Review (Post #1)

Film Review : The Hurt Locker
fanthefiremagazine.com
Author: Sam Bathe

The review starts off with a bang, reiterating the controversy of war and its addicting drug like affect it has on societies and their people. While effectively explaining its uniqueness to other war movies in past it also gives the readers a good feel for what to expect. One of my favorite statements in the review was one that I can relate to having seen this film before: "The dramatic sequences are hugely powerful and it really felt like you were the fourth member of the team as the bomb squad head out each day."

Throughout the writing the author provides many quality comments and well organized thoughts, giving much praise to the unexposed director, Kathryn Bigelow. 

"The Hurt Locker doesn’t rely on flashy gunfights to create excitement, instead Bigelow uses long cuts and stunning framing shots to get across the atmosphere, power and suspense of each situation."

All in all this review was very well done and left me feigning to watch the film again.