Comments on: The Hurt Locker http://prestonrhea.org/the-hurt-locker/ Agent of Change, Former of Entropy, Seeker of a Stateless World. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark E in ATL http://prestonrhea.org/the-hurt-locker/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Mark E in ATL Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:46:29 +0000 http://prestonrhea.org/?p=778#comment-545 Hey Preston, glad you posted this. I just re-watched Hurt Locker for the 2nd time last night. I was lucky enough to see it first in the Sundance Kabuki Theatre in San francisco last summer, Last night I viewed it from a blu-ray rip on my iMac. You should watch it again and pay attention to the words at the beginning of the film (assuming yours are in english) which say, "...War is a Drug." and then pay attention to the psychology of the characters throughout the film. Understanding the development of and the psychology of the characters, and what war does to each of them, is paramount to really appreciating the film. Watch how Eldridge redeems himself in the Sniper scene (also my Favorite.) and is subsequently torn down again by the death of his therapist colonel. Pay attention to Sanborn's early comments about his girlfriend/wife wanting a child and how those contrast to him at the close of the movie. Sanborn doesn't "admit that the war has broken him as a man." I see that War has, instead made him realize the importance of carrying on a legacy. Now, contrast this to how Sgt. James is revealed NOT as a simple adrenaline junkie, (a la base jumpers) but as an addict of War with how he interacts with his family at the close of the movie. Also, I can't decide if the opening scene of "Inglorious Bastards" beats out the "Desert Snipers" scene of Hurt Locker, because they are together the best, most powerful 2 scenes of live-action film I have seen in the past year. (Opening scene of "UP" is also great, but that looses because it pulls so blatantly at the heartstrings) However, I am glad that Hurt Locker won Best Picture oscar. .-= Mark E in ATL´s last blog ..<a href="http://twitter.com/m4r/statuses/10357610924" rel="nofollow">m4r: Wow: http://3.ly/5LKC The most sense Jeremy Clarkson has ever made. An Op-Ed on attempts to ilegalize-away evil and craziness from the world</a> =-. Hey Preston, glad you posted this. I just re-watched Hurt Locker for the 2nd time last night. I was lucky enough to see it first in the Sundance Kabuki Theatre in San francisco last summer, Last night I viewed it from a blu-ray rip on my iMac.
You should watch it again and pay attention to the words at the beginning of the film (assuming yours are in english) which say, “…War is a Drug.” and then pay attention to the psychology of the characters throughout the film. Understanding the development of and the psychology of the characters, and what war does to each of them, is paramount to really appreciating the film.
Watch how Eldridge redeems himself in the Sniper scene (also my Favorite.) and is subsequently torn down again by the death of his therapist colonel. Pay attention to Sanborn’s early comments about his girlfriend/wife wanting a child and how those contrast to him at the close of the movie. Sanborn doesn’t “admit that the war has broken him as a man.” I see that War has, instead made him realize the importance of carrying on a legacy. Now, contrast this to how Sgt. James is revealed NOT as a simple adrenaline junkie, (a la base jumpers) but as an addict of War with how he interacts with his family at the close of the movie.

Also, I can’t decide if the opening scene of “Inglorious Bastards” beats out the “Desert Snipers” scene of Hurt Locker, because they are together the best, most powerful 2 scenes of live-action film I have seen in the past year. (Opening scene of “UP” is also great, but that looses because it pulls so blatantly at the heartstrings) However, I am glad that Hurt Locker won Best Picture oscar.
.-= Mark E in ATL´s last blog ..m4r: Wow: http://3.ly/5LKC The most sense Jeremy Clarkson has ever made. An Op-Ed on attempts to ilegalize-away evil and craziness from the world =-.

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