[lbo-talk] Hurt Locker

[Mark Bennett]

I'd have to disagree with this.  Even taken at face value as an action film,
Hurt Locker was absurd, every bit as absurd as Die Hard 4 and its ilk.  To
take only two examples, the ambush and shoot out in the desert was
ridiculous in every particular, as was the "Hadji hunt."

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Marv Gandall wrote:
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>  Anyone see any redeeming qualities in the film?
>>
>
> As an action film, it's kind of uniquely great.  It's 2 hours of constant
> adrenalin without anything cartoonish about it.  The hero doesn't have
> unbelievable powers.  There is no evil villain.  There is no preposterous
> plot. There is barely any plot at all, kind of like an art film.  And yet
> the action is constantly involving and firing you up.
>
> So on that level -- compared with movies like Die Hard 4 -- it's not only
> satisfying to watch, it's satisfying to watch in a way that feels slightly
> new, slightly more grown up.  It's an action film about an adrenalin junkie
> rather than a superhero.
>
>
> Michael
>
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