's been downrange there are a LOT of things they got wrong.
 
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My main question besides all the Hollywierd....850 yards looking like 1760 yards....is "Are there really 3-man teams and that's it?" No backup or squad? Just 3 guys bouncing around in the depths of a war zone?
 
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Yes, but they don't roll out on their own, especially in 2004-2005. That's why my little team had Peshmerga bodyguards
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The whole "I'm going to sneak outside the wire with a hoodie and my M9" was the most egregious error, IMHO.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pat M</div><div class="ubbcode-body">But is it better than JARHEAD .... aacckk </div></div>

What was so bad about Jarhead? Accuracy or quality problems?
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dogtown</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes, but they don't roll out on their own, especially in 2004-2005. That's why my little team had Peshmerga bodyguards
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The whole "I'm going to sneak outside the wire with a hoodie and my M9" was the most egregious error, IMHO. </div></div>


And security is just as lax coming in correct? " Tell me where the whore house is and I will let you back in" !!!!!


Just watched Starship Troopers last night again...and noticed that every military movie promotion goes....hey my #2 ( I won't pretend to know rank) is dead...you are in his position now. Where at least when the team lead died in this movie...there was a replacement issued...not just the next lower guy fills the shoes.

I will say that this style of filming Hollywood/Documentary...is good...but I watched it on our projector 8'x11'....and holy shit it really rocks your brain for the first little while....
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Tried to watch it three times on various flights.....never reached the end yet.

Like dogtown says...a series of suspenseful vignettes, not much else.

UK forces have recently lost a couple of Bomb Disposal guys - seriously brave guys doing a truly terrifying job. They deserve utmost respect and admiration.

I think there is a very moving story to be told, both from the perspective of the guys themselves and their families, perhaps The Hurt Locker just isn't it.
 
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Just saw it. It was an intense movie. I kept thinking it was going to end but it didnt. I also did not like the sniping part. The whole blood jam magazine deal onthe barret WTF. Just single feed the rounds. Then when he does shoot with a 50 he is way off on his first shot and with no adjustment hits a moving target (man running) come on. Then the next shot way off again. Then the guy makes what appars to be an equal distant shot at 6:00 with an m4 using an aimpoint....

I dont see him going back to delta after being home. They made that cereal an gutter scene look like he was miserable....
 
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I watched this movie down range and it was completely off. I ended up stopping the movie it was so bad. It was like the Hollywood geeks asked a guy from basic training to consult on it. Sorry guys I guess with having been there it makes movies about there harder to watch.
 
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I figured the movie was going bad about the time the trailer behind the remote robot lost a wheel. According to the directors cut that is a actual northrop robot they allowed them to use. I bet those guys were pleased to see them potray it as some jumk a kid put together in his shed. Anyhow I think it does reflect a more realistic look at whats going on over there than cnn provides.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JML403</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I just had to spend the extra money to get the Bluray too, what a waste, HORRIBLE movie. </div></div>I want to see this and it has been sold out in my area and not anywhere on the shelves. Want to sell for a cheap price?
 
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so for the guys in the sandbox or who were there...what modern era war movie would you say is a little more accurate and does a good job at making the audience duck a few times? BHD rocked my world personally...i was the only guy in the theater during a lunchtime matinee, and the theater manager stopped in to ask how it was. I said the sound system was lacking...he said he would be right back and 20 seconds later I could feel my brain rattling from the rotor wash. FRIGGEN awesome sound...and now I have that in my basement. I'm about 20 mins from popping this movie in right now and will approach it with an open mind...

I'm still curious what you guys have seen that you would be a little more accepting of...
 
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I didn't like it much either. If anybody wants mine for $15 shipped, it's yours.

So far, of all the recent (last 2-3yrs or so), nothing tops Generation Kill on my list...

-WRM
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: strangedays</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JML403</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I just had to spend the extra money to get the Bluray too, what a waste, HORRIBLE movie. </div></div>I want to see this and it has been sold out in my area and not anywhere on the shelves. Want to sell for a cheap price? </div></div>

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WRMorrison</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I didn't like it much either. If anybody wants mine for $15 shipped, it's yours.

So far, of all the recent (last 2-3yrs or so), nothing tops Generation Kill on my list...

-WRM</div></div>

+1 on Generation Kill
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dogtown</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There's not much of a story, just a bunch of intense suspenseful vignettes, but it works. The only problem is for anyone who's been downrange there are a LOT of things they got wrong. </div></div>

That's the one consistency about all movies that try and depict war
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JML403</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: strangedays</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JML403</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I just had to spend the extra money to get the Bluray too, what a waste, HORRIBLE movie. </div></div>I want to see this and it has been sold out in my area and not anywhere on the shelves. Want to sell for a cheap price? </div></div>

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I just watched it last night thanks for JML403 sending me his blue ray copy for dirt cheap! Thanks for the great deal I am glad I didn't pay anymore for the movie though. The enemy sniper hits with just about every shot yet our guys all suck, WTF. Plus I doubt the Barret would have jammed from a little blood. It was an ok movie just not as good as it was hyped up to be.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: avingo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">good <span style="color: #FF0000">thing the </span>movie <span style="color: #FF0000">ended</span>.</div></div>

Fixed it for you.
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I watched it today.

First, anyone in the military can see it's "off" as far as how that works.

Second, lots of loose ends that never got tied up....Never found out why James was an EX-Ranger?? I could see an 11B guy with demo training taking on a second MOS. But there are no EOD guys in the Rangers that I knew of. They'll work together that much I know. But not one in the same. Driving alone in the desert, Merc team that just snagged two high dollar spades, doesn't know what to do when hit? Credibility went out the window with that. I was just hoping something redeemed the movie.

The scenes were decent if the action not realistic to what really happens. The choice in the end to catch the 'mystery' bombmaker by splitting up completely with no cover. Again, scenes were good, credibility wasn't.

I thought is was an interesting movie in spite all they didn't get right. There was a lot of open ended things though, the viewer has to decide for themselves. The tension is there even if H'wood feels like they have to spice it up by not having ANY security. Three guys total? I would personally be in a perimeter, not disarming bombs. I dunno, an embedded reporter writes a script for Hollywood. Add a touch of realism about how things work and it might be better.
 
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Buddy of mine let me borrow his copy, so I was only out a bit of time. Regarding the broken wagon, it was still able to be pulled, keep on driving or kick off the other wheel and call it a sled.

Very curious as to what in the hell that Brit was shooting the M2 at? (appeared to be at the angry hadji goats but I'm not sure). I somewhat expected a wave of Hun to be coming over the horizon. Damn guy could have leveled that mud hut instead of making holes in the air and wasting all the .50!
 
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i dug it. the inner conflict was good and human. kind of reminds me of classic michael mann films... heat, collateral, miami vice, etc... you know, the ones where the good guy is a bit bad or has to be to win and his struggle with moral vs. righteousness... helping another reach his potential while struggling with your own makes for a powerful movie...

while inaccurate on the tech aspect, it was entertaining, and i genuinely felt for the characters. all in all, one of the better films i've seen in a while. kudos and two thumbs up for me...
 
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Dark side,

I know what you mean. Most of the contractors over there are security for high profile people. Most start out pretty shit-hot in what they do to begin with. Some maybe not so much. But, HeadHunters like those guys were supposed to be?? I think it's a big credibility loser for the movie when you show headhunter types crappin' their pants at the loss of one guy or two and the situation they were in. If anybody would crapped their pants it would've been the EOD guys driving up on them then finding out who they were. And I can almost guarantee you there would have been eyes out and hadjis found if they were who they were. In reality, what the journalist who wrote the story probably found out there was some guy hauling liquid honey or plastic shitters. But, saving some badass's bacon sounds a lot better.

I know the credibility is big to anyone who was ever in. Three EOD guys don't go running around by themselves. Think S2 or G2 might be interested n some of the stuff they found?. Never showed that did they... EOD has a hard enough job without being tasked with infantry duties and holding security when a man goes in on an IED. Not saying it doesn't happen, just not when you need to focus on a bomb. And an infantry squad better not be hiding in an alley when no shooting is going on. They better be eyes and ears out finding what they can and where they can secure a perimeter.

It's easy to miss what I think is a good story when you find yourself going, "Oh Bull$#!t!!" to several things or "Where's the...?" The point is it's about what a guy is feeling when he's over there. He's the classic adrenaline junkie. With two regular duty guys and what they feel. Like Eldridge when he didn't shoot the guy with the phone. Eldridge knows he F'd-up. But he projects that on James. James even puts his life on hold again back in the civilian world to go back. If not totally throwing it away. I know guys like that in both the military and contractor sides.

A lot of loose ends in this movie never get looked at, unless you go back and think on them. If he's an adrenaline junkie why isn't he a Ranger anymore. Was the Col. serious or sarcastic with the whole 'wildman' scene. Does the Army really ignore good intel like what James uncovers when he disarms a bomb?? I know, biggest Bull$#!t part of the story. He works on a remote and they don't blow him up?

But, even though there is stuff that doesn't meet the credibility test. It has a lot of good sub-stories in it.
 
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