Comments on: The Hurt Locker http://cfilmc.com/the-hurt-locker/ Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:19:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David H. Schleicher http://cfilmc.com/the-hurt-locker/comment-page-1/#comment-38 David H. Schleicher Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:27:56 +0000 http://cfilmc.com/?p=403#comment-38 Paul, you make some good points here (I, too, loved the Fiennes/sniper set piece)...but I must disagree with your assessment of the character development and the "nothing behind said eyes" comment. Admittedly, there could've been more character development, but I liked how the film didn't follow the traditional rules in this regard. I enjoyed the unpredictable nature of the soldiers' emotional outbursts and how so much was revealed in their reactions and behavior instead of the cliched lines they spouted at each other because that is what they had been conditioned to do and think about themselves and war. I think there was plenty of development if you looked at what went unsaid in the film. Here's my full review if you are interested: http://davethenovelist.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/a-review-of-kathryn-bigelows-the-hurt-locker/ Paul, you make some good points here (I, too, loved the Fiennes/sniper set piece)…but I must disagree with your assessment of the character development and the “nothing behind said eyes” comment. Admittedly, there could’ve been more character development, but I liked how the film didn’t follow the traditional rules in this regard. I enjoyed the unpredictable nature of the soldiers’ emotional outbursts and how so much was revealed in their reactions and behavior instead of the cliched lines they spouted at each other because that is what they had been conditioned to do and think about themselves and war. I think there was plenty of development if you looked at what went unsaid in the film.

Here’s my full review if you are interested:

http://davethenovelist.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/a-review-of-kathryn-bigelows-the-hurt-locker/

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