Hurt Locker movie

[ruffryder]

I found it kind of entertaining, but is anyone sick of the false portrayals of the military? I am curious as to how much the public's perception of the military is based on movies?

The leaving the base and EOD guys going on their own mission? Yah, that stuff doesn't happen in real life and makes the EOD guys look like a bunch of hot shots and reckless people.

In the end though, yah, it is just a movie.

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

problem is many MANY people are to dumb to know that.. good movie.. watching actual military stuff would be a tad dry for entertainment.. but overall good watch.

as for perception based of movies... I would say anyone who hasnt spent time talking without someone about their experience in the military.... probably 100% based off movies.

 

[jer]

you have to take "war movies" with a grain of salt i was a sniper during panama I'm not going to go into details but if they where to make a movie about my mission in panama it would be boring,you would not see anything then death that's it then when i was in dessert storm it was months of boredom the 3 days of death so when i watch movies I'm really glad they are just movies

jer

 

[ruffryder]

So for those being in the military, do you think it is a disservice to portray the military service incorrectly.

Not talking about the boring parts, but the showing of soldiers not following procedures and shining them in the light of being reckless..

In the Hurt Locker, The whole splitting up of the three people going different ways... I don't think the military does that sort of thing, isn't that divide and concur? I have heard that some of the EOD guys are pretty pissed about the movie, as it doesn't show them being the best.

 

[Powder Keg]

Hurt Locker is garbage! If you can find it watch Restrepo. That documentary is the best hour and a half I've spent in the past year.

 

[TIM]

ruffy

anyone with intelligence, does not consider, what they see in movies real.

tim

 

[ruffryder]

anyone with intelligence, does not consider, what they see in movies real.

some stuff is real in all and every movie, some is not. Movies do change our perception of the world though, especially when it comes to subjects that we know little about.

True stuff in the movie

The guns?
The explosives?
The robot?
The explosive suit?
The uniforms?
The location? (or the simulated location)
The circumstance of some of the events?
The attitude of the characters?
The procedures used by the characters (all of them)?

You say movies aren't real, but the above was in the movie and a lot of it was real (or simulated to look real).

The point I am trying to make is that people in the military would come to a different conclusion about how much of the movie was real compared to a civilian. This difference can reinforce the civilians beliefs / assumptions even if he knows that the story is bs and it is just a movie.

Case in point, in the movie where the three guys split up and go different ways. It was pointed out to me that it was complete bs and that is not how military personnel would handle that situation. It made sense the reasoning, and now seems completely obvious, but would the majority of people know that?

Another point, when the guy goes off the base and then comes back on the base and they just let him through. That wouldn't happen. That situation would be different and he would have been reported, right?

The situations above are / would be believable if a person was not familiar with the procedures used in the Military.

 

[05900]

It's a half assed story full of drama certain procedures will never be shown,it is all Hollywood B.S. to get your $$$$$$
And yes it does a diservice!!

 

[maddog21]

Its all about MONEY
if we the people in the whole world stop paying for the movies, all the hollywood acters gone broke. just my guess.