tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976835198312778290.post2983724376416968068..comments2023-04-14T11:24:21.469-04:00Comments on I've Had It With Hollywood: Zero Dark ThirtyGrande Enchiladahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469834745007793943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976835198312778290.post-67498155232255519482013-01-14T02:47:47.416-05:002013-01-14T02:47:47.416-05:00Judy, although I was gripped by the Hurt Locker, I...Judy, although I was gripped by the Hurt Locker, I found it, too, troubling. I don't think the Bigelow/Boal team took a position on the larger moral issues in that film either (the unjustifiable invasion of Iraq, the profound moral hazard of occupying a sovereign country, bestowing a death-toll in the millions upon a people) at all. It chose to focus on the American service-men and their journeys. Ok, fair enough. That's the story they wanted to tell. The arc of the protagonist, however, only added to my discomfort. In the final image, when Jeremy Renner's character walks back into the dusty Middle Eastern landscape after rejecting his stable, boring American life American, they choose to blast heavy-metal in the sound-track. It was a post-modern Rambo/G.I. Joe moment -- the American lone-wolf going out there to do what he's destined to do -- kick some foreign ass. While a few viewers may say that they are depicting a journey but not necessarily condoning it, I say bullocks. A filmmaking team curates the sounds and images that comprise their film. They play God. And Bigelow/Boal seem to play a God I for one don't and can't imagine ever believing in.Omarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976835198312778290.post-63495722570360344302013-01-07T06:09:29.717-05:002013-01-07T06:09:29.717-05:00are you kidding me about u93? nothing about that m...are you kidding me about u93? nothing about that movie was truthful ... quit pushing the OS: 19 cave dwelling boxcutters got Norad to stand down... have you ever heard Lisa Jefferson's lies about that day, just hysterical ... anyhow, same with the Hurt Locker .... who runs Hollywood, who benefits from protecting the true evil in the USA, possibly the perps with dual citizenship .... sheep wake up and do some research outside the MSM rabbit holes.Colin Slingsbynoreply@blogger.com