Most people I know have seen The Hurt Locker. YOU may not care about it but most people I know in real life who are movie fans sure do and I have yet to hear anyone say they were disappointed in the film when they walked away from it... unlike Avatar.
I completely agree that Avatar is one of the most important films in the past decade (though I may argue that The Two Towers and the technology behind Gollum was more important) but where we differ is that I don't think it deserves any awards past best visual effects for it.
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