Ms. Smarty Pants Know It All

There’s nothing really bad to say about this movie. The thing is, I just don’t know what it adds to the war movie landscape.

I feel like this is a movie I’ve seen before. It’s bits of a lot of other movies, just put together a little differently.

The Hurt Locker, however, is very solidly put together. The quieter, smaller moments and the larger action scenes balance and play well together. The shaky camera thing made me motion sick though. That technique is so not my cup of tea.

If this is a person’s first, or an early, war movie viewing experience, it is probably going to be very meaningful and memorable.

For me though, as solid as it is, it just does not distinguish itself enough.

Recommended instead: Generation Kill

If I Picked the Oscars (in order of my vote)

Best Picture:

• Avatar
• Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Up in the Air
• Up
• An Education
• A Serious Man
• The Blind Side

Directing:

• Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
• Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
• James Cameron, Avatar
• Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
• Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Best Actor:

• Colin Firth, A Single Man
• Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• George Clooney, Up in the Air
• Morgan Freeman, Invictus
• Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

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