The Hurt Locker

I'm going to try my best to make this not sound like a promo for the Hurt Locker, but after our discussion in class I felt the need to blog about it. Personally, I can't think of a movie that deserves best picture more than the Hurt Locker. I saw it quite a while ago, over the summer, so I don't remember everything, but it is a film that does everything nearly perfectly. It avoids any political statements, the sound and explosions are sweet, the characters are deep and real, and the plot is complex while being easy to follow. It opens with the quote "War is a drug", as said by former Iraq war reporter Chris Hedges. Now, Mr. O'Connor said in class today that the flim follows the arc of many vietnam war era films, but I think the Hurt Locker does them all one better. It makes you feel the emotions that the characters are feeling, and it gives you a take on our current conflict you don't often see. It is all summed up by the very last shot, which I thought was incredible. I won't ruin it for those of you who haven't seen it, because you absolutely should. I think that it will be a movie that will stay as a classic, and be regarded in the American "cannon" as one of the greatest movies of all time.