Black Hawk Down (2001) vs The Hurt Locker (2008)
which is better?
shareBHD is much better than Hurt Locker due to attempted accuracy and depiction of battle. Hurt Locker is better directed (sorry Ridley!) and works better from a film and story standpoint, but has a lot of bullshit and inaccuracies. Apparently vets really like BHD (including one I know who participated in the actual battle with the rangers and is cast in the film and another I know who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan) but vets hate Hurt Locker due to the inaccuracies of plot, of depiction of EOD, and of small things like uniforms, ect.
sharei didn't know this.
shareSo I definitely am a fan of Hurt Locker because I think that the movie is crafted very well with tons of suspense... as long as you have never been in the service (I have not, but I have a few buddies who have).
1. Uniforms were screwed up and actually the digital camo they were may not have been in circulation in 04.
2. Falcon (from the Avengers movies) punches out Hawkeye. Hawkeye outranks him. Would not happen.
3. EOD operates in tandem with a squad or other size unit. The infantry unit clears the area of combatants, then EOD goes in.
4. EOD does NOT clear buildings. Hell, they don't clear dark alleys at night either.
5. EOD does NOT take over sniper watch and typically are not trained snipers, as that is a different military specialty (one of those vet buddies of mine was an army sniper who worked with the Barrett .50 as shown in the movie).
6. No one, EOD or otherwise, would go outside the wire by themselves on a revenge mission EVER. Now, there are likely exceptions to this such as CIA or some type of special forces personnel who may operate alone, but it is RARE and certainly not an EOD guy.
7. Any EOD guy operating the way the main character does would be kicked out immediately.
8. If possible, EOD NEVER puts on the suit. They will do anything else first. I read the book by the guy who consulted on the movie and I don't remember him ever putting the suit on. He used the robot from the beginning, which has specialized tools including the water disruptor, to disarm the charges. But he also operated in a team where the cowboy stuff depicted in the film would never work.
9. Don't pull the daisy chain wire! (Yes this was an amazing visual - like I said, as a film, this works well, but as a depiction of real life, it is basically shit.)