I saw this movie this morning with my wife.I must admit that I have waited on this one for several months as it is getting all of the buzz.As a result if there ever was a case of expectation bias, this was it. Nonetheless this movie delivers on every level and clearly falls into my top 3 of the year. Totally impossible to get in yesterday so I went to the first morning showing today and for good measures I saw it with my wife at a truly unique movie watching experience at a new chain of theaters called Cineopolis ( www.cineopolisusa.com )where the seats are reserved (you pay a premium) but the theater has posh leather motorized reclining seats with a switch on each seat to ring for your waiter or waitress where you can order from a full gourmet menu as well as a full bar. Maximum of 60 seats in each of the 6 theaters with SOTA digital projectors.
This film is best called a docudrama based on one woman's work to spend years of her life tracking down Usama Bin Laden. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow who teams up once again with Mark Boal who not only did the screenplay but was also an Executive Producer. How can we forget the Hurt Locker where she won for Best Picture and Best Director. I loved that film and was my winner as well for Best Picture that year. Having said that I also loved this film but just not as much as Hurt Locker On a scale of 1-10 Hurt Locker was a solid 9 whereas ZDT is an 8-8.5. Many feel the movie was too long at 2 hours and 27 minutes. I was riveted to the screen for the entire time and was not once distracted. The torture scenes depicted were certainly unsettling as the movie starts after 9/11. It shows the character Maya played by Jessica Chastain as a woman working for the CIA intelligence and the years she spent investigating every lead until she finds him and because of her the raid on the compound in Pakistan by Navy SEALS took place.
Jessica Chastain for the moment gets my vote for Best Actress until I see Naomi Watts in The Impossible
The final half hour deals with the SEALS raid and I couldn't move. It was every bit as intense as in The Hurt Locker.
I can't believe Kathryn Bigelow wasn't nominated for her picture
This movie won't be liked by all. My wife didn't like it. Argo is her Best
My top 3 of the year are
1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Argo
3.Lincoln
Top 5
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. Les Mis
Honorable Mention
Life Of Pi
Django Unchained
This film is best called a docudrama based on one woman's work to spend years of her life tracking down Usama Bin Laden. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow who teams up once again with Mark Boal who not only did the screenplay but was also an Executive Producer. How can we forget the Hurt Locker where she won for Best Picture and Best Director. I loved that film and was my winner as well for Best Picture that year. Having said that I also loved this film but just not as much as Hurt Locker On a scale of 1-10 Hurt Locker was a solid 9 whereas ZDT is an 8-8.5. Many feel the movie was too long at 2 hours and 27 minutes. I was riveted to the screen for the entire time and was not once distracted. The torture scenes depicted were certainly unsettling as the movie starts after 9/11. It shows the character Maya played by Jessica Chastain as a woman working for the CIA intelligence and the years she spent investigating every lead until she finds him and because of her the raid on the compound in Pakistan by Navy SEALS took place.
Jessica Chastain for the moment gets my vote for Best Actress until I see Naomi Watts in The Impossible
The final half hour deals with the SEALS raid and I couldn't move. It was every bit as intense as in The Hurt Locker.
I can't believe Kathryn Bigelow wasn't nominated for her picture
This movie won't be liked by all. My wife didn't like it. Argo is her Best
My top 3 of the year are
1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Argo
3.Lincoln
Top 5
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. Les Mis
Honorable Mention
Life Of Pi
Django Unchained