In my opinion, "The Hurt Locker" is not so much a movie as it is a film made by an authentic American in post-war Iraq, from his own perspective , a short video recorded with DV. Because as a movie, it seems too rudimentary. There are no shocking special effects, no ups and downs in the storyline, no large-scale rivalry exchanges, and even very few actors who speak. Made, but defeated all opponents and won many golden figures. I think there is only one point to explain, it is more in line with the appetite of Americans.
"The Hurt Locker" satisfies the individual heroism of many Americans and the savior mentality of serious self-inflation; it shows the fearlessness and bravery of American soldiers to save the world; at the same time, it also covers up that they still caused this tragedy. culprit and executioner. This is doomed that this film will never become a popular film without borders and will not be accepted by most people. Due to the many differences in national history, culture, social environment and political stance, it is destined to be a movie that Americans can understand and pay for.
As for the female director Kathryn Bigelow, who has always been good at shooting male themes, I am curious about her original intention of shooting the film. Some people say that they want to convey anti-war sentiment through this film, while others say it is a tribute to American militarism. In my opinion, she has no intention of commenting on the war, but just uses the perspective she can perceive to record the state of the US military stationed in Iraq. Just like a paragraph at the beginning of the film: "War is a drug (war is like a drug can make people addicted)" is it good or not, it is left to the viewers to judge for themselves.
With this film, Kathryn Bigelow became the first best female director at the Oscars. But in all fairness, "The Hurt Locker" does not have the slightest advantage over other nominated films in terms of artistic performance and technical aspects. Kathryn Bigelow did not win in terms of directing skills.
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