In Bruges was supposed to be a serious movie?!?!
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I was laughing my ass off whenIn Bruges was supposed to be a serious movie?!?!
he murdered a kid and was driven to suicide
Just bought The Hurt Locker on Bluray and watched it last night. If it's the Best Picture of the Year, this year was really shitty for movies.
It's good, but it also slides into retarded territory on occasion. It's one of the best Iraq movies. And it's definitely engrossing/gripping. But Best Picture it is not.[/QUOTE]
Interesting. I've heard nothing but glowing praise for it. Well, I guess we will see if it can knock ASM off the top of my list.[/QUOTE]
It suffers from Jack Bauer Syndrome, where they try to make a character an extreme bad ass to the point where it tosses realism out the window.
For example: Instead of using a robot to deactivate a bomb, the bomb disposal EXTREME BAD ASS character goes in and does it manually. Repeatedly. Throughout the movie. Just to show how EXTREME he is. Even the other characters in the movie talk about how EXTREME he is. (I thought they were making fun of him at one point, but no, they were talking seriously about how bad ass he is)
Once you take the EXTREME BAD ASS meme out, the rest of the movie kinda falls apart. Fortunately, the dude plays an EXTREME BAD ASS really well. In fact, the whole point of the movie is "War is a Drug" and that this dude is addicted to how EXTREME it is.
I think the reason it's getting good word of mouth is because it plays against the typical expectations for a 'war movie'. There's not a lot of explosions, there's not a lot of gore. There is a 15 minute scene of two guys staring through a sniper rifle though. Riveting!
It actually was.
It actually was.
[/QUOTE]No, no it wasn't.
15 minutes of nothing, followed by:
"Well, I guess he's dead."
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
This is an art house war movie. Not a real war movie.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
ahah, if you thought The Hurt Locker was an "Art House Movie", then well, I don't know.
I'm surprised you've even seen it.
I'm surprised you've even seen it.[/QUOTE]
Why? I like good movies
I'm surprised you've even seen it.[/QUOTE]
Why? I like good movies
[/QUOTE]You should really try watching more of them then.
I'm surprised you've even seen it.[/QUOTE]
Why? I like good movies
[/QUOTE]You should really try watching more of them then.[/QUOTE]
I dunno what you're getting at, I watch a lot of good movies, I guess we disagree on Hurt Locker.
It actually was.
[/QUOTE]No, no it wasn't.
15 minutes of nothing, followed by:
"Well, I guess he's dead."
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
This is an art house war movie. Not a real war movie.[/QUOTE]
Your solution would have gotten them in some pretty deep shit. You can not shoot a body that is known to be dead already.
I want to see this movie now, I think the RedBox wil be getting a visit from me this weekend.
It actually was.
[/QUOTE]No, no it wasn't.
15 minutes of nothing, followed by:
"Well, I guess he's dead."
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
This is an art house war movie. Not a real war movie.[/QUOTE]
Your solution would have gotten them in some pretty deep shit. You can not shoot a body that is known to be dead already.
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At the risk of derailing the thread, why is that? Serious question here, not trying to be a smart-ass.
Dave
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It actually was.
[/QUOTE]No, no it wasn't.
15 minutes of nothing, followed by:
"Well, I guess he's dead."
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
This is an art house war movie. Not a real war movie.[/QUOTE]
Your solution would have gotten them in some pretty deep shit. You can not shoot a body that is known to be dead already.
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At the risk of derailing the thread, why is that? Serious question here, not trying to be a smart-ass.[/QUOTE]
1) Defacing the dead.
2) You are only supposed to discharge your weapon when there is a credible threat.
In this case if he fired he'd probably have a case. Sometimes they will "put one in the leg" to see if the target is faking it. Not a common tactic but it happens.
It actually was.
[/QUOTE]No, no it wasn't.
15 minutes of nothing, followed by:
"Well, I guess he's dead."
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
This is an art house war movie. Not a real war movie.[/QUOTE]
Your solution would have gotten them in some pretty deep shit. You can not shoot a body that is known to be dead already.
[/QUOTE]
At the risk of derailing the thread, why is that? Serious question here, not trying to be a smart-ass.[/QUOTE]
1) Defacing the dead.
2) You are only supposed to discharge your weapon when there is a credible threat.
In this case if he fired he'd probably have a case. Sometimes they will "put one in the leg" to see if the target is faking it. Not a common tactic but it happens.[/QUOTE]
Thank you Mr. Nihsen. I shall go to bed slightly smarter tonight.
Also, each shot fired can give away your position more, I imagine.
Tears in my eyes from laughter here.Why? I like good movies
Considering how many snipers they were firing at, and the number of times they missed. Plus the fact they didn't move between misses, I don't think they were concerned about positions.
I liked the movie, don't get me wrong. However, it's not (..scratch that, it shouldn't be) a Best Picture contender. In terms of Iraq movies, I think I enjoyed Three Kings more, however it's a more 'real' movie (Even if Three Kings is based on a true story)
It actually was.
[/QUOTE]No, no it wasn't.
15 minutes of nothing, followed by:
"Well, I guess he's dead."
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
And they walk away.
Why does it take hours to determine that a guy hanging out a window isn't faking it? They could have shot him again and saved themselves hours.
This is an art house war movie. Not a real war movie.[/QUOTE]
Your solution would have gotten them in some pretty deep shit. You can not shoot a body that is known to be dead already.
I want to see this movie now, I think the RedBox wil be getting a visit from me this weekend.[/QUOTE]
This is a movie where
EOD disarms bombs by hand because it's 'more hardcore', disarm bombs with no support (sniper, infantry, tank or otherwise) whatsoever (civvie car drives through and he has to put his pistol to the drivers head to get him to back up), clear buildings with Infantry standing outside, sneak off base to visit a friends house, and then run back to the base through all of Iraq unscathed), SAS contractors get handed their asses by enemy snipers (first shot kills wrenchman, second shot kills SAS sniper) and no chain of command. I mean honestly, realism was not really part of this movie.
Shooting a sniper they believed to be still alive would be defensible in this universe.
It's been a while since I've seen it, but I remember liking Three Kings a bunch.
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