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re: I never saw The Hurt Locker because I had the whole movie spoiled for me.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:52 am to Philzilla2k
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:52 am to Philzilla2k
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It's probably entertaining enough if you don't know much about the military.
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If you served in Iraq, avoid it. It’s all kinds of absurdities.
Yeah and Suits/Better Call Saul aren't real depictions of being a lawyer, Grey's Anatomy isn't a real depiction of being a doctor, yada yada yada
If you made a movie about the real life goings-on of an EOD tech, it would be boring as frick. Just like any other movie that would attempt a hyper realistic depiction of XYZ job. If they made a movie about the average deployment in Iraq/Afghanistan, it would be 2 hours of dudes playing cards, working out, watching movies, and jerking off in portacans at the FOB
It's a competently made movie with some great moments. It certainly has some preposterous shite like the Barrett scene, but there were memorable characters and lots of parts that stuck with me. The grocery store scene at the end is so damn good - think how many guys feel that way after coming home.
If accuracy is the most important thing for someone wanting to watch a military movie, Warfare is what you want to watch.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 11:03 am
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Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:14 am to Flats
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I thought you had to be wrong but I don't keep up with that stuff. Freaking movie won 6 Oscars. That's .... odd.
not really, Hollywood was doing a big "girl power!" push for Female Directors back then and Bigelow was the poster child
she was the first Female Best Director Oscar winner by design.
I think Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty from 2012 is a better movie and more deserving than Hurt Locker
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:04 pm to Carson123987
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Yeah and Suits/Better Call Saul aren't real depictions of being a lawyer, Grey's Anatomy isn't a real depiction of being a doctor, yada yada yada If you made a movie about the real life goings-on of an EOD tech, it would be boring as frick. Just like any other movie that would attempt a hyper realistic depiction of XYZ job. If they made a movie about the average deployment in Iraq/Afghanistan, it would be 2 hours of dudes playing cards, working out, watching movies, and jerking off in portacans at the FOB It's a competently made movie with some great moments. It certainly has some preposterous shite like the Barrett scene, but there were memorable characters and lots of parts that stuck with me. The grocery store scene at the end is so damn good - think how many guys feel that way after coming home. If accuracy is the most important thing for someone wanting to watch a military movie, Warfare is what you want to watch.
i get what you're saying and i mostly agree, but the problem is that a lot of those military movies that came out during the peak of the GWOT were hyped up for their realism and were treated as some sort of insight and commentary on the wars. it's not like a military movie like Predator or soemthing which is clearly JUST designed for entertainment. Hurt Locker in particular was raved about as being hyper realistic, and it just isnt.
a movie that captures the combat deployment vibe pretty well is Jarhead. Warfare as you mentioned is another. Someone else mentioned Generation Kill which is also pretty accurate (with some glarding errors)
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:52 pm to Sam Quint
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it's not like a military movie like Predator or soemthing which is clearly JUST designed for entertainment. Hurt Locker in particular was raved about as being hyper realistic, and it just isnt.
Now that you say this, I do remember there being some discourse about this. One of those things where it has the feel/vibe of being a serious war movie so it makes casual viewers feel like it's authentic
Posted on 6/25/26 at 8:37 am to Sam Quint
I have had several Vietnam vets tell me that Forrest Gump is the most realistic movie about that war. I would never have guessed that
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