The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

Saw it last night. Average.

Like a boring version of Black Hawk Down

I was disappointed with it too - not so much with it being boring, but that it suffered from an identity crisis where it wanted to be a serious character study, while embracing all the American war movie cliches (despite a seeming attempt to avoid them), with unrealistic combat scenes and situations.

To be honest, can't believe it won an Oscar.

I saw Green Zone which was pretty good for a Matt Damon movie, But the whole way through they were trying to build to this suspenseful revelation that their (American) own politicians, Generals etc had lied and falsified information to start the war and I just sat there thinking wtf dorks.... the rest of us knew that before you even landed there

It's had to roll with the story when your first responses is "about bloody time". Tho I do admire the yanks making a big name star action movie about their own duplicity but kind of left me thinking jst how many wd have seen it and been horrified at the bad americans cause it was new to them

Green Zone is excellent. Knowing your taste in movies Downey I can safely say you will be a big fan.

 
is green zone in the same league as hard rain?

wait a minute, nothing is

Hurt Locker was just so over-rated I could cry.  Loved seeing Guy Pearce die and also that general who is a guard on the Green Mile (in the top 10 best movies of all time) but other than that the next best thing was the credits.

lol must be a chick thing as while I think they are both ok action movies neither wd make my top 1000 movie list. personally of that genre I love Con Air but obv you two have Christian Slater crushes...

and I think his best movies were 'he was a quiet man' & 'Heathers'

well con air is a top notch movie, almost as good as tremors

 

lol if his missus is like me wd will always like Travolta best in Grease whn he was young and sexy instd of podgy and middle aged evn tho the danny zuko character is a bit of a dunce