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I just watched this last night. I was eager to see it, but after watching it I really wasn't impressed at all.
The torture scenes were a bit much to stomach, but I guess they were part of the real story so its hard to leave them out. Throughout large chunks of the movie it was difficult to follow what exactly was being said. Even worst, large parts of the climatic scene where the Seals land at the compound and they get UBL were nearly pitch black and I could barely see anything that was going on. I kept thinking that they were turning this into another bad horror movie where most of the scenes worth watching are too dark to see. Why didn't they just show that entire part of the movie through night vision goggles? I mean they showed parts of it through night vision, why not all of it?
What bothered me the most is that I felt like I learned little to nothing about the hunting down UBL that I didn't already know. The writers that do Yahoo news get blasted a lot for rushed and poorly written pieces, and the entire time I was watching Zero Dark Thirty I kept asking myself did one of the writers for Yahoo write this script or direct the movie?
Overall, I don't really understand anyone who hyped this movie up after seeing it. It had the potential to be a really good movie and it fell way short due to a weak script, poor acting, poor directing, and poor editing.The writer obviously did their research when writing the script, they just did a poor job conveying their knowledge and making it interesting.
Kenneth Abbott Jr.
One of a very small group of people that actually saw Kevin Costner's "The Postman" in theaters, and I LOVED it!
Yeah, will echo everybody's comments here. Far too dull and IMHO, not worth it -- even with the end. Chastain's character was pretty darn unlikeable, she just came off as a real bitch, I don't even remember her name and I watched it a few hours ago -- which is usually a bad sign.
On a side note, I watched Argo yesterday -- which I'd recommend any day over this.
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