Green Zone was a very different kind of war film to Hurt Locker. Hurt Locker had much more attention to character and we weren't so much thrown into the action of war but into the suspense and unsuspected dangers. Green Zone still brought about great characters, particularly with the Iraqi characters, but was more focused on the action and the potential corruption of war.
It was an excellent film with a lot of suspense. The atmosphere of this country and the turmoil of war was intensely recreated with camera work. Rather than the smoothly polished voyeuristic feel of Hurt Locker, Green Zone was gritty, shaky and you could almost choke on the dust. I felt that both films were excellent and were delivered in the ways that they needed to be considering the subject matter. Green Zone required the haste and terror of gun battle and so threw us into it with sharply cut editing and gritty filming. Hurt Locker required a more subtle touch. We were put on the edge of the action, on the edge of our seats with smooth editing and crisp detail which enabled us to feel the suspense of everyone in the bomb disposal unit.
Both films were great responses to the current war. I don't think they can be judged in comparison to films about previous wars however. Though I don't feel like I have seen enough of them to be a great judge in that respect.
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