{"id":698,"date":"2010-03-06T23:45:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T23:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2010-04-20T02:53:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T21:23:22","slug":"hurt-locker-and-a-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/hurt-locker-and-a-prophet\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurt Locker and a Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I guess my impressions of Hurt Locker was colored by the brilliant &#8216;A Prophet&#8217; I saw the same day.<br \/>\nWas Hurt Locker good ? Of course it was. It was well shot, modern and created a lot of tension in the four (or is it five) sequences that the film is built up of.  Was the performance good ? Yes, adequately good. But if you look at the performances in &#8216;A Prophet&#8221;, Hurt Locker did not really get near.<br \/>\nGood film Hurt Locker, yes. But is it outstandingly the best film of the year ? No.  Despite the predictable script Avatar is. Because I saw in it the film makers vision, heart and belief.  Did Hurt Locker really give me an insight into the minds of the young American Soldiers in Iraq ? No. It was the adrenaline addicted  bomb demolition Hero I have seen so often disguised in two scenes, one in the shower with him crying and the other in the helicopter where his friend is blaming him for almost getting him killed.<br \/>\nI guess part of my reaction was the way the Iraqi&#8217;s are shown. Each one of them was a potential terrorist. If one is making a serious film about the Iraq war, then we carry the responsibility to attempting to discover some of the reality of it.<br \/>\nMy vote for Avatar as best film of the year.  For it believes in a future with hope, without meaning to be something other than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guess my impressions of Hurt Locker was colored by the brilliant &#8216;A Prophet&#8217; I saw the same day. Was Hurt Locker good ? Of course it was. 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