Article: Why 'The Hurt Locker'?

[Night Editor]

"The Hurt Locker" at its core is a throwback to a time as far back as 1944, when "Casablanca" was the best of the 10-movie field, and the major studios were in the day-in day-out business of making smart, exciting, character-driven films intended primarily for a grown-up audience."

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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/09/entertainment/la-et-oscar-turan9-2010mar09

[Haggai]

I'm usually skeptical of sweeping statements about the state of movies today or in the past, particularly when the Oscars are involved. If the success of Hurt Locker prompts more distributors to take a closer look at affecting movies that appear to be a hard sell to audiences, then I guess that's a good thing, but I doubt there's much else that's going to come out of it. Complaining about how much money the Transformers movies rake in isn't going to change anything either.