Oscar Nominations

PackMom
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:20:28 +0000

The Hurt Locker was almost more like a documentary of sorts. There weren’t really any “feel good” parts, no convential storylines. There is no closure, no triumphant conclusion. The war keeps going so these guys must also, trying not to feel too much… to the point of losing themselves in the job. There is no good in that. It’s not enjoyable to watch. Maybe that’s the point.

My S is currently in EOD sch. He thought the most telling part of the movie was when the guy, having just returned from Iraq, was walking down the grocery aisle perplexed at all the cereal choices and then just heaves random boxes in the cart and moves on.
In EOD everything is so intense, every decison so important, that the mundane experiences/ decisions of everyday life just seem pointless in comparison.