http://www.gonnawatchit.com/2009/07/03/the-hurt-locker/ Gonna Watch It dotCom is a Movie Blog and Review Site... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:40:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.gonnawatchit.com/2009/07/03/the-hurt-locker/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Top Movies of the Decade #14 | GonnaWatchIt.com Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:04:38 +0000 http://www.gonnawatchit.com/?p=1030#comment-1163 [...] my original review: “Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” may be the first essential war movie to come out [...] [...] my original review: “Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” may be the first essential war movie to come out [...]

]]> http://www.gonnawatchit.com/2009/07/03/the-hurt-locker/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Top 10 Movies of 2009 | GonnaWatchIt.com Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:07:14 +0000 http://www.gonnawatchit.com/?p=1030#comment-641 [...] 1. The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow’s action meditation on the thrills and perils of war is perhaps the first Iraq War film you really ought to see.   Eschewing the politics of the conflict and the conflict of politics, Bigelow instead focuses on the work of a bomb unit, whose job it is to find, identify and defuse all the improvised, cleverly placed, sloppily constructed, incredibly dangerous roadside, suicide, and sundry bombs that make this war different from any other.   Jeremy Renner plays the team leader, a confident – some would say reckless – bomb defuser who can’t imagine anywhere he’d rather be more than inside a blast suit.   His interactions with his team – the careful, by-the-book  Sanborn,  and the scared, eager to please Eldridge — are never trite or predictable, making this a character study as much as an action flick and war movie. 2. Up Pixar does it again.   I’m not sure how it is watching “Up” as a child, but as a grownup, it is all the right kinds of heartbreaking.    The story of a crotchety old man who embarks on a crazy adventure mostly because he is nearly driven mad with grief over the death of his wife (wait – this is a kid’s movie?) “Up” mixes the zany and adventurous (talking dogs, exotic birds, South America) with the heartfelt, warm, and endearing in nearly perfect porportions.   Your kids will beg you to watch this one with them, and then you’ll beg your kids to watch it with you. 3. An Education This one caught me by surprise.   A fairly simple story – about a wide-eyed young girl who finds herself seduced by a worldly wise older man – is made rich, profound and deeply enjoyable by nuanced performances from Alfred Molina(as the girl’s father) and Peter Sarsgaard (as her suitor.)  In the end, I think it’s more about were family intersects with society than it is about seduction or betrayal.   “A young girl gets wowed by an older man, that happens all the time, but you, where were you?  You should know better!”  she yells at her parents.   All they can do is look at their shoes. [...] [...] 1. The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow’s action meditation on the thrills and perils of war is perhaps the first Iraq War film you really ought to see.   Eschewing the politics of the conflict and the conflict of politics, Bigelow instead focuses on the work of a bomb unit, whose job it is to find, identify and defuse all the improvised, cleverly placed, sloppily constructed, incredibly dangerous roadside, suicide, and sundry bombs that make this war different from any other.   Jeremy Renner plays the team leader, a confident – some would say reckless – bomb defuser who can’t imagine anywhere he’d rather be more than inside a blast suit.   His interactions with his team – the careful, by-the-book  Sanborn,  and the scared, eager to please Eldridge — are never trite or predictable, making this a character study as much as an action flick and war movie. 2. Up Pixar does it again.   I’m not sure how it is watching “Up” as a child, but as a grownup, it is all the right kinds of heartbreaking.    The story of a crotchety old man who embarks on a crazy adventure mostly because he is nearly driven mad with grief over the death of his wife (wait – this is a kid’s movie?) “Up” mixes the zany and adventurous (talking dogs, exotic birds, South America) with the heartfelt, warm, and endearing in nearly perfect porportions.   Your kids will beg you to watch this one with them, and then you’ll beg your kids to watch it with you. 3. An Education This one caught me by surprise.   A fairly simple story – about a wide-eyed young girl who finds herself seduced by a worldly wise older man – is made rich, profound and deeply enjoyable by nuanced performances from Alfred Molina(as the girl’s father) and Peter Sarsgaard (as her suitor.)  In the end, I think it’s more about were family intersects with society than it is about seduction or betrayal.   “A young girl gets wowed by an older man, that happens all the time, but you, where were you?  You should know better!”  she yells at her parents.   All they can do is look at their shoes. [...]

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