Anytime I run into actual EOD personnel, I ask them if their favorite movie is The Hurt Locker and I am always sure to mention how accurate and realistic the movie is. You should try it. The rage in their eyes is pretty entertaining.
Nope, wouldn't "admit" that at all because it's not at all true... I guess if you're a civie and have no clue how terrible stupid everything is then it might be ok, but even then...
Talking Hands Alright to each there own, idk I really liked the way the movie was shot and the way that it took a stance on war and the modern military. From a cinematic standpoint, I felt that the movie was filmed in a very captivating way with tension created through angles. Plot wise the idea that war is addicting was interesting as it was an idea that I never thought would have been fleshed out at that time. Besides all of that I have to say that I loved Renners performance as his capability as an actor showed through the inaccuracies of the movie giving (at least for me) a good sense of suspension of disbelief. But again to each their own.
@@aarnavpanchal646 But that's the thing, the way she tried to portray the military, the military command structure, the whole "war is addicting" crap, all of it is also completely wrong. She basically was trying to push her own preconceived opinions about the military in the movie and it was complete garbage as a result because she obviously has absolutely no clue. Even the "tension" you speak of is created with these really forced situations that would never happen, which is just lazy writing in my opinion...
Talking Hands I get where you’re coming from, I can see your point and while there is some laziness in the writing I can say that it wasn’t enough for me to not enjoy the movie, but still I get your point
@@aarnavpanchal646 I know it's subjective and everyone will have their opinions, but it's just so aggravating for me how this movie got a bunch of awards and all of this accolade and I watched it and went "WTF???"
Speaking of Jeremy Renner, I wouldn't mind seeing a Things You Didn't Know about The Town. I love how 5'9" Jeremy Renner stands next to 6'3" Ben Affleck and still comes off as intimidating. That's a good performance.
aR0ttenBANANA96 Again, waiting for a reason as to what actually sucks about it. I'm not even saying it was Oscar-worthy. There is plenty to say as far as valid criticism, but you'd rather just state your subjective view of it as fact. In reality, you're just backing up what Henry said.
Things you didn't know about the Hurt Locker: despite its completely unrealistic and inaccurate portrayal of bomb defusal specialists, it won an oscar.
PurpleIsALetter So... It gives EOD techs the same treatment as the show House did with doctors. Most morons didn't even know the real guys existed before this movie. Your point is?
I'm sorry but when a film is going for gritty realism and then the "bomb defusal expert" is so completely incompetent that it's a miracle he didn't accidentally blow himself up during training, it creates a giant disconnect as well as plot hole.
How they treat each other, the tactics they use, how reckless they are. it is a constant example of what not to do if you don't want to get someone killed.
Renaissance MarineTV You know what, you should contact Everything Wrong With... and make a hurt locker episode with your knowledge That would make it a really interesting episode.
This movie is now in that wonderful stage of life where it's been called overrated so often that it's now underrated and I feel more special for thinking it's a masterpiece.
I currently live in Amman, Jordan so it was interesting to hear that this movie was filmed here. Lawrence of Arabia was filmed in the desert of Wadi Rum, also in Jordan.
Ahh I remember 12B Combat Engineer School, started day 1 when they throw inert dynamite at your feet to see who jumps away, I was emotionally dead inside so I just sat and waited for the death blast but alas it was not real.
Just one quick oversight. Overpressure doesn’t cause expansion, it IS expansion. The blast creates a powerful wave of super compressed air, followed by a vacuum, followed by a tertiary reverse-direction overpressure as the vacuum is filled again by air. The primary overpressure compresses you, the vacuum pulls the air from you, and the back blast compresses you again. When strong enough this process can cause lung collapse, brain damage, and internal hemorrhaging. Side note, when a blast happens in a rigid hollow structure or an enclosed space, this process repeats thousands of times in an instant, greatly increasing the risk of injury.
Billy Blazes there's an old British tv show called Bomb disposal I think. It's about the first bomb squad in England during the Blitz. My father, an army EOD tech, says it's accurate with the bomb disposal stuff.
It's not just its inaccuracy. I enjoy some really cheesy stupidly inaccurate war movies. The problem is the message this movie tries to push about the military. About how the film tries to portray how things were done. And yes, then pile on the heaping piles of total and utter bullshit that they try to pass off as accurate and it just seals the deal on how terrible this movie is. Seriously, I know you're a civilian who have never served (I make this assumption only because you enjoyed the movie, it's not meant to be an insult toward you, but there's absolutely ZERO chance of you liking this film if you have any knowledge of the military what-so-ever) but even you should recognize when film-makers actually spend the time to make sure they represent something accurately or at least make the attempt at authenticity. The only thing done in this movie was the setting and making the surroundings look good. Other than that everything was a total disregard for accuracy... And a lot of the movie relied on really forced drama that really shouldn't have happened in order to keep the tension. That kind of artificially forced drama is just lazy writing regardless of the film's overall accuracy...
My 2nd Cousin DIED on his 4th tour in Afghanistan...4weeks before I was to go over & work in the Role 3 Trauma Hospital (2009) You can’t even imagine the horrifying shit I saw in that hospital.😐
Yah, I guess it's sometimes cool to watch a funny movie that is a complete joke when it comes to representing how the military works and how real warfare is. Except this wasn't intended to be comedic... Might as well have been a modern Hot Shots movie.
You can't shoot out a front windshield on a car like they did in this film. It is a multilayered laminate of glass sandwiched between polymer sheets. Boom, another thing YOU didn't know.
It may be true of modern day modern vehicles, but is it also true for the older and poorer countries and the wrecks people drive there? Have we not progressed in glass production in 100 years in any way?
the sanitation was less "not working" and more didn't exist. you can not imagine the headache we had trying to pay Iraqi's to clean up their own country. also gotta tell you, the look of the film was about the only thing they got right. anybody who actually went to Iraq hates the movie with a passion
Bonus fact, at one point Renner wears his sleeves rolled up. Soldiers weren't allowed to wear their sleeves rolled up until just last year (if I'm not mistaken).
Yeah, they should have made that one of the things, instead of telling us about lining the street with rubbish. Filmmakers alter street to make film more authentic shocker! Tell us the gossip Cinefix! Was Renner a dick? I bet he was a dick.
The car scene is actually quite unrealistic. Multiple tests and accounts show that taking out the gas tank of a car doesn't make it spontaneously ignite, it just leaks and then stops.
The suit that Jeremy Renner wears is an actual EOD 9 bomb suit purchased from Med-Eng Especially for the film. I've worn one when I worked for them and it was thoroughly unpleasant even on a cool day. It is slightly better than being blown up,though.
okay guys, 99 out of 100 people aren't gonna know whether everything in this movie was "technically accurate." Who cares? It's just a God-damn movie. Would you watch a Hitchcock suspense thriller and bitch about the bomb not being "realistic?" Get a fucking grip.
Here's a thing: that windshield explosion in #3...that doesn't happen. All other windows on cars are tempered glass so they shatter in full all at once, just like that. Windshields though are actually two pieces of glass sandwiched around a flexible middle layer. That's why sometimes you see people kicking or peeling off whole windshields in movies...and why a rock on the highway doesn't cause you to get a face full of tiny glass chunks
most explosions are almost invisible, except for the initial flash which is actually plasma, a little smoke, and the rest is dirt/dust. Even simple hand grenades also have a kill radius the size of Nuketown, not that 6ft bullshit, but they did at least get the animation right. The trash was not only accurate to the period it was shot in, but being a movie about IED's, trash is actually a terrifying obstacle because it's a common hiding place for IED's. Especially after you find an obvious one that could just be a dummy to lure you in or make you stop right in front of the real trap.
This movie was one of the most pirated movies of all times. So much so that thousands of people were sued for downloading it. Most never paid and tossed the suit letters in the trash.
Even though this RUclips video is 2 years old now... Yes, it has inspired me to watch the movie again. As for accuracy, I don't care cause where I'm at, I get to watch drone IED's go off trying to blow me up or scud missiles.
I hate that the gun they used was a Beretta 92s instead of the 92fs, or M9. You can tell by the trigger guard, it's rounded instead of having a flat front.
What I want to know is, whose idea was it for Renner's character to take off on a one-man mission into the heart of Baghdad AT NIGHT to save some kid? The film wasn't at all bad up to that point but then completely jumps the shark. Was it really written that way? No one thought to question whether an American soldier running around Baghdad in the middle of the night on his own (and not getting lynched within about 3 mins) might not possibly be the most authentic depiction of life in Iraq during the war?
Anytime I run into actual EOD personnel, I ask them if their favorite movie is The Hurt Locker and I am always sure to mention how accurate and realistic the movie is. You should try it. The rage in their eyes is pretty entertaining.
"How to Get Your Ass Kicked" step 1:
(Legit though, this movie is a steaming pile of donkey shit.)
That is funny to do
Nick Maclachlan Ahahaha
Doesn't even need to be someone in EOD. Ask ANY who is in the military or have ever been in the military...
@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 LOL, oh damn, now it's settled.
You know what tho, even though this movie wasn’t entirely realistic or accurate you gotta admit that it was really damn good to watch
Nope, wouldn't "admit" that at all because it's not at all true... I guess if you're a civie and have no clue how terrible stupid everything is then it might be ok, but even then...
Talking Hands Alright to each there own, idk I really liked the way the movie was shot and the way that it took a stance on war and the modern military. From a cinematic standpoint, I felt that the movie was filmed in a very captivating way with tension created through angles. Plot wise the idea that war is addicting was interesting as it was an idea that I never thought would have been fleshed out at that time. Besides all of that I have to say that I loved Renners performance as his capability as an actor showed through the inaccuracies of the movie giving (at least for me) a good sense of suspension of disbelief. But again to each their own.
@@aarnavpanchal646 But that's the thing, the way she tried to portray the military, the military command structure, the whole "war is addicting" crap, all of it is also completely wrong. She basically was trying to push her own preconceived opinions about the military in the movie and it was complete garbage as a result because she obviously has absolutely no clue. Even the "tension" you speak of is created with these really forced situations that would never happen, which is just lazy writing in my opinion...
Talking Hands I get where you’re coming from, I can see your point and while there is some laziness in the writing I can say that it wasn’t enough for me to not enjoy the movie, but still I get your point
@@aarnavpanchal646 I know it's subjective and everyone will have their opinions, but it's just so aggravating for me how this movie got a bunch of awards and all of this accolade and I watched it and went "WTF???"
This film tells a story where Aldrich Killian died and Hawkeye replaced him to team up with Falcon.
@@ashwink.n.5812 Exactly
@@ashwink.n.5812 Exactly
Speaking of Jeremy Renner, I wouldn't mind seeing a Things You Didn't Know about The Town. I love how 5'9" Jeremy Renner stands next to 6'3" Ben Affleck and still comes off as intimidating. That's a good performance.
Austin's OP not hard to look tough in front of beta Ben
Played a bit of a wild man in that too
@@nicholasdavis5393 a bit?!!?!
Birdman / The Truman Show / Seven Samurai / Schindler's List / Whiplash
Schindler's List.
Harrison Clark Birdman was really not very good.
The World Is Logic yes it fucking was!
The World Is Logic Birdman was very good
Citizen Kane
i know that most people think that this movie is overrated and highly unrealistic but i think it's one of the best war movie ever.
Henry Rahardja
If this movie is overrated and unrealistic, what does that make American Sniper?
+RogueBishop89 also bad
+RogueBishop89 you don't get a pass for being less shitty than something else.
aR0ttenBANANA96
Again, waiting for a reason as to what actually sucks about it. I'm not even saying it was Oscar-worthy. There is plenty to say as far as valid criticism, but you'd rather just state your subjective view of it as fact. In reality, you're just backing up what Henry said.
Fake baby^
Things you probably didn't know about Cinefix
The sniper scene in this movie alone is better than the entirety of American Sniper
This video really did make me wanna revisit the hurt locker. It's an amazing movie.
One of my all time favorite movies. The movie put it characters in danger, making the movie so good.
Am I the only person who says the movie is good despite the inaccuracy of bomb technicians?
That’s the thing.
Yes
Yes
Yep.
Not at all. The movie was a blast.
Things you didn't know about the Hurt Locker: despite its completely unrealistic and inaccurate portrayal of bomb defusal specialists, it won an oscar.
I wouldn't have had a problem with it if it didn't try to portray itself as being so authentic.
PurpleIsALetter
So... It gives EOD techs the same treatment as the show House did with doctors. Most morons didn't even know the real guys existed before this movie. Your point is?
I'm sorry but when a film is going for gritty realism and then the "bomb defusal expert" is so completely incompetent that it's a miracle he didn't accidentally blow himself up during training, it creates a giant disconnect as well as plot hole.
RogueBishop89 House wasnt that bad. actually made doctors look more competent. who lets a doctor into a lab?
Alistair Shaw Also don't forget that he manages to get a headshot,800 metres away,on a moving target, with a Barret, despite being an EOD specialist
i was Marine E.O.D. Everyone in the community found this movie to be an unbelievable embarrassment.
Renaissance MarineTV what's wrong with it?
How they treat each other, the tactics they use, how reckless they are. it is a constant example of what not to do if you don't want to get someone killed.
Alex Campe now I feel stupid for thinking it is realistic
there are a lot of things wrong with it. I would have to watch it again to give you a blow by blow. many of the tactics are unrealistic.
Renaissance MarineTV You know what, you should contact Everything Wrong With... and make a hurt locker episode with your knowledge That would make it a really interesting episode.
This movie is now in that wonderful stage of life where it's been called overrated so often that it's now underrated and I feel more special for thinking it's a masterpiece.
Yes it was amazing
Things you didn't know about Being John Malkovich?
MALKOVICH!!
Malkovich Malkovich
+1 to this
Looks like you just directed garabage.
i love your profile 👌🏼👌🏼
I currently live in Amman, Jordan so it was interesting to hear that this movie was filmed here. Lawrence of Arabia was filmed in the desert of Wadi Rum, also in Jordan.
Definitely giving the Hurt Locker a rewatch
A combat vet friend described The Hurt Locker as militarily accurate as Star Wars.
Ahh I remember 12B Combat Engineer School, started day 1 when they throw inert dynamite at your feet to see who jumps away, I was emotionally dead inside so I just sat and waited for the death blast but alas it was not real.
We need one for Napoleon Dynamite
Things you probably didn't know about Pineapple Express
Excellent delivery! Now I gotta watch it, again. Love for Renner.
4:37 Hawk-Eye and Falcon were in this together, totally forgot
Just one quick oversight. Overpressure doesn’t cause expansion, it IS expansion. The blast creates a powerful wave of super compressed air, followed by a vacuum, followed by a tertiary reverse-direction overpressure as the vacuum is filled again by air.
The primary overpressure compresses you, the vacuum pulls the air from you, and the back blast compresses you again. When strong enough this process can cause lung collapse, brain damage, and internal hemorrhaging.
Side note, when a blast happens in a rigid hollow structure or an enclosed space, this process repeats thousands of times in an instant, greatly increasing the risk of injury.
The three Ministry songs played in this movie were from the album Rio Grande Blood, which was released in 2006. The movie is set in 2004.
Khyber's Pass is a fucking epic song to use for the end credits👌🏻🤘🏻
I loved this movie but I'm seeing lots of comments about its inaccuracy, what movies are there that actually portray accuracy in bomb defusal?
Billy Blazes there's an old British tv show called Bomb disposal I think. It's about the first bomb squad in England during the Blitz. My father, an army EOD tech, says it's accurate with the bomb disposal stuff.
Billy Blazes just remembered, is called UXB(I believe)
It's not just its inaccuracy. I enjoy some really cheesy stupidly inaccurate war movies. The problem is the message this movie tries to push about the military. About how the film tries to portray how things were done. And yes, then pile on the heaping piles of total and utter bullshit that they try to pass off as accurate and it just seals the deal on how terrible this movie is. Seriously, I know you're a civilian who have never served (I make this assumption only because you enjoyed the movie, it's not meant to be an insult toward you, but there's absolutely ZERO chance of you liking this film if you have any knowledge of the military what-so-ever) but even you should recognize when film-makers actually spend the time to make sure they represent something accurately or at least make the attempt at authenticity. The only thing done in this movie was the setting and making the surroundings look good. Other than that everything was a total disregard for accuracy... And a lot of the movie relied on really forced drama that really shouldn't have happened in order to keep the tension. That kind of artificially forced drama is just lazy writing regardless of the film's overall accuracy...
My 2nd Cousin DIED on his 4th tour in Afghanistan...4weeks before I was to go over & work in the Role 3 Trauma Hospital (2009)
You can’t even imagine the horrifying shit I saw in that hospital.😐
big fan cinefix your are awesome! keep making your videos!
you don't know how long I've been waiting for this video.
i thought this was chrisfix and im like wtf
This was a really good video please use this one to set the bar for the rest. Cheers.
LITTERally directing garbage
Levi Peterson Hahahahahaha.
I smiled...
this joke is trash
You are garbage
About sums up this movie.
gotta watch out for those dangerous assault smoke grenades, eh?
Such a great movie. I love Bigelow's work.
Yah, I guess it's sometimes cool to watch a funny movie that is a complete joke when it comes to representing how the military works and how real warfare is. Except this wasn't intended to be comedic... Might as well have been a modern Hot Shots movie.
Things you didn't know about
Shawshank Redemption/The Good the Bad the Ugly/ or Lord of the rings.
You can't shoot out a front windshield on a car like they did in this film. It is a multilayered laminate of glass sandwiched between polymer sheets. Boom, another thing YOU didn't know.
It may be true of modern day modern vehicles, but is it also true for the older and poorer countries and the wrecks people drive there?
Have we not progressed in glass production in 100 years in any way?
@@MrGrooved Yes, laws of Physics still apply.
the sanitation was less "not working" and more didn't exist. you can not imagine the headache we had trying to pay Iraqi's to clean up their own country.
also gotta tell you, the look of the film was about the only thing they got right. anybody who actually went to Iraq hates the movie with a passion
I was never deployed to Iraq but hated it just the same. Pretty much anyone with any knowledge of the military should hate this movie...
Great video guys. Haven't seen this movie since 2009 back when it first came out.
"Conny Lingus" was worth a chuckle.
I swear I think about that "We're done!" quote every time I finish something complicated.
Anyone else just go back and replay 2:45 for the "ohmygaaahhh"?
"moving on"
How damn serendipitous that I literally watched this movie for the first time to day and about 6 hours later this video is recommended on RUclips.
My condolences to you man, hope you didn't lose too many braincells from watching this load of garbage...
Elaborate
One of my fav movies♥️
Never stop doing these video's !!
My dad who was EoD for 22 years and was in Baghdad as a contractor hated this movie.
Things you (probably) didn't know about Meteor man
Bonus fact, at one point Renner wears his sleeves rolled up. Soldiers weren't allowed to wear their sleeves rolled up until just last year (if I'm not mistaken).
Jeremy Renner always knows what he's doing.
going to watch again right now. Nice vid. Those 2 worked together b4 avengers.
I am going to rewatch this now tbh. I wasn't super impressed the first time around but I don't think I gave it the attention it deserves.
Why doesn't the title say how many things I (probably) didn't know?
Did Renner mouth off on set?
Well in high temperatures wearing all that army gear, It'd be more unbelievable if he didn't
Yeah, they should have made that one of the things, instead of telling us about lining the street with rubbish. Filmmakers alter street to make film more authentic shocker! Tell us the gossip Cinefix! Was Renner a dick? I bet he was a dick.
I met him, he actually seems really nice and genuine.
I look just like him. If I dropped about 50 pounds and 50 years.
At least mashable hasnt ruined these yet... so theres one reason still to come back to CineFix
Rewatched it.
The car scene is actually quite unrealistic. Multiple tests and accounts show that taking out the gas tank of a car doesn't make it spontaneously ignite, it just leaks and then stops.
Also just in general, anyone in the marines or who has seen action says it was fucking garbage, which I'm more enclosed to believe than the director.
aR0ttenBANANA96 take a break and enjoy the movie for once okay?
Kathryn Bigelow is a really great director.
good movie
The suit that Jeremy Renner wears is an actual EOD 9 bomb suit purchased from Med-Eng Especially for the film. I've worn one when I worked for them and it was thoroughly unpleasant even on a cool day. It is slightly better than being blown up,though.
love how its so well received its cool to hate it
And BOOM!
That's not another bonus fact. That was Guy Pierce getting blown up!
very underrated movie. And Jeremy Renner is true movie hero
I love these videos lol.
okay guys, 99 out of 100 people aren't gonna know whether everything in this movie was "technically accurate." Who cares? It's just a God-damn movie. Would you watch a Hitchcock suspense thriller and bitch about the bomb not being "realistic?" Get a fucking grip.
I lowkey thought this said "ChrisFix" and was confused why a car channel put this video out lmao
Is it true that it was shot in 16mm film?
Yes I want to revisit.
this has made me want to go home and watch it
Here's a thing: that windshield explosion in #3...that doesn't happen. All other windows on cars are tempered glass so they shatter in full all at once, just like that. Windshields though are actually two pieces of glass sandwiched around a flexible middle layer. That's why sometimes you see people kicking or peeling off whole windshields in movies...and why a rock on the highway doesn't cause you to get a face full of tiny glass chunks
That's a damn nice thumbnail
most explosions are almost invisible, except for the initial flash which is actually plasma, a little smoke, and the rest is dirt/dust. Even simple hand grenades also have a kill radius the size of Nuketown, not that 6ft bullshit, but they did at least get the animation right.
The trash was not only accurate to the period it was shot in, but being a movie about IED's, trash is actually a terrifying obstacle because it's a common hiding place for IED's. Especially after you find an obvious one that could just be a dummy to lure you in or make you stop right in front of the real trap.
Bro this was uploaded on my birthday 4 years ago
This movie was one of the most pirated movies of all times. So much so that thousands of people were sued for downloading it. Most never paid and tossed the suit letters in the trash.
So that is why I like this movie.
Yes It make we wanna watch it again.
I don't understand, (well, I kinda do) why this film isn't in more people's war film list. Because it damned sure is in mine.
I never really understood why he died in that first explosion scene so that first fact was really interesting
thing you probably know about the hurt locker
1: it didnt deserve that many oscars
things you didn't know about the RUclips comments section: no one cares about your opinion
BIGxBOSSxx1 you do care
why else would you reply?
Thing you didn't know about the Oscars:
Its an industry award designed for Hollywood to suck everyone's dicks than makes normies fight over products
Hywel masaki true, but sometimes the movies they choose are actually good
the chair is back, but renji won
ea, and sometimes I make a great joke. Still doesn't justify a 3 hour award ceremony
Love this.
Yes, I do want to watch The Hurt Locker again. We're dun!
Even though this RUclips video is 2 years old now... Yes, it has inspired me to watch the movie again. As for accuracy, I don't care cause where I'm at, I get to watch drone IED's go off trying to blow me up or scud missiles.
It certainly deserved its Oscars. Renner should've won for Best Actor.
I hate that the gun they used was a Beretta 92s instead of the 92fs, or M9. You can tell by the trigger guard, it's rounded instead of having a flat front.
lol! The Pleasure Trunk!
I really want to see this movie.
Love that movie. Someone tell Amazon Prime it needs to be free to watch.
knew these, and more!
I feel bad for the Army General that loaned them the gun.
You guys have got to do the Warriors
15 people could not replicate that walk?
0:10 worst fucking scene. “Are you fucking kidding me! What are you doing!!!?”
What's the name of the cat actors
Cool facts, but "directing garbage" is a description fitting this movie far too well.
you guys should do big trouble little China
The movie represents earlier on, around 2004. Listen to the commentary, and a lot of the complaints in the message board were discussed.
Smoke grenade?
I know what I'm doing.
.
I bet you din't know that I played the part of a bomb, yes that's right, a bomb.
There was this one show called bomb patrol Afghanistan, made me think about being a bomb tech
Cars dont just burn like that from a gunshot
I miss the superhero in training videos
What I want to know is, whose idea was it for Renner's character to take off on a one-man mission into the heart of Baghdad AT NIGHT to save some kid? The film wasn't at all bad up to that point but then completely jumps the shark. Was it really written that way? No one thought to question whether an American soldier running around Baghdad in the middle of the night on his own (and not getting lynched within about 3 mins) might not possibly be the most authentic depiction of life in Iraq during the war?