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The Hurt Locker
RallyMonkey:
It's true that the opening scene was very much done in a documentary style. Though, as I remember (I saw the film the day it opened), it definitely loses that feeling for the majority of the film. It retains the shaky handheld feel, and unsteady zooms and such, but I don't think you would apply the same parameters to something such as The Bourne Ultimatum. There's more to a mockumentary style than just camera work. And I doubt you'd be defending District 9's lack of story (Not saying there is a lack of story, I have not seen it), because it was done in a mockumentary style.
Also, cinema verite would be a less right term, I'd say. If in reference to documentary films, than if you can't even call a film a mock documentary, you'd never get away with calling it a mock cinema verite documentary. In terms of fiction filmmaking, the finished effect may be similar to a cinema verite film, but it was not produced in a cinema verite style (Many cameras, obtrusive lighting, produced sets, scripted). And I'm willing to bet that many cinema verite directors would agree that the production is just as important as the finished film when it comes to cinema verite.
Aurjay:
Just watched this movie and have to agree with most everyone on here. This should easily be one of the top 5 movies of 2009. Being in the army but not yet deployed it made me more than a little apprehensive about my role over there. I think some of it was exaggerated(sneaking off post) but most of it seemed pretty accurate to me. The portrayal of the SSG needing to go back over there to feel alive is more than accurate as i know people that are and feel the same way as he does. I dont claim to understand it but i know it happens. Amazing movie all around.
Melodic:
--- Quote from: pilsner on 14 Jan 2010, 08:19 ---There is an arc in terms of how William James goes from a nutty thrillseeker to a nutty guy seeking something more profound from the risks he takes. There was also a very traditional plot development in terms of how William James' unit progress from near hatred, through respect, through concern and finally end in resentment. While the movie lacked a strong plot structure to some, plenty of excellent movies (in my opinion) are not plot driven.
Take for instance Waltzing with Bashir, the animated documentary drawing on interviews from Israeli soldiers who were in the vicinity of a massacre of Palestinians by Lebanese Christian Fallengists. Even less of a plot than The Hurt Locker, but an equally significant emotional payload (and perhaps even more disturbing).
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I rarely stop watching a movie half-way through, but Waltzing with Bashir's animation was so fuck-ugly that I turned it off after about 10 minutes.
Jimmy the Squid:
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--- Quote from: pilsner on 14 Jan 2010, 08:19 ---Waltzing with Bashir
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Ozymandias:
Jimmy.
Thank you.
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