The Hurt Locker

“Pow, Pow, Pop, Pop, Bang, Bang” the sounds of guns on TV always bring excitement and action to us as we watch a movie about a great war, not worrying if it will ever happen to us . In the book Forbidden City by William Bell, it has that same excitement of war (well not for Alex who was caught in all the “action” of the war). In Bell’s book it’s about a war in Beijing (the students vs. the army) bringing the feeling of war and betrayal in this story. For this book the theme that best described…

The Hurt Locker is a movie that follows an elite explosive ordinance disposal team (EOD) in Iraq. Sergeant James arrives as the new team leader of the EOD after Sergeant Thompson was killed on a mission by an IED. The other members of the team include Sergeant Sanborn and Specialist Eldridge. There are several traumatic events throughout their time in Iraq. To begin, Sergeant James becomes acquainted with an Iraqi child throughout the film. On one mission the team needed to search a building…

“Nothing but the Hurt Left Here…” Brian Turner’s “The Hurt Locker”, is a poem about the Iraqi war and the suffering the soldiers face there. It depicts the real suffering felt by soldiers, not just in this war but in any and every war. It is something that should be taken seriously, and not taken lightly. It is not like the video games make it seem, it is rough, deadly and scary. In real life though, you do not get a redo, there are no extra lives. When you break down the elements of the poem,…

Introduction: For my film report, I chose to watch the movie The Hurt Locker. This movie was about the Iraq war and it followed a team of men who were being targeted by the Iraqi’s. This movie not only showed us both sides of the war, but it showed us the different effects war can have on a person. The movie started out very intense and sad with the master sergeant dying which led to the group getting a new leader. None of them really liked him because he was so calm all the time, but soldiers…

Roger Ebert, a reputable movie and art critic, wrote a review on the movie entitled The Hurt Locker. This movie dives into the war-ridden life of William James and his squadron during the Iraq war. William James, played by Jeremy Renner, is an Explosive Ordinance & Disposal (EOD) specialist who risks his life to disarm deadly home-made explosives. J.T. Sanborn and Owen Eldridge, played by Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty, are James’s eyes and ears over an active bomb site; Sanborn being the…

Terrorism plays an integral role in the plots of The Hurt Locker, Rendition and Zero Dark Thirty. While each film uniquely centers on counter-terrorism protagonists, the films guard against painting with too broad of strokes by courageously puncturing the traditional good versus evil narrative commonly employed whenever terrorism is discussed. The three films, without explicitly deriding counter-terrorism, goes to great lengths to expose many of its pitfalls. The films are also praiseworthy for…

that belong on the side of a house, wishing that I had enough time to go to my locker between my classes so my backpack wouldn’t weigh so much. I have no time to go to the restroom either, so I plan on asking in class to go. I hope that I that I don’t miss Mr. Chesterton go over the study guide while I’m in the restroom. At Awty we must extend time in between classes kids don’t have enough time to get books from their locker, when kids are rushed there is a higher chance that you will forget a…

quarterback does an interview, answering questions while choking back his tears. Some kids went straight back to the locker room. I stayed on the field for another 15 minutes. I watched the other team celebrate, and I knew that should’ve been us. I tried to take it all in one last time. The smell of the grass, the turf burns on my arms that have turned to scars. I walked into the locker room and looked around. Took in the sight of this small room, filled with bags and gear. The trash cans filled…

There is always a common thread to the way Nina projects her views of what it is like to wrestle in Fight One. She often speaks of how the locker room must view her as this upstart who does not belong here, particularly the veterans. To Nina the vets in the back want her to pay her dues and earn her keep around the Tsongas Center. But no, to paraphrase her in her own words, Nina Stokes is not…

In the locker room are Dan and Jason. I say hello and continue on to my locker. More people come in and everyone starts talking about how bad their day was. It's almost a daily contest to see who can have bragging rights for having the worst day, perhaps they want sympathy or maybe they just like to complain a lot. I find it humorous that a bunch of guys who come in every day to train and beat on each other can complain so much, so I laugh at them and leave the locker room. I start…