Comments on: Bouhammer.com’s review of The Hurt Locker mentioned in USA Today

By: Robert Dykstra

Robert Dykstra — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:19:16 +0000

Despite Hollywood’s protests that a truly authentic film about warfare can’t be made because of plot necessities, it has indeed been done, but under very special circumstances. “Band of Brothers” was based on three levels of research: (1) the Richard Winters documents and oral interviews of Easy Company survivors from WWII; (2) Steve Ambrose’s additional oral interviews for the “Band of Brothers” book; (3) the scriptwriters’ additional interviews made for the TV minisieries; (4) the vetting of the script for each episode by E Co. survivors; (5) the fact that the military advisor, Dale Dye (USMC Ret.) played a major role in the series (Colonel Sink); (6) three years were devoted to the making of the miniseries. The only criticism I’ve seen of the authenticity question was Winters’s discomfort with the scene in Paris where he has a flashback to the moment when he unaccountably shoots a very young German soldier who seems on the verge of happily surrendering. Anyhow, the point is that Hollywood can do it if it devotes the correct resources, in the proper amounts, to the project. “Band of Brothers” is a true masterpiece.

By: James Gundun

James Gundun — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:16:29 +0000

This article naturally made me think of Bouhammer – sounds about the same as your review. You’ve probably seen this report already, but thought I would post anyway.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/24/AR2010022400140.html

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Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:37:02 +0000

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By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:32:19 +0000

I second his integrity. He emailed several times to check, recheck and triple check facts and to make sure quotes were accurate. Fact checking in the media? Well I never!

By: TSO

TSO — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:21:32 +0000

Very gracious of you Bou, but I still don't get how everything got misconstrued. This was a total kumbaya of Milbloggers, and I thought that was the story. I told my side, but also referenced the other work. How he construed that as "my volunteers" is completely beyond me. .-= TSO´s last blog ..Jimmy Carter once again =-.

By: Bouhammer

Bouhammer — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:33:18 +0000

You can read my entire review at www.bouhammer.com/2010/01/bouhammer-review-of-the-hurt-locker/

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:45 +0000

Hey, just read that article and followed the link here to check out your blog!
Is your full review of “The Hurt Locker” posted here? I’m curious to read/hear your thoughts about the movie, especially after what the USAToday article quoted.

Also, this blog looks fantastic. Got her bookmarked to check out more tomorrow. Regards!