Some Iraq, Afghanistan War Veterans Criticize Movie 'Hurt Locker' As Inaccurate -- Washington Post
Time magazine called "The Hurt Locker" "a near-perfect war film," but Ryan Gallucci, an Iraq war veteran, had to turn the movie off three times, he says, "or else I would have thrown my remote through the television."
Critics adore the film and it has been nominated for nine Oscars -- a feat matched only by "Avatar," the top-grossing movie of all time -- but Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, says that's "nine more Oscar nominations than it deserves. I don't know why critics love this silly, inaccurate film so much," he wrote on his Facebook page.
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My Comment: I personally enjoyed the film. It is not Oscar material .... but still ... for entertainment purposes it was an enjoyable 2 hours.
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