My my my.
I am truly impressed.
Background? I loath war movies and I won't see'em. Black hawk down? No. Band of brothers? Nuh-uh. As a matter of fact, if I recall, the last war-related movie I caught was Born on the Fourth of July. Bloody hell. And that wasn't really a war movie per se anyways. AND that came out in.... good lord.... 1989. So. Ten years, it's been.
But I really really REALLY wanted to catch The Hurt Locker. And I was blown away. Heh. No pun intended.
It was intense, it was nail-biting, it was thoughtful, it thrilled, it agonised, and I sometimes sat with my jaw hanging down. My goodness. Did it really take a woman to bring out the human side of war, such as it is?
Nooo... scratch that comment. I don't watch enough of this genre to qualify as a critic. But I marvel at Kathryn Bigelow's skill. I was truly impressed. This is one I want to collect.
Go see it. Now.
UPDATE :
WildRun has graciously pointed out that 1989 till date is 20 years. Sorry about that, my brain's all gone.
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I hate to tell you, but that would be 20 years since 1989. Time flies... :)
argh! 20 years?? lol
oh my, thanks for telling me!
For what it's worth (not much), Ron Kovic was from my hometown.
Elisson,
I confess I had to google Kovic. It's been a while!! It was a pretty good film, though.
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