Wednesday, May 05, 2021
The Hurt Locker
- Commentary: Under construction.
Roger Ebert wrote two reviews of this film two days apart, so impressed was he with it. His first is linked in the title of this post. This first post notes, at the end, that it was revised on 7/11/09, a day after his second review. Here is his second review. The end of this review contains lots of dead links to supplemental material Ebert considered important. Most (if not all, by now) of them are dead, so, I am going to attempt to ressurect them. If my attempts succeed, hopefully, they'll be around for awhile.
Article Links in Context:
1) "My headline is from Brian Turner's poem, 'The Hurt Locker'."
2) "James Cameron discusses "The Hurt Locker" with David Poland"
3) "How 'The Hurt Locker' opens"
4) "My (Roger Ebert's) review of Kathryn Bigelow's great 1995 sci-fi thriller: 'Strange Days'"
5) "The opening scene of 'Strange Days.'. (NSFW; f-bombs)" - Sorry, dear reader, couldn't find a video of the full opening scene, unless it was attached to the full movie, and you know how fast movies disappear on free streaming services. Oh well. Four out of five ain't bad. Chances are, some, if not all, of the links above will break in a short period of time, anyway. It was fun to try.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Jeremy Renner Sgt. 1st Cl. William James Anthony Mackie Sgt. J. T. Sanborn Brian Geraghty Spec. Owen Eldridge Guy Pearce Stf. Sgt. Matthew Thompson Christian Camargo Lt. Cl. John Cambridge David Morse Cl. Reed Ralph Fiennes Private Military Leader Evangeline Lilly Connie James Christopher Sayegh Beckham Malcolm Barrett Sgt. Foster Sam Spruell Contractor Charlie Suhail Dabbach Suicide Bomber
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up on this movie.
Release Date: 2008
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Labels: §2, david-morse, female-director2, guy-pearce, war2
