1st Woman Director Win!

[RainDog]

about freakin' time.

[MadBadger]

1. I just wish it wasnt this movie.

[proteus_lives]

3. Why?

It was a great film.

[Oregone]

6. Piece of fascist propaganda glorifying war and soldiering

[proteus_lives]

7. Wow.

:eyes:

Well, I expect no less from you. Did you even see it?

[Oregone]

10. Yeah. Seemed inauthentic at the time

I barely remember it to be honest. I don't remember a badly done script or acting (as was the case with Avatar), but the whole story and ending just seemed a little to badass American to me

[proteus_lives]

12. The ending was depressing and realistic to me.

I liked the acting and ending but to each his own.

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. American Badass?

If so, the American badass is one of the saddest figures on the cultural scene, a man who cannot handle a supermarket, or spend time (or even really value) with his own child. The ending of The Hurt Locker is one of the more clear-eyed accounts of the psychological COSTS of the "American Badass" persona that I've seen.

Do you have kids?

[bullwinkle428]

9. I guess Michael Moore disagrees with you :

"The truth is "The Hurt Locker" is very political. It says the war is stupid and senseless and insane. It makes us consider why we have an army where people actually volunteer to do this. That's why the right wing has attacked the movie. They're not stupid -- they know what Kathryn Bigelow is up to. No one leaves this movie thinking, "Whoopee! Let's keep these wars going another 7 years!""

[Oregone]

11. Yeah, totally didn't get that

I did learn Mr Bomb defuser was a grade A American badass

[proteus_lives]

13. Then the main point of the movie went over your head.

He was a broken man and he didn't know how to fix himself.

You might want to watch it again.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

15. Why bother?

Some people don't get what they don want to get......

[EFerrari]

18. Did you see The English Patient? There was a bomb diffuser character

in that film.

From the clips of The Hurt Locker, I don't think it's a film I can watch but I'm still glad she got the award.

[Oregone]

20. No

[EFerrari]

21. The bomb diffuser character in that film is really interesting

and not a badass in any way.

[merh]

26. And let me break it to you.

Anyone who has to defuse a bomb is a Grade A BadAss. They have to be.

Truth is, we have to have people trained in how to handle explosives. They are not just in our military and they have to be bad asses.

[liquid diamond]

28. Bullshit.

This movie avoids politics and focuses on the experience of the troops. Think about the other "Iraq war is bad" movies like the "Valley of Elah", "23", and "Stop loss."

[FarPoint]

29. Excellent point to bring up!

Thank you.

[rhett o rick]

19. And it won out for best picture over an incredible picture about the plight

of indigenous peoples over the imperialists. It's a shame.

[grace0418]

22. Wow, you saw a different movie than I did.

I'm very glad it won.

[benny05]

27. I am a big progressive, but

This movie was non-ideological in tone. I admire the director for this reason, even if I wanted the movie to have a progressive slant. But, you know what? It worked well.

I thought The Hurt Locker deserved (since The Last Station was not nominated for this award) to win.

Benny

[MadBadger]

8. I disagree. I thought the acting and action was great, but the plot wasnt that great.

It was lacking in narrative and I felt they didnt do enough in terms of character development to make the viewer be emotionally invested in the characters and what happened to them.

[EFerrari]

2. Feels good!

:)

[RainDog]

4. and best picture now

[CatWoman]

5. even sweeter

she's one of James Cameron's exes........

[Starry Messenger]

14. Oh sh1t, no way!

I drink the tears of James Cameron even deeper now. :D

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

17. Actually, he said he was rooting for her and looked elated that she won

They are still very close and review each other's scripts.

[FarPoint]

30. Indeed...

I love they layers here with this one....a story in itself.

[Janice325]

16. Woo hoo!!!!

Am I the only one here who remembers Lina Wertmuller being the first female to be nominated for Best Director in 1977 for Pasqualino Settebellezze (Seven Beauties)?
It was a great, although very depressing, Italian film with Giancarlo Giannini.

Good on Bigelow for beating out ex-hubby Cameron. I think he has too high an opinion of himself anyway.

[K8-EEE]

24. This was a really great war movie, dealing with complexities

of war and the psychology of it and how that experience can change a person forever. I really loved it.

[Liquorice]

25. It was so exciting watching her acceptance speech! Yay! nt

[ChicagoSuz219]

32. It was especially exciting for me...

...32 years ago, I worked with her on her first feature film... which also doubled as her Columbia thesis... ;-) It was called The Loveless & starred Willem Dafoe, a newcomer at the time. It was a motorcycle movie with a lot of violence & Special FX, explosions, etc.

She's several inches taller than 6'... I'm several inches shorter than 5'. One day, the Art Director saw us getting on an elevator together & said, "You two look like two different species." LOL

[onestepforward]

31. Congratulations Kathryn Bigelow!

Here's to many more future women directors!
:toast:

[AllenVanAllen]

33. A well deserved win!

:applause:


Here's some music from the excellent soundtrack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELGxk2qGaLA">Marco Beltrami - The Hurt Locker

[malaise]

34. Wow indeed and on the eve of

International Women's Day!

Oh Happy Women's Day!! :applause:

[saracat]

35. Thank God Hollywood recognized women's equality even if DC won't.

and Hollywood dragged its feet for 83 years! But we still can't pass the ERA.