The best film of the year. Period. End of discussion. Kathryn Bigelow's film is leaps-and-bounds better than anything released this year. The film has won so many awards that it's almost a cliche choice, but I can't help it. It really is THAT good. The characters are so finely interwoven that one can't help but to care about them. A star turn by Jeremy Renner should make him a household name, the supporting performances, particularly from Anthony Mackie are marvelous, and the screenplay by Mark Boal is the most complexly put together of the year. It's not only the best film of the year, but I think it's in the running for one of the best of the entire 2000's. When you think of great WWII movies, you think of Saving Private Ryan, From Here to Eternity, or The Bridge on the River Kwai. When you think of Vietnam, you think of Platoon or Apocalypse Now. When you think of Desert Storm, you think of Black Hawk Down or Jarhead. In the annuls of time, when you think of a film that best describes the war in Iraq...that film will be The Hurt Locker.
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