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Originally Posted by MT2008
First of all, let me say up front that I regard the Iraq War as a mistake and wish we had not gone in retrospect. The fact that I wish we had not gone to Iraq, however, does not mean that I don't find "Green Zone" repugnant.
That being said, no, we are not in Iraq for oil. Also, instead of watching a movie made by Hollywood, I'd recommend this:
http://www.amazon.com/Plan-Attack-De...9001561&sr=8-5
Anyway, let's not focus too much on the politics. I'm just curious to understand how "The Hurt Locker" is really a worse film than "Green Zone". |
The Hurt Locker makes the EOD team seem like they're completely retard.
For example:
The beginning of the movie, they have a robot which helps them dismantle IEDs. The wheel comes apart and they're like "Damn, I'm not going to fix and be safe from the bomb, I'm just going to mess with the damn thing." And what happens, he gets blown the hell up. This is one of the reasons.
They failed to detect an IED take killed a LT. COLONEL, abandoned their mission, went everywhere with no escort vehicles, went on a sniper's duel for no apparent reason, and shot his own teammate who was following his illegal orders. He was just plain fucking retard this guy. If there was a sergeant like that in the U.S. Army, they would rip apart his career.
Unlike Green Zone, Matt Damon's character was in a WMB unit who wanted answers becuase they were never finding anything during their searches. All he wanted to do is find out the truth so maybe he'll find something out that would keep soldiers from dying in a war that should have never happened in the first place. That seems intelligent to me unlike Sergeant Douchebag in Hurt Locker, everyone was incompetent in doing their job even though they thought they were doing the right thing to, but in a more retarded imbecile like way.
So in Green Zone, you understand why Matt Damon's character was doing all this shit. In Hurt Locker, I was confused on why they did have the things in the movie like: a sniper duel, a blown up O-5, shooting his own teammate, the list just goes on with lots of stupidity.