The Hurt Locker (2008)

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Wikidata Q183066, film, IMDb tt0887912, TMDB 12162: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

Came from

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Avatar: 2 lines contrast ×1 industry ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Avatar → The Hurt Locker. Avatar lost Best Picture to ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker.
    “up against James Cameron's ex-partner, Catherine Bigelow, who at the during the same year, made the Hurt Locker”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:35:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Blue Steel: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Blue Steel → The Hurt Locker. Tentative ranking puts Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker at the top of Bigelow, with Blue Steel in the top tier.
    “I think I think it's Zero Dark 30, uh, and and, um, you know, uh, the Footlock, whatever the locker.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:24:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Captain America: The Winter Soldier → The Hurt Locker. The opening Sam Wilson veterans-group scene plays like Hurt Locker-style soldier-readjustment material.
    “So this is all kind of nice like Hurtlocker stuff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:04:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Avatar → The Hurt Locker. Avatar lost Best Picture to ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker.
    “up against James Cameron's ex-partner, Catherine Bigelow, who at the during the same year, made the Hurt Locker”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:35:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Captain America: The Winter Soldier → The Hurt Locker. The opening Sam Wilson veterans-group scene plays like Hurt Locker-style soldier-readjustment material.
    “So this is all kind of nice like Hurtlocker stuff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:04:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): The Hurt Locker → Avatar. Hurt Locker was the lowest-grossing Best Picture winner versus the highest-grossing film ever.
    “Hurt Locker, when it won, was the lowest grossing best picture winner ever.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Blue Steel → The Hurt Locker. Tentative ranking puts Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker at the top of Bigelow, with Blue Steel in the top tier.
    “I think I think it's Zero Dark 30, uh, and and, um, you know, uh, the Footlock, whatever the locker.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:24:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Hurt Locker: Lowest-grossing Best Picture winner, beat the highest-grossing film ever.
    “Hurt Locker, when it won, was the lowest grossing best picture winner ever.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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