The hurt locker is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the militarys unrecognized heroes. In the hurt locker, one of the battles was long, drawn out, and the heroes didnt do anything outside of wait for the sniper to leave. The movie reflects on the celebrated life of a soldier and is entitled, war is a drug. In this rollercoaster of testosterone, the primary theme is, war is an addiction. Usually, in a war movie, the heroes confront a big bad who has been behind the conflict theyre in. Beckham is a local kid who hawks dvds outside of the u. Kathryn bigelow stresses an important message in this oscarwinning epic. Hurt locker is an astounding film nominated for the oscar award for best picture, director, screenplay and original score. The hurt locker opening scene analysis by caroline phillips. From coast to coast, the recent discussions about the hurt locker illustrate the audiences varying and conflicting needs regarding works of fiction. The hurt locker on the other hand, is much more ambiguous. At any rate, the hurt locker is such an important film whose director, kathryn bigelow, explosively plays with the optical illusion so effectively that.
A team of soldiers from the explosive ordinance disposal or. William james, who has a terrifyingly dangerous job, addresses it like a daily pleasure. It was a night for the expected and the unprecedented. He was deployed to bosniaherzegovina in 19992000 with the 10th mountain division.
The film s screenwriter, mark boal, says the meaning may change based on context, but basically a hurt locker is a place of pain and sufferingyou know, somewhere you really dont want to end up. The film follows an iraq war explosive ordnance disposal team who are targeted by insurgents, and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat, which. The hurt locker summary we dive right into the middle of a war zone in 2004 baghdad, a yearish after the iraq war began. That is one of the marks of a good movie and a good director. Kathryn bigelows blazingly powerful action movie the hurt locker. Iraq and afghanistan veteran advocate paul rieckhoff pointed out a couple of significant inaccuracies bomb squad techs acting like infantrymen, bad tactics, wrong uniforms, etc. A team of soldiers from the explosive ordinance disposal or eod team is trying to defuse a bomb. The hurt locker 2009 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. On one hand, director kathryn bigelow and writerproducer mark boal would argue that the inaccuracies in their drama do not detract from the artistic merits of their film. Movie analysis the breakfast club psychology 1010 abstract the breakfast club is a house hold american film which illustrates the lives of 5 teenagers in a unconvincing environment of saturday morning detention.
How weird and ironic, then, that the nearest thing we have to wayne is also the best and most insightful antiwar film about iraq. It was the first year the best picture was opened up from five nominees to anywhere from five to ten nominees. This is an incredibly emotional, touching, harsh, and shocking film that gives us a new perspective on life. I really liked this approach because it gave the movie a stronger sense of realism and made it seem like more like a documentary rather than a movie. The hurt locker beat out nine other movies for the best picture spot avatar, the blind side, district 9, an education, inglourious basterds. Scripted by mark boal, who in 2004 was embedded in baghdad with a u.
The plot is about a three man bomb defusal team consisting of james, sanborn, and elridge finding themselves is extreme, lifethreatening situations where they must defuse. War is a drug, a quotation mark that this film successfully reflects in its narrative and subject. The hurt locker 89 movie clip stuff that almost killed me 2008 hd duration. A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but the hurt locker opens with a statement presented as fact. It is one based on deceit, deception, fear, and is one theme subtly conveyed in katheryn bigelows 2009 hit film, the hurt locker. He writes in a way that helps you feel the pains of war and envision the battlefield during an. The hurt locker director kathryn bigelow on set in jordan.
It stars jeremy renner, anthony mackie, brian geraghty, christian camargo, ralph fiennes, david morse, and guy pearce. Through denoting specific locations in an alreadyfamiliar world, sound cues reestablish a sense of foreignness, while informing the viewer about the locations and providing aural. The eod team basically spends the entire film trying to avoid going to the hurt locker. Hurt locker and traffic, do not impose their ideologies and views on the audience, but instead, leave it at their discretion of what the audience think about the subject matter. Heres why the hurt locker is the worst war movie of all. An addiction to war the hurt locker can give almost anybody the nerves with its numerous suspenseful moments. Nominated and won for best picture, this award winning movie captured the attending of many film makers and audiences for boldly demoing the rough world of war and how a soldier trades with the horrors of war. Analysis of the movie the hurt locker 69 words cram. The hurt locker was released in 2009 but i happened to watch it in 2011 when the two above events were taking place. The hurt locker looked poised to win big at the oscars this weekend until getting embroiled in a controversy about whether or not its realistic. The two war movies up for oscars this sunday are as far apart as bugs bunny is from baghdad.
Thanks to its documentary style, the hurt locker provides a firsthand experience of the soldiers life. The hurt locker by brian turner about this poet brian turner earned an mfa from the university of oregon and lived abroad in south korea for a year before serving for seven years in the u. The hurt locker 44 words 6 pages the hurt locker by film maker kathryn bigelow conveys the theme of the movie at the very beginning. But a crucial group remains less than enchanted with the film. But what lies inside all the tension filled scenes is a much deeper meaning.
Film education is not responsible for the content of external sites. Essay analysis of the movie the hurt locker it was the best option to engage in warfare in order to remove hussein from power. Hurt locker was about war and its addiction whereas traffic was the war on the drugs and. Her new film, the hurt locker, is both a structuralist war movie it could be titled seven instances of dismantling an improvised explosive deviceand a totally immersive, offthecharts highanxiety experience from beginning to end. The hurt locker has dazzled cinephiles and critics alike, and is a favorite for best picture and best director at march 7s oscars. The opening sequence of the movie is a crucial part of the movie.
The hurt locker took a very interesting approach to the cinematography. At any rate, the hurt locker is such an important film whose director, kathryn bigelow, explosively plays with the optical illusion so effectively that a viewer cant help but stay on the edge of ones seat. The hurt locker is a deeply moving poem about the iraq war, written by brian turner. An iraq war film that thankfully focuses more on character development rather than heavyhanded political messages and consequently becomes more meaningful than other offerings in this genre. This leads to the main theme within this movie, that war is a drug chris hedges. In most war movies, battles are epic and climactic. The hurt locker analysis bibliography filmcinema studies bibliographies in harvard style. The hurt locker kathryn bigelow, 2008 is an awardwinning film that captured the attention of many filmmakers and audiences. William james is the focus of the piece matched with a strong performance by jeremy. Three members of the armys elite explosive ordnance disposal eod squad battle insurgents. Much of the hurt locker plays like a war drama on steroids. The movie has quite a relevance with the hurt locker. Each person walks away with a different interpretation of the film.
Opening remarks the film hurt locker gives us a glimpse into the lives of iraq soldiers who risk their lives on a daily basis to provide safety and provide the wellbeing of the community they are serving in. Not only it foreshadows the dangers which the protagonists will have to face, but also serves as a reminder of the horror and seriousness of war. A wellacted, intensely shot, action filled war epic, kathryn bigelows the hurt locker is thus far the best of the recent dramatizations of the iraq war. Most combat troops want to get it over with and go home. The soldier vividly displays war as a drug that needs to be taken by. The theme is a simple quote by chris hedges which states, the rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug. Army bomb squad, the film focuses on a threeman team of explosive ordnance. The hurt locker is a 2008 american war thriller drama film directed by kathryn bigelow and written by mark boal. To conclude, kathryn bigelows the hurt locker illustrates sounds power to enhance a film s story, and its adeptness for the action genre specifically.
On the other hand, segments of their audience have decried that a film. With jeremy renner, anthony mackie, brian geraghty, guy pearce. In the film the hurt locker, by mark boal and kathryn bigelow, we see how american politics are conducted through the depiction of the character sergeant first class william james. The hurt locker was the little movie that hadnt been. Heres a breakdown of everything the hurt locker gets wrong and why it is without a doubt the worst iraq war movie of all time. Will takes a shine to becks, apparently amused by the boys benignly aggressive sales techniques and the bizarreand often pornographicstable of english phrases he uses to catch the attention of. Using heart wrenching details, turner describes the acts done by soldiers during the war. No eod tech would just manhandle a daisychain of 155s. William james, played heroically by jeremy renner who is.
The soldier vividly displays war as a drug that needs to be taken by all soldiers at all times of their lives for their survival. One of the earliest uses appeared an associated press article by john wheeler on february 21, 1966. Brian turner lived in south korea for a year before being deployed to bosniaherzegovina with the united states army in 1999. The filmmakers claim it is not a political film, but rather just the story of what goes on in war and its detrimental effects on men at war and on the society as a whole. Instead of striving to create smooth shots, the cinematography was shaky, as though it were a home movie. The hurt locker, written by mark boal and directed by kathryn bigelow. The academy awardwinning film the hurt locker is a film related to war and its addiction. During the iraq war, a sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work. If an army marches on its stomach, old charlie is in the hurt locker, with charlie a nickname for the viet cong after the war, the term gained ground and remained popular thanks to war movies. The hurt locker is a movie written by mark boal and directed by kathryn bigelow. Essay analysis of the movie the hurt locker to help understand the heartbreaking poem the hurt locker it helps to know a little bit about the poet. The hurt locker won six out of its nine nominations at the 82nd academy awards.
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