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Mar. 9th, 2010 01:57 pmReg forced me to watch The Hurt Locker because it won a bunch of Oscars or something. He had told before that it wasn't a war movie, although it sort of had those Platoon-esque scenes. Not really though, and there was absolutely no soundtrack whatsoever. It was a little boring, and I kept wondering where the fuck I knew the lead from (Angel and/or House, MD), but it was good. That guy was fucked up, man. I hated him, but liked watching him.
I personally am sick of war movies where the guys are noble or patriotic - and also the flip side, which is WAR IS HELL AND VERY BAD, the theme that was covered perfectly in Catch-22, so anyone else saying this, like Oliver Stone, makes me kind of yawn. (Although in his defense, his story was about a patriot turning into that kinda guy, but I'm still never going to watch Platoon again.) And that covers almost every war movie ever made. I disagree with Reg that this isn't a war movie, although I see why he said that - there are absolutely no battles at all, just a few dealing-with-insurgents. A bit like Jarhead but um, actually good? Granted, the best war movie I've seen isn't a movie but the series Generation Kill.
I guess I'm more fascinated with the slight sociopaths that enjoy killing for killing's sake, or even almost dying. (I use the modifier 'slight' here because these guys do actually have morals and even a conscience.) After the movie ended I said brightly, "He's just like Marv. He'd be at home swinging an axe on a battlefield. They'd have tossed him girls like Nancy."
I personally am sick of war movies where the guys are noble or patriotic - and also the flip side, which is WAR IS HELL AND VERY BAD, the theme that was covered perfectly in Catch-22, so anyone else saying this, like Oliver Stone, makes me kind of yawn. (Although in his defense, his story was about a patriot turning into that kinda guy, but I'm still never going to watch Platoon again.) And that covers almost every war movie ever made. I disagree with Reg that this isn't a war movie, although I see why he said that - there are absolutely no battles at all, just a few dealing-with-insurgents. A bit like Jarhead but um, actually good? Granted, the best war movie I've seen isn't a movie but the series Generation Kill.
I guess I'm more fascinated with the slight sociopaths that enjoy killing for killing's sake, or even almost dying. (I use the modifier 'slight' here because these guys do actually have morals and even a conscience.) After the movie ended I said brightly, "He's just like Marv. He'd be at home swinging an axe on a battlefield. They'd have tossed him girls like Nancy."
