User blog:Joe Copp/The Hurt Locker sniper scene is terrible.

Ok so I was watching The Hurt Locker last night, and I got all exited when the one British guy busted out the Barrett, given it's my favorite SASR. However, to my disappointment, most of the sniper scene sucked. It didn't notify that the black dude that jumped on it had any prior sniping experience, which doesn't equate to how he killed 3 people in about 10 minutes. I also found it very unrealistic how several people that were shot by the Barrett DIDN'T EXPLODE. At such a distance, their bodies would've been ripped to shreds by the .50 BMG. Now I can understand how it might've been too graphic to include in the movie, but since most of the rest of the movie is pretty realistic, I was fairly displeased with the quality of this scene.

BTW, not ALL of this scene was terrible. Just the realism.