The Hurt Locker is expanding from 238 to 523 theaters this weekend. Toby Barlow at HuffPo thinks you’re running out of excuses. To put it bluntly, if you don’t see The Hurt Locker this weekend, Barlow thinks you’re weak.
Butterflies are weak and they’re very beautiful. Babies are weak and cuddly and adorable. Weakness is not inherently a bad thing. Also, trying to act strong just for the sake of acting strong can lead to all sorts of problems, just look at the Bush Administration.
But it is a fact that, if you don’t go see The Hurt Locker, in a theater, this weekend, you are weak. You’re weak because though you’ve read that it’s the most highly regarded film of the year, you still haven’t bought a ticket.
The Hurt Locker is a smart, well executed, captivating and enthralling, beautifully shot, brilliantly edited, well-acted adventure of a movie. It’s a film that makes you believe in film.
It’s playing right now, nationwide, at theaters everywhere, but if you’re too weak for that, well, that’s fine. I understand. Really. No problem. You can always order High School Musical III from Netflix. I hear that’s great.