The Hurt Locker (Dir. Kathryn Bigalow)

Obviously I had to watch it as it won 6 Oscars AND 6 Bafta's.
Best Achievement in Directing
Best Achievement in Editing
Best Achievement in Sound
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

I knew it was meant to be good but come on! So I watched it. And yeah it's good. Something I don't get with these awards though is the sound judged. I do understand how difficult and time consuming sound is but I don't understand how it is judged.

Definitely want to watch it again, I don't feel like I was paying enough attention to it. But it was very good. I really respect Kathryn Bigalow for pushing and pushing the fact that she made this film to represent the people that these films aren't always made about. It really shows how dangerous their jobs are and how difficult and detached the men are from their homes. The end shot was very powerful, Renner walking off in his suit to disarm a bomb while the audience is told he has a year in Iraq before he sees his wife and child again.

I felt that the film covered almost every aspect of these bombings, car bombs, suicide bombs, remote bombs, body bombs and more bang boom bombing. It also showed us the trust and security the men have in each other and how bonded they are from their experiences. I just don't understand what distinguishes a film from the rest. Because I know that Up in the Air, Blindside, Avatar, District 9 and Up were also very good, also all nominated as best picture at the Oscars. The only obvious thing I can think of is the kind of groundbreaking subject matter. The issues that were touched upon and the way they were tackled. It was certainly something I had never seen before and I am really interested in the unknown of war because I don't trust the papers.

Really wish I had caught it at the cinema. I will be sure to catch Green Zone before that disappears off the big screen. I think Hurt Locker is just one of those films that is truly given justice at the cinema.

LOVE the theme tune... It was played over and over and over again at the Oscars. The Way I am. Brilliant.