Hurt Locker

Gow and I watched a guy flick the other day over at his place ... it was Academy Award winner "Hurt Locker".

Hurt Locker (3.8/5)
It was an interesting movie. It's about a team of three guys in Iraq who are charged with disarming IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) ... bombs. It started really well with some very gripping and intense scenes. The first act was incredible. However, it kind of quickly went "blah" from there. What could have been a really deep movie looking at the interpersonal relationships between the three soldiers and what the crazy stress of doing this type of job does to that dynamic and to their relationships with their families, became a kind of shallow, episodic non-fulfilling thing that just kind of ran out of gas. The characters weren't really developed at all, and there really wasn't much of a plot, only these hyper intense, and rather long, bomb diffusing scenes. Overall, it was decent, but left me wishing for much more depth.

The overall summary: A lot of promise. Gripping and intense, but lacking in depth and character development.

Movies I've seen recently:
Juno - 4.8/5
Slumdog Millionaire - 4.6/5
Iron Man - 4.2/5
Lars and the Real Girl - 4.1/5
Wall-E - 4.0/5
Traitor - 4.0/5
The Dark Knight - 3.9/5
Star Trek - 3.9/5
TransSiberian - 3.9/5
Wolverine - 3.8/5
Hurt Locker - 3.8/5
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist - 3.7/5
Definitely, Maybe - 3.7/5
Up - 3.7/5
Kung Fu Panda - 3.5/5
The Passion - 3.5/5
Valkyrie - 3.5/5
Appoloosa - 3.5/5
The Incredible Hulk - 3.4/5
Stealth - 3.4/5
New in Town - 3.2/5
Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakquel - 3.2/5
He's Just Not That Into You - 3.1/5
Horton Hears a Who - 3.0/5
Inglorious Bastards - 2.9/5
Push - 2.8/5
Jonah, a VeggieTales Movie - 2.4/5
Meet Bill - 2.1/5
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 1.9/5
Burn After Reading - 1.5/5