Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Hurt Locker



How can anyone say they enjoyed watching this real-life version of Nintendo's Bomberman, boxy-astronaut costume and all? Human suffering on this level ceases to make sense to me, no matter how well shot the cinematography is; it terrifies me to be reminded how stupidly expert we've become at blowing each other up; and who signs up, voluntarily, to become a machine that dismantles other machines only by first dismantling themselves? It breaks my heart, this world we live in.

Koko: Hey, you forget to mention that it's great.
Guy Pearce gets 'sploded in the first five minutes?
How can that not be better than Point Break?
Well shot, well cut, and smartly understated. A-

Slothrop: Not quite that high, I don't think. Characterization is too easy, if I remember, which I don't. B+ probably.

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