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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

The Hurt Locker 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

In Kathryn Bigelow’s film, The Hurt Locker, the director utilizes Mise-En-Scene to create a constant presence of danger and unease throughout the film. With the goal to show the horrific reality of war, Bigelow used specific elements such as characters outfits, lighting, types of camera techniques, setting and overall pacing are the directors strongest weapons in creating the pressing tension felt in her film. James, the films main character is the lens which Bigelow uses to show the audience the

Technically, the opening scene of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker is unnecessary. The story doesn’t really start until Jeremy Renner’s Sgt. James first arrives ten minutes later. At that point, his adrenaline-based nature and his relationship with the men in his unit become the paramount focus of the film. However, for what Bigelow is doing, that opening scene is absolutely essential. For the viewer, this essentially extended TV teaser slams you into the action. Suddenly, you’re on the battlefield

The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, was shot in a boots on the ground reporter style manner that aids in creating a constant,restless assumption of dread. Bigelow’s use of camera angles, movement and slow motion of critical bomb explosions that accounts for every detail of what happens that we would otherwise miss in real time, thus, drawing the viewer deeper in by heightening the raw comprehension of the moment. The opening scene establishes a three man bomb defusing team confident in

How do Kathryn Bigelow’s films The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty use language to portray the life of combatants in a battle? Introduction Kathryn Bigelow is one of the most iconic directors of the modern era. Her sense of depicting language remains unopposed. She is known for her specialty films of the war genre. Several of her works have been greatly appreciated, such as The Weight of Water, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty, etc. These have won her several awards and secured her place as one

Rage "I am so sorry that I hurt that person," I said, "I did not mean to hurt anyone!" "You must believe me," I continued, " I have no memory of killing that man!" Those words fell from my mouth every time the detectives asked me "why". The steel handcuffs bit into my wrists every time I tried to talk with my hands. The worn cushion on the green chair I was sitting on kept getting harder and harder as the hours went by. The only saving grace of the whole affair is the fact that the blood on

loved and cared for me. Sometimes the person that says they love you the most turn out to be the ones to hurt you. I don’t remember much it all happened quickly. That night seemed like the worst. I was driven to this point by the person who promised never to hurt me. She texted me saying she wanted to break up. A lot went through my mind at that point. I felt like my world was caving in on me. It hurt so bad I didn’t know what to do. Not only did that happen but I had gotten bad news from my “sister”

One day I was sitting on the couch playing games and texting my friends on my phone, and then my dad came home and was knocking on the door. I opened it and saw him in an army suit. I asked him why are you in an army suit. “ I’m in an army suit because I joined the army” My dad said. I ran in my room and was crying. I was thinking in my head he will die, he will leave for 1 or more year, and he will never come back. My dad started knocking on my room door. “can you open up, please”.My dad said.

Everything was going great on our way home our two week long mission. Lucy and I were up front, talking side by side about the new addition of Sorcerer Magazine while Natsu and Gray walked behind us. They were bickering once more about something that I didn 't bother to pay any attention to. And Happy was most likely walking besides them. Happy wasn 't to happy with me at the moment, as I had stepped on his tail by accident while trying to help out Natsu take down a monster. No matter how many