tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post758498005308430955..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: In which I pretend that the Oscars are actually relevant to anythingEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-11978914571570101962010-03-08T15:20:14.343-05:002010-03-08T15:20:14.343-05:00I've been highly skeptical about The Hurt Lock...I've been highly skeptical about <i>The Hurt Locker</i>, so I still haven't seen it, but I will admit I thought <i>Strange Days</i> was fascinating. I didn't realize till this morning that it was by Bigelow. You might be interested in checking out this defense of her, from someone very much on the left: <br />http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=862Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-5824893376426072792010-03-08T09:04:24.269-05:002010-03-08T09:04:24.269-05:00after reading the review in the NYTimes, i had a s...after reading the review in the NYTimes, i had a similar reaction (not about the issue of portrayal of women, i completely glossed over that one). the review heaped praise upon the movie for various reasons, but esp. for its refusal to take a political stance on the iraq war. why is that praiseworthy? and how is the movie then not anything but war propaganda?<br /><br /><br />that said, platoon is vastly overrated, but i don't think its purpose or effect is to make americans feel better about their imperial adventures....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com