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The Hurt Locker Vs. American Sniper
Posted on 1/24/15 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 1/24/15 at 7:50 pm
Both are great movies but the Hurt Locker is the superior film, at least for me. The main character in the Hurt Locker seemed more genuine and you got a real feel for characters around him, there was depth. American Sniper toned down the main character from the book (real life Kyle) to make him more sympathetic and heroic, a mistake in my opinion. Characters, real or imaginary, are better with their flaws.
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Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:10 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
hurt locker by far
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:16 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
American sniper was just a decent movie imo. I liked lone survivor way more
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:16 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I prefer Capt America for my american soldier hero cravings.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:18 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I really think Eastwood did a mediocre job at best with AS. Even on the shitty quality DVD screener I saw the CGI was atrocious. He really mailed it in. Cooper didn't disappoint, not that any one expected him to disappoint.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:25 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
havent even seen american sniper and it's hurt locker by a long shot
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:31 pm to Carson123987
Liked them both
Hurt locker is better though
Lone survivor was good too. Eastwood did a good job with sniper. It's not best picture quality but a very good movie.
Hurt locker is better though
Lone survivor was good too. Eastwood did a good job with sniper. It's not best picture quality but a very good movie.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:37 pm to beaver
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hurt locker by far
Posted on 1/24/15 at 8:47 pm to biglego
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I prefer Capt America for my american soldier hero cravings.
Good thing this movie wasn't written for that
Posted on 1/24/15 at 9:06 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I liked AS better. Kyle at least had an arc, Renner was pretty much the same at the end. Honestly, don't see too much difference between the two. Both good, but not great movies that I think seemed representative of what our soldiers experienced over there. For me, AS was basically part two of THL the way season two of True Detective will be to season 1...
Eta...Cooper was the much more likable lead vs. Renner. I thought AS was more moving, THL just ended where it started.
Eta...Cooper was the much more likable lead vs. Renner. I thought AS was more moving, THL just ended where it started.
This post was edited on 1/24/15 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 1/24/15 at 9:22 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Hurt Locker by far.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 9:22 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Just saw American sniper today. I thought it was good, not overly great but good. Dude could shoot.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 9:26 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
The Hurt Locker > Lone Survivor > American Sniper
Posted on 1/24/15 at 10:34 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Maybe it was just me but American Sniper wasn't great and neither was Hurt Locker. I think the movies were well done but they weren't good enough to say oh yeah that was a good movie when you walked out.
To put my problems with this movie is that you never felt like Kyle was in danger. A Gold Medalist sniper is hunting you and you never really felt like he had a chance to kill Kyle.
I thought it was a hell of a tribute to the guy, he kicked but in Iraq and gave a lot back to his fellow veterans. But just judging it as a movie it wasn't great but decent.
What was better probably Hurt Locker.
To put my problems with this movie is that you never felt like Kyle was in danger. A Gold Medalist sniper is hunting you and you never really felt like he had a chance to kill Kyle.
I thought it was a hell of a tribute to the guy, he kicked but in Iraq and gave a lot back to his fellow veterans. But just judging it as a movie it wasn't great but decent.
What was better probably Hurt Locker.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 10:39 pm to catholictigerfan
Hurt locker was an unrealistic piece of shite.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 10:39 pm to catholictigerfan
Never seen AS but still don't see why people rave about The Hurt Locker.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 11:24 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Both are not great films. "The Hurt Locker" is lightyears better than American Sniper.
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Hurt locker was an unrealistic piece of shite.
This post was edited on 1/24/15 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 1/24/15 at 11:28 pm to JBeam
I haven't seen Sniper, but I'm kind of shocked at the responses in this thread. From the Poli board thread on it, you'd think it was Citizen Kane wrapped in The Godfather.
Posted on 1/24/15 at 11:39 pm to TotesMcGotes
It's happening everywhere. People are acting like American Sniper is the greatest film of this decade. When in reality, it's one step above a "movie of the week" on a network channel.
This post was edited on 1/24/15 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 1/24/15 at 11:45 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I thought AS was better.
Did not like Hurt Locker at all
Did not like Hurt Locker at all
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