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I feel like I may be too lazy for this.
I'm a little surprised at all the awards and noms the screenplay for the Hurt Locker is getting (It just won the BAFTA). I know it was written by a journalist with a lot of first-hand experience in Iraq, but seeing as the film is basically five action set pieces stitched together with some character moments I really wonder what the script is like. It seems to me Bigelow did the heavy lifting making such a strong film.
I agree with you there, z, avoiding those cliches is a strength of the film. Where the writing fell short for me was the relationship between Anthony Mackie and Jeremy Renner, which I thought was really uninteresting.