The Hurt Locker

**cyclone432** · 02-05-2010, 08:46 PM

I thought it was an overall good movie, just wished they would have stayed more accurate to the roll of an Army EOD tech. Navy's EOD's are the only ones that are SpecOp (they go through the Special Op's pipeline- i.e. Jump, Desert, Jungle, SERE, etc)...where as they can attach and deploy with SEAL, Army SF, MARSOC, etc. platoons... and even then they aren't the shooters. This movie made these guys out to be SpecOp operators which they are not, their purpose is to disarm/dispose of IEDs and bombs that didn't pop. Oh, I also thought it was great how 3 EODs saved the day after the 3 SAS operators were killed while and the other two froze up...it could happen...

**Bipolarcy** · 02-05-2010, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by cyclone432

I thought it was an overall good movie, just wished they would have stayed more accurate to the roll of an Army EOD tech. Navy's EOD's are the only ones that are SpecOp (they go through the Special Op's pipeline- i.e. Jump, Desert, Jungle, SERE, etc)...where as they can attach and deploy with SEAL, Army SF, MARSOC, etc. platoons... and even then they aren't the shooters. This movie made these guys out to be SpecOp operators which they are not, their purpose is to disarm/dispose of IEDs and bombs that didn't pop. Oh, I also thought it was great how 3 EODs saved the day after the 3 SAS operators were killed while and the other two froze up...it could happen...

What language is this?

**Cyclonepride** · 02-05-2010, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by cyclone432

I thought it was an overall good movie, just wished they would have stayed more accurate to the roll of an Army EOD tech. Navy's EOD's are the only ones that are SpecOp (they go through the Special Op's pipeline- i.e. Jump, Desert, Jungle, SERE, etc)...where as they can attach and deploy with SEAL, Army SF, MARSOC, etc. platoons... and even then they aren't the shooters. This movie made these guys out to be SpecOp operators which they are not, their purpose is to disarm/dispose of IEDs and bombs that didn't pop. Oh, I also thought it was great how 3 EODs saved the day after the 3 SAS operators were killed while and the other two froze up...it could happen...

What did you think of the guy's persona? Realistic or not? I know that movies create false impressions, like special forces all being huge hulking guys who are really aggressive, when reality seems to be that a lot of them are laid back, even small guys, who just happen to be able to whip your *** and tie you into a pretzel.

**BigM** · 02-05-2010, 09:50 PM

great movie loved the acting and the actors portrayal of soldiers

**Phaedrus** · 02-06-2010, 11:26 AM

Not a very good movie, imo. A few parts were okay, such as the scene in the cereal aisle. I happen to know a few deployment junkies, and trust me, this is a shared thread among them. Some common, everyday things just serve to tick you off, and it's hard to explain why.

I'm convinced the rest of the movie was done so poorly that it was intentional. The ACU uniform in 2004??? What was up with that? Plus the whole "wandering around the battlefield unescorted thing" was nuts. Of course, some of the IEDs must've been nukes, because the effects were way over the top. The scene where they were all engaged by the magic sniper with the unnaturally accurate SVD was just awful. And did nothing to advance the plot.

EOD techs have a much more sedate job than illustrated in the movie; it didn't help that the technical advisor for the movie is generally considered to be a huge tool in the EOD community.

**Phaedrus** · 02-06-2010, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by cyclone432

I thought it was an overall good movie, just wished they would have stayed more accurate to the roll of an Army EOD tech. Navy's EOD's are the only ones that are SpecOp (they go through the Special Op's pipeline- i.e. Jump, Desert, Jungle, SERE, etc)...where as they can attach and deploy with SEAL, Army SF, MARSOC, etc. platoons... and even then they aren't the shooters. This movie made these guys out to be SpecOp operators which they are not, their purpose is to disarm/dispose of IEDs and bombs that didn't pop. Oh, I also thought it was great how 3 EODs saved the day after the 3 SAS operators were killed while and the other two froze up...it could happen...

"Hurt Locker" had nothing to do with SOCOM troops. Wondering where you are going with this.

**ThatllDoCy** · 02-06-2010, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by GeronimusClone

I thought it was a good movie, but I don't see what all the hype/reward is about. I've seen way better movies that had no pub.

They nominated 10 movies for Best Picture. IMO way too many.

**CylentButDeadly** · 02-06-2010, 11:36 AM

Felt like I was watching a TV show more than a movie. Of all the recent war movies, I'd put this somewhere in the middle.

I know it's not a movie, but Generation Kill is the best thing I've seen as far as "recent" war movies/documentaries go.

**Tre4ISU** · 02-06-2010, 11:44 AM

Watched it last night. I thought the acting by Renner was pretty good. I am not even close to a military expert of any kind but some of the stuff seemed a little far fetched.
Probably a 7.5 out of 10.

**ajk4st8** · 02-06-2010, 11:45 AM

I thought it was really intense from so many different angles...

soldier to soldier
soldier vs foriegners
soldier vs bombs

**burn587** · 02-06-2010, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by ThatllDoCy

They nominated 10 movies for Best Picture. IMO way too many.

Agreed, the rumor behind it was so that the academy could nominate more mainstream movies so as to show that the academy isn't as disconnected from the average viewer as they really are. But instead they just diluted some of the prestige out of being nominated.

**cyclone432** · 02-06-2010, 12:44 PM

Exactly. EODs have nothing to do with SOCOM (save Navy which is under NAVSPECWAR). I was trying to say that the movie protrayed them as shooters, and they are not. You would never see an EOD operating a sniper rifle or chasing down a group of insurgants through the dark allies of Fallujah...both happened in this movie. And who were those guys they rescued in the sniper scene??? SAS or Gov't contractors (i.e. Blackwater)?

**burn587** · 02-06-2010, 12:47 PM

I'm pretty sure they were British Government contractors. They were essentially mercenaries, trying to hunt down people on that deck of cards. Pretty evident after Ralph Fiennes shoots those guys and says he'll get paid even if they're dead or alive.

**Bipolarcy** · 02-06-2010, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by ajk4st8

I thought it was really intense from so many different angles...

soldier to soldier
soldier vs foriegners
soldier vs bombs

See, this is what I don't get. Everyone who raves about the movie mentions the intensity. I really didn't feel that much intensity. There were tense situations, but they were not over the top riveting, IMO.