Hurt Locker Essay

American Sniper/The Hurt Locker War movies have always been an American classic. With cinematography, actors, and exposure a film can either be a hit, or fall short. The film American Sniper, is based off of the novel by the same name, reflecting the life of Navy Seal Chris Kyle. Following the release of the novel, Clint Eastwood took the director’s chair and adapted the novel, to the big screen. Although American Sniper became a worldwide hit, another movie, The Hurt Locker, came years before it

The scenes I have chosen for the final project come from the films The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) and Skyfall (Sam Mendes, 2012). The reason I chose these scenes is because they both symbolize the effects of alcohol. The scene from The Hurt Locker involves the consumption of alcohol by the soldiers, which changes their behaviors and actions. They transform from tough, serious characters, to compassionate, childish characters under the influence of alcohol. In this context, alcohol holds

The “Hurt Locker” by the filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow conveys several messages but I believe that the main message to the theme of the movie is presented at the very beginning of the film in the form of a quote. The quote that appears in the film states, “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” This quote comes from the book ‘War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning,’ by Chris Hedges, a reporter for The New York Times. I believe this message is the main theme of this

In classical Hollywood cinema, style, space, and time are unified and uninterrupted. These elements come together to match the viewer’s sense of time and space in reality. This is achieved through the use of many techniques such as the 180-degree rule, point-of-view shots, a lack of jump cuts, and other unobtrusive filmmaking techniques. Using these techniques allow the audience to associate with the main characters in the film. For example, the use of point-of-view shots allow the viewer to see

“The Hurt Locker” by film maker Kathryn Bigelow conveys the theme of the movie at the very beginning. The theme is a simple quote by Chris Hedges which states, “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” (Hedges)The film 's greatest achievement is its ability to communicate the underlying truth of this quote consistently throughout the movie. Sergeant First Class William James, played by James Renner, captures this message through his job description, dialogue

In 2008, director Kathryn Bigelow presented The Hurt Locker, a war drama focusing on an army bomb squad during the Iraq War. When Sergeant JT Sanborn loses one of his men from to an explosion, Sergeant First Class William James replaces the bomb defuser and joins Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge. Due to Sanborn’s heavy ego and James’ reckless methods, tensions rise and the men constantly quarrel until the three realize their similarities of being entrapped by war. The film explores the idea of

Hurt Locker is about a bomb disposal group, Bravo Company, in Baghdad. The movie follows dangerous missions that the group have to go through facing their last few days in Baghdad. In the beginning the specialist dies after a road IED explodes when he is too close to it. That is where the movie really takes off, as specialist Owen Eldridge is brought in. He takes chances, and is reckless, which Sargent Sanborn and Staff Sargent James, are weary about. The majority of the movie takes place in the

pockets of the population that have experienced warfare, the jarringly focused and rigid representation of EOD team leader Sergeant First Class William James in Katherine Bigelow’s film The Hurt Locker (2008) provides insight to a world that much of the audience will never experience. Although The Hurt Locker would be regarded as a “realistic” film in form and content by modern standards, the resulting product would not belong totally to “realist cinema” as defined by French theorist and film ciritic

In the film “The Hurt Locker” directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the theme of “war is a drug” is shown throughout the film. The film is about a bomb squad tasked with disarming bombs planted roadside, in bundles and other more disturbing places in Iraq. However the film is really more focused on what happens in the minds of soldiers under the constant adrenaline rush of war. As I watched the movie I began to gain an understanding of the quote “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction

As most of you know by now the movie The Hurt Locker won the Oscar for movie of the year, and this makes me very angry. My civilian friends keep asking me why I'm so mad, because most of them enjoyed watching it. Simply put it's because the movie is full of lies, exaggerations, and ugly people. 'But it's a movie' they say, 'of course it's not realistic'. That's strange.. because the back of The Hurt Locker box says 'Powerfully Realistic'. Yet this movie is about as far from realism that a movie