Rating of
3/4
Ambiguous Title, But Good Movie
Nick - wrote on 01/14/13
Zero Dark Thirty is advertised and perceived by the average movie goer as a movie more about Seal Team 6 and their raid on the Pakistan compound where Bin Laden was at. But in reality, this movie is mostly about all the events and intelligence gathered leading up to the raid, with the raid only being the last 20 minutes of the movie. So for all of you that wish to see an action flick, this is not for you. But for those of you that are aware that this movie requires your attention to follow the story from beginning to end, you will enjoy it. I found the movie enjoyable, but quickly compared it to another movie, Argo, which was much, much better. I also think the title for this film was poorly chose and should have been called something like "The Path to Bin Laden", rather than a title solely focused on the Seal Team 6 mission, which is not the focus of the movie. This movie does have great acting, and the story is well told (despite my opinion that the facts are not all there and things are embellished). But the movie does fall short because it is a little too long, and I'd imagine will be boring to watch for many people. During the showing I was at, the person next to me fell asleep, and another person somewhere in the theater was loudly (and I mean loudly), snoring. So, even though this movie is nominated for best picture of 2012, it has absolutely no chance of winning in my opinion. Argo trumps it in every single way.
