Slate, you are the first person I have seen make a negative comment about The Hurt Locker.
I have not seen it, but didnt that movie win a bunch of awards?
I heard a lot of criticism, this sums most of that up nicely
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/essay-15/This time, the soldiers were right. The film is a collection of scenes that are completely implausible — wrong in almost every respect. This time, it’s not just minor details that are wrong.