re: Is Zero Dark 30 a good movie

It's fantastic. What is so t aout it is... this is how intelligence gathering actually works: tons of blind alleys and false starts, and then your big break is pretty much blind luck, and some minor piece of data you ignored a few years ago, but now you see it in new context.

The gradual hardening of the main character, as she loses her preconceived notions and develops a harder exterior is also fascinating. The things she is comfortable with at the end is not something she would have done in the beginning. This life DOES warp you, and it takes a toll on your own psyche.

I felt the film was far more fair and even handed in dealing with that than the partisan critics and supporters of the movie. The movie's politics are far more opaque and interesting than the screaming heads' debate.