[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Hurt Locker (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/7/2010 12:42:03 PM EDT
| I've watched this movie about 10 times now and really like it. I am wondering if anyone is in the know, how common is it to have Iraqis watching from the buildings. The guys that do that job are heroes, I could not do that. I love working under pressure but that kind of work is above my threshold. I find it amazing that in the movie the main EOD guy disarmed the IEDS like that. From what I gather wouldn't it just be easier to blow them in place? Also he left Iraq and went home, and I think he returned on another rotation. Is this supposed to symbolize that he loves the job and can't return to normal society even though he has a family? |
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how common is it to have Iraqis watching from the buildings.
I've never been there but I would go with "Very common." Look at how many people show up to watch when a house catches fire here. Or a car wreck. Ever been to a train wreck? In real life I mean, not on arf. 
It's just human nature to gawk. 
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how common is it to have Iraqis watching from the buildings. I've never been there but I would go with "Very common." Look at how many people show up to watch when a house catches fire here. Or a car wreck. Ever been to a train wreck? In real life I mean, not on arf.
It's just human nature to gawk. Yeah I have worked wrecks, and more wrecks caused my people gawking from their cars. However, do most of these individuals have bad intentions or just gawking as you state? |
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how common is it to have Iraqis watching from the buildings. I've never been there but I would go with "Very common." Look at how many people show up to watch when a house catches fire here. Or a car wreck. Ever been to a train wreck? In real life I mean, not on arf.
It's just human nature to gawk. Yeah I have worked wrecks, and more wrecks caused my people gawking from their cars. However, do most of these individuals have bad intentions or just gawking as you state? Some of them do, and some of them don't. It is very hard to tell the difference most of the time. |
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Most military personnel I've talked to hate that movie and say that it's BS. Those ARFcommers who are military personnel should feel free to correct me. I've seen it and thought that it was mediocre at best. Yes it sucked and was BS. Anyone who has spent more than a week in the Army or watched "Black Hawk Down" should now it was BS. Hell, "in the Army now" with pauly shore was a more accurate! |
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What I liked most about the movie was the EOD aspect of it. I have yet to see another movie that covers this segment of the military. I know its a work of fiction but it is still cool to see it. Well thats not what EOD is like at all. here is another movie you might like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kJTExeEuWU The only part of the movie which I thought was realistic at all was when he was in the grocery store at the end. |
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What I liked most about the movie was the EOD aspect of it. I have yet to see another movie that covers this segment of the military. I know its a work of fiction but it is still cool to see it. Guy I know has a brother in EOD, he said that the movie was BS and he hated it. |
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What I liked most about the movie was the EOD aspect of it. I have yet to see another movie that covers this segment of the military. I know its a work of fiction but it is still cool to see it. Well thats not what EOD is like at all. here is another movie you might like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kJTExeEuWU The only part of the movie which I thought was realistic at all was when he was in the grocery store at the end. Really? I called shens when they rolled out a team of 3 for EOD it didn't seem all that realistic but I didn't really know. During the part when the Infantry (?) officer came up to the main character and was asking about how many bombs he took care of, what was the point of that whole exchange? |
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Most military personnel I've talked to hate that movie and say that it's BS. Those ARFcommers who are military personnel should feel free to correct me. I've seen it and thought that it was mediocre at best. It is BS and I hated it. This...but setting aside the inaccuracies, I can see how the general masses would have liked it. It had shoot-outs, edge-of-your-seat scenes, good cinematography, etc. Still hate it though. |
| I watched it with some friends of 2 of them were involved in iraq and afganistan the last few years and one who was in GW1... they RIPPED it apart. Even dumb me knew it was all hollywood. There was also some drama between one of the military consultants and the producers/directors resulting in a consultant getting removed from set IIRC. |
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meh, i liked it. What do the haters want it to be? A documentary? Didn't it get played up as being 'Based' on a true story? When it went up for some awards that EOD guy (don't remember his name ah I found it, see below) didn't he try and sue for rights or money saying that the whole movie was based on him and what he did? Michigan native Master Sgt. Jeffrey S. Sarver says the Oscar-nominated film "The Hurt Locker" is his true story, despite claims by the screenwriter it is a work of fiction. And he's got a 2005 Playboy article to back up his claim.
Attorney Geoffrey Fieger is expected to file a multimillion dollar lawsuit on Sarver's behalf against the makers of the film. http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/03/michigan_soldier_says_fictiona.html |
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I watched this movie for the first time a short while ago and asked here for opinions. I also received the "Hollywood bullshit" answers. I have to wonder about being in an urban setting, with people you knew were trying to kill you looking down from the roof tops and not being able to shoot at them, because they weren't shooting at you with a small arm.
I know knowledgeable folks have talked about what was wrong. Is there anything about this flic that you would say was accurate? |
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Quoted: I watched this movie for the first time a short while ago and asked here for opinions. I also received the "Hollywood bullshit" answers. I have to wonder about being in an urban setting, with people you knew were trying to kill you looking down from the roof tops and not being able to shoot at them, because they weren't shooting at you with a small arm. I know knowledgeable folks have talked about what was wrong. Is there anything about this flic that you would say was accurate? Seems like another typical ARFCom "it sucks because it has soooo many innaccurate things about it"...without caring to really point anything out in particular. It kinda reminds me of the demonization of the movie "Shooter" with some calling it "anti-gun".... Not sure where the Anti-gun message came from  |
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Quoted: yeah shooter is another one that just deserves to be picked to pieces. And why is that? See another instance of another poster saying "This movie was unrealistic, that movie was liberal" without even giving any specific instances in the movie where it was. Granted, I don't think Shooter was a particularly great movie... but I dont think it's this huge raving anti-gun film. Ironic, people will call Shooter anti-gun, but then defend Lord of War |
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10 times? Really? I could barely stomach 1 time watching it. Terrible movie. Aren't you the same guy who said that Megyn Kelly is ugly??? http://cdn.babble.com/famecrawler/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/megyn-kelly-gq1.jpg Yeah... so I'd say your judgment is, at the very least, suspect.  I just wanna know where you found a pic like that of Megyn Kelly? Oh yeah, and on topic, I thought the movie was retarded and I can't believe it won an Oscar. There wasn't much competition though. The whole story was kinda pointless, and I didn't get his whole secret stealth mission into town in the middle of the movie. You're an EOD tech, not Jason Bourne. |
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I watched this movie for the first time a short while ago and asked here for opinions. I also received the "Hollywood bullshit" answers. I have to wonder about being in an urban setting, with people you knew were trying to kill you looking down from the roof tops and not being able to shoot at them, because they weren't shooting at you with a small arm. I know knowledgeable folks have talked about what was wrong. Is there anything about this flic that you would say was accurate? Seems like another typical ARFCom "it sucks because it has soooo many innaccurate things about it"...without caring to really point anything out in particular. It kinda reminds me of the demonization of the movie "Shooter" with some calling it "anti-gun".... Not sure where the Anti-gun message came from That is because there is far too many to list. The scene where the guy had the standoff while pointing the m-9 at the civilian, that civilian would have never made it past the road block alive. In that same scene, they find an abandon HMMWV; what unit abandons a vehicle with radios loaded with COMSEC and weapons? Oh, and EOD rolling around without an escort? Please. Almost every bomb that was defused, in real life would have most likely blow up. The whole movie negatively portrayed soldiers that were nuts, cowboys, racists, or chicken shits. I don't think that there was one levelheaded character in that whole movie. It is a great movie for the ignorant masses that don't know any better. |
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Quoted: all Iraqis do all day is watch us - either from windows, or on top of their roof where their bed is, or on the side of the road, or while walking their sheep, or in front of their little table with gas cans they call their petrol station. My dad said the same thing. (BUCS, Ret.) |
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Quoted: I thought it portrayed our military quite well.... The idea of having a soldier who actually loved his job, and wanted to go back, is somewhat of a breath of fresh air... The media usually makes it seem as if no one in our military is doing any of it out of a sense of duty, or a sense of "loving the job". Quoted: Quoted: I watched this movie for the first time a short while ago and asked here for opinions. I also received the "Hollywood bullshit" answers. I have to wonder about being in an urban setting, with people you knew were trying to kill you looking down from the roof tops and not being able to shoot at them, because they weren't shooting at you with a small arm. I know knowledgeable folks have talked about what was wrong. Is there anything about this flic that you would say was accurate? Seems like another typical ARFCom "it sucks because it has soooo many innaccurate things about it"...without caring to really point anything out in particular. It kinda reminds me of the demonization of the movie "Shooter" with some calling it "anti-gun".... Not sure where the Anti-gun message came from That is because there is far too many to list. The scene where the guy had the standoff while pointing the m-9 at the civilian, that civilian would have never made it past the road block alive. In that same scene, they find an abandon HMMWV; what unit abandons a vehicle with radios loaded with COMSEC and weapons? Oh, and EOD rolling around without an escort? Please. Almost every bomb that was defused, in real life would have most likely blow up. The whole movie negatively portrayed soldiers that were nuts, cowboys, racists, or chicken shits. I don't think that there was one levelheaded character in that whole movie. It is a great movie for the ignorant masses that don't know any better. |
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Quoted: google image searchQuoted: Quoted: 10 times? Really? I could barely stomach 1 time watching it. Terrible movie. Aren't you the same guy who said that Megyn Kelly is ugly??? http://cdn.babble.com/famecrawler/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/megyn-kelly-gq1.jpg Yeah... so I'd say your judgment is, at the very least, suspect. I just wanna know where you found a pic like that of Megyn Kelly? Oh yeah, and on topic, I thought the movie was retarded and I can't believe it won an Oscar. There wasn't much competition though. The whole story was kinda pointless, and I didn't get his whole secret stealth mission into town in the middle of the movie. You're an EOD tech, not Jason Bourne. |
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10 times? Really? I could barely stomach 1 time watching it. Terrible movie. Aren't you the same guy who said that Megyn Kelly is ugly??? http://cdn.babble.com/famecrawler/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/megyn-kelly-gq1.jpg Yeah... so I'd say your judgment is, at the very least, suspect. I just wanna know where you found a pic like that of Megyn Kelly? Oh yeah, and on topic, I thought the movie was retarded and I can't believe it won an Oscar. There wasn't much competition though. The whole story was kinda pointless, and I didn't get his whole secret stealth mission into town in the middle of the movie. You're an EOD tech, not Jason Bourne. You fuck, you couldn't make it simple now I actually have to search for the image?
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I thought it portrayed our military quite well.... The idea of having a soldier who actually loved his job, and wanted to go back, is somewhat of a breath of fresh air... The media usually makes it seem as if no one in our military is doing any of it out of a sense of duty, or a sense of "loving the job".
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I watched this movie for the first time a short while ago and asked here for opinions. I also received the "Hollywood bullshit" answers. I have to wonder about being in an urban setting, with people you knew were trying to kill you looking down from the roof tops and not being able to shoot at them, because they weren't shooting at you with a small arm. I know knowledgeable folks have talked about what was wrong. Is there anything about this flic that you would say was accurate? Seems like another typical ARFCom "it sucks because it has soooo many innaccurate things about it"...without caring to really point anything out in particular. It kinda reminds me of the demonization of the movie "Shooter" with some calling it "anti-gun".... Not sure where the Anti-gun message came from That is because there is far too many to list. The scene where the guy had the standoff while pointing the m-9 at the civilian, that civilian would have never made it past the road block alive. In that same scene, they find an abandon HMMWV; what unit abandons a vehicle with radios loaded with COMSEC and weapons? Oh, and EOD rolling around without an escort? Please. Almost every bomb that was defused, in real life would have most likely blow up. The whole movie negatively portrayed soldiers that were nuts, cowboys, racists, or chicken shits. I don't think that there was one levelheaded character in that whole movie. It is a great movie for the ignorant masses that don't know any better. I could be wrong, but from what I got from it, he went back because he couldn't handle a normal life. He was an adrenalin junkie. |
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I thought it portrayed our military quite well.... The idea of having a soldier who actually loved his job, and wanted to go back, is somewhat of a breath of fresh air... The media usually makes it seem as if no one in our military is doing any of it out of a sense of duty, or a sense of "loving the job".
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I watched this movie for the first time a short while ago and asked here for opinions. I also received the "Hollywood bullshit" answers. I have to wonder about being in an urban setting, with people you knew were trying to kill you looking down from the roof tops and not being able to shoot at them, because they weren't shooting at you with a small arm. I know knowledgeable folks have talked about what was wrong. Is there anything about this flic that you would say was accurate? Seems like another typical ARFCom "it sucks because it has soooo many innaccurate things about it"...without caring to really point anything out in particular. It kinda reminds me of the demonization of the movie "Shooter" with some calling it "anti-gun".... Not sure where the Anti-gun message came from That is because there is far too many to list. The scene where the guy had the standoff while pointing the m-9 at the civilian, that civilian would have never made it past the road block alive. In that same scene, they find an abandon HMMWV; what unit abandons a vehicle with radios loaded with COMSEC and weapons? Oh, and EOD rolling around without an escort? Please. Almost every bomb that was defused, in real life would have most likely blow up. The whole movie negatively portrayed soldiers that were nuts, cowboys, racists, or chicken shits. I don't think that there was one levelheaded character in that whole movie. It is a great movie for the ignorant masses that don't know any better. I could be wrong, but from what I got from it, he went back because he couldn't handle a normal life. He was an adrenalin junkie. Theres nothing wrong with a career in the .mil. If he was a better soldier than civillian more power to him. |
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I thought it portrayed our military quite well.... The idea of having a soldier who actually loved his job, and wanted to go back, is somewhat of a breath of fresh air... The media usually makes it seem as if no one in our military is doing any of it out of a sense of duty, or a sense of "loving the job".
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I watched this movie for the first time a short while ago and asked here for opinions. I also received the "Hollywood bullshit" answers. I have to wonder about being in an urban setting, with people you knew were trying to kill you looking down from the roof tops and not being able to shoot at them, because they weren't shooting at you with a small arm. I know knowledgeable folks have talked about what was wrong. Is there anything about this flic that you would say was accurate? Seems like another typical ARFCom "it sucks because it has soooo many innaccurate things about it"...without caring to really point anything out in particular. It kinda reminds me of the demonization of the movie "Shooter" with some calling it "anti-gun".... Not sure where the Anti-gun message came from That is because there is far too many to list. The scene where the guy had the standoff while pointing the m-9 at the civilian, that civilian would have never made it past the road block alive. In that same scene, they find an abandon HMMWV; what unit abandons a vehicle with radios loaded with COMSEC and weapons? Oh, and EOD rolling around without an escort? Please. Almost every bomb that was defused, in real life would have most likely blow up. The whole movie negatively portrayed soldiers that were nuts, cowboys, racists, or chicken shits. I don't think that there was one levelheaded character in that whole movie. It is a great movie for the ignorant masses that don't know any better. I could be wrong, but from what I got from it, he went back because he couldn't handle a normal life. He was an adrenalin junkie. Theres nothing wrong with a career in the .mil. If he was a better soldier than civillian more power to him. yes there is if he cant intigrate into the civilian world. the message i got was our guys cant handle what war does to them and from personal experience EOD takes five hours to get on scene with an 8 vehivle convoy. they get out their robot, put some c4 on it drop the c4 on the ied and blow it. this was also in the market district of heavily populated baghdad. EOD does not do what that movie showed (at least in iraq) like said before, all the eod guys i know were cool, level headed guys. not retartds that take midnight strolls through a hostile area |
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I liked it. The thing is after you do this job for a while you begin to feel like all the shit you do stateside is bullshit and it doesn't really matter. When you working on an IED up close and personal your life is perfectly simple and makes total sense and it is as real as it is ever going to get. I know the movie isn't technicaly accurate a lot of the mission were based on real incidents though.
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I really hate that movie. It was just very, very poorly researched and is completely ridiculous to anyone that has been to Iraq, EOD or otherwise. As far as your question we can blow stuff in place all day long and be in the right, but in the end unless we pull the IED's apart we will never get forensics off them to catch the bad guys and we will never find out what new trends and types of IEDs the enemy is using against us. Regardless of how much I loathe the movie I do have my internal freqs saved as "hurt locker" on our MBITRs. I will say this, anytime I drop HC smoke before we do something I catch a LOT of shit because of that movie. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I watched this movie for the first time a short while ago and asked here for opinions. I also received the "Hollywood bullshit" answers. I have to wonder about being in an urban setting, with people you knew were trying to kill you looking down from the roof tops and not being able to shoot at them, because they weren't shooting at you with a small arm. I know knowledgeable folks have talked about what was wrong. Is there anything about this flic that you would say was accurate? Seems like another typical ARFCom "it sucks because it has soooo many innaccurate things about it"...without caring to really point anything out in particular. It kinda reminds me of the demonization of the movie "Shooter" with some calling it "anti-gun".... Not sure where the Anti-gun message came from -eod portrayed like special forces. wtf. -seasoned merc team gets murdered, but an e7, pog reclass e5, and cherry e3 or e4 or whatever steps up and wrecks house. wtf. -black dude joins the mil as intel or commo or whatever the fuck he joined as originally, and then ended up reclassing to EOD. This pog wears a CIB. wtf. -black dude rolls around with a popped collar in ACUs. wtf. -e7 dude pulls up like 5 arty shells by the det cord with 1 arm. wtf. -3 man eod team rolls around in a single hmmwv wherever they want. wtf. -'gunner' of hmmwv only gets in the turret when he wants. wtf. -e7 sneaks off the fob in civvies, upon returning, the ECP lets him in with the promise of directions to whore house, on the word that he is us mil, but no ID. wtf. -3 man team essentially goes rogue trying to catch a terrorist bomber. upon arrival at a series of alleyways, the seasoned e7 says 'lets split up.' wtf. off the top of my head, thats the shit that bothered me a lot. there was definitely more, but as i struggled to get through this piece of garbage once, i cant recall it all right now. eta: dont remember it very well, but something at the beginning bothered me a lot, too. dude is walking up to an ied, and all of a sudden, another eod guy sees a guy with a cell phone watching, getting ready to dial. i dont remember the scene very well, but i remember thinking 'that mother fucker has PID and an m4,' but instead of shooting the dude he just runs screaming for like half a mile for the guy to drop the phone or something. it was just ridiculous. of course, dude blowed up. |
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10 times? Really? I could barely stomach 1 time watching it. Terrible movie. Aren't you the same guy who said that Megyn Kelly is ugly??? http://cdn.babble.com/famecrawler/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/megyn-kelly-gq1.jpg Yeah... so I'd say your judgment is, at the very least, suspect. No one one this site can prove that I said she was ugly. I never did. Get your facts straight before you post. |
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Quoted: I liked it. The thing is after you do this job for a while you begin to feel like all the shit you do stateside is bullshit and it doesn't really matter. When you working on an IED up close and personal your life is perfectly simple and makes total sense and it is as real as it is ever going to get. I know the movie isn't technicaly accurate a lot of the mission were based on real incidents though. My interview Just watched the movie tonight, went and searched arfcom and saw your post - then read your interview. I just want to thank you for your service, pbaeod. |