Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker” is set for for an Oscars shoot-out with science-fiction epic “Avatar” Sunday as the movie industry descends on Hollywood for the 82nd Academy Awards. The streets around the Kodak Theater had been cordoned off and the red carpet had been rolled out as organizers fine-tuned preparations for Sunday’s showbusiness spectacular, which gets under … More
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Want to be an actor, but you are beyond your 20s. Perhaps a career as a screenwriter, but you heard about age discrimination. Try directing, filmmakers are having all the luck these days — at any age. “Shutter Island” from 67-year-old director Martin Scorsese, reigned atop U.S. box offices for the second straight week this past weekend … More
Lots of military people are upset over "Hurt Locker", critically acclaimed as a "perfect" war film, nominated for 9 oscars.
most people realize its just a movie, but critics on the other hand never do, nor realize that no one normally cares about them. except this time they stepped on the toes of soldiers who have been in or are still in iraq/afghanistan. the troops know that this movie is a crock of steaming *explitive* as far as accuracy is concerned. hollywood doesn't.
hopefully people understand hollywood's fake but we shall see. i doubt anything will come of this but at least some people are taking a stand. and critics, should all be fired. you all say the same thing. go burn.
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