SummaryFor a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. [Columbia Pictures]
SummaryFor a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. [Columbia Pictures]
Zero Dark Thirty is precise, definitive filmmaking, yet Bigelow refuses to hand over easy answers. Some people call that evasion. I call it the ultimate despair.
Zero Dark Thirty is precise, definitive filmmaking, yet Bigelow refuses to hand over easy answers. Some people call that evasion. I call it the ultimate despair.
Zero Dark Thirty stands to become the dominant narrative about this important historical event, no matter its distortions, composites, or other slippery feints of storytelling. In that, it wields a dangerous power.
The word docudrama doesn't hint at Boal's achievement. This is movie journalism that snaps and stings, that purifies a decade's clamor and clutter into narrative clarity, with a salutary kick.
Far more ambitious than "The Hurt Locker," yet nowhere near so tripwire-tense, this procedure-driven, decade-spanning docudrama nevertheless rivets for most of its running time.
Breathlessly tense, thrillingly orchestrated and intellectually complex, this damn fine piece of rigorous, meticulous filmmaking enhances Kathryn Bigelow's status as one of her generation's most accomplished directors.
As a realistic political thriller about Americans in harm's way it is not half as suspenseful or entertaining as "Argo." We may never know the truth about how we found bin Laden, but I still believe what we do know makes a strong enough story on its own without Wonder Woman.
The biggest problem is no only the extremely unsympathetic Maya, but also the ugly Jessica Chastain, who is acting her. And if the main charakter doesnt work, the movie has a problem.
Anything else? Yes, the movie is a big US propaganda. They even show, that torture people is not a bad thing. Welcome to the middle ages.
Is there anything good? I liked to see so much of Pakistan and Afghanistan and not USA again. It was interesting to see the administration fights in the background. And the finale with the assault of the house was great.
Honestly, a decent film by several standards. Content, acting, set design, pace and sequence of the film were all highlights. That being said,I won't of the writing or script itself is what's lacking. There are no characters to deeply connect or identify with and though there are some big names actors, their lines could have been delivered by seemingly any other talented actor. The introduction of the film is quite brutal and perhaps rightfully so if that was to show a point of the lengths personnel at a US government agency were willing to go to obtain information. The film's climax is the actual operation or mission to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. This film keeps you on the edge but especially as it builds to this climactic ending. It is worth a watch if just for the historical context, but I almost wish someone would remake this story.
Zero Dark Thirty is not a film that has aged gracefully at all. The plot is incredibly slow, and feels more like a revenge porn than anything else. The story is incoherent and bogged down with unnecessary characters that you care nothing about. The hunt for Osama Bin Laden should have been an exciting and engaging film, whereas Zero Dark Thirty is a bore.