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re: Just popped in Zero Dark Thirty
Posted on 3/22/13 at 6:42 pm to Catman88
Posted on 3/22/13 at 6:42 pm to Catman88
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you would know she was recruited out of COLLEGE
That did strike me as odd last night. Who the hell is recruited out of H.S.??
There isn't a H.S. in America that is any litmus test it's so damn easy. Hell, most are probably recruited out of law school these days.
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Posted on 3/22/13 at 6:45 pm to Catman88
Ahh you win man. It's a terribly shitty movie. They should have dished out her SS# to make it totally legit for you. 
Posted on 3/23/13 at 8:20 am to Michael J Cocks
Bump...
frick that movie. It's better served as a documentary on PBS. Seriously, the History Channel has way more interesting programming on AQ and the hunt for OBL. That movie was dry.
frick that movie. It's better served as a documentary on PBS. Seriously, the History Channel has way more interesting programming on AQ and the hunt for OBL. That movie was dry.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 8:49 am to la_birdman
Zero Dark Thirty and Seal Team 6 are a nice complement to each other. I actually liked Seal Team 6 better.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 8:58 am to LSUTil_iDie
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It was a well done movie, but damn I was bored throughout the entire movie. Even the raid at the end was boring. How do you manage to make a gun fight boring?
agreed. how many doors to they need to blow up. I swear they were picking random doors, blowing them off hinges and leaving to find another one.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 2:59 pm to Ace Midnight
The red headed chick sucked arse. Didn't like her.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 3:49 pm to hg
Chastain is a good hard working actress and she did a good job but that Oscar moment with Chandler made me cringe. Bravo Clarke.
Personally have to got with ZDT over Argo. Don't care what some say, representing historical events as accurate as possible is important. Argo just took too much artistic license for me and embarrassed Hollywood in the process.
Personally have to got with ZDT over Argo. Don't care what some say, representing historical events as accurate as possible is important. Argo just took too much artistic license for me and embarrassed Hollywood in the process.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 3:53 pm to cattus
Just put Argo in.
Watched Zero Dark Thirty last night and I really enjoyed it. I loved the raid at the end. I was nervous the whole time (even though I obviously knew how it ended).
Looking forward to Argo.
Watched Zero Dark Thirty last night and I really enjoyed it. I loved the raid at the end. I was nervous the whole time (even though I obviously knew how it ended).
Looking forward to Argo.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 4:11 pm to bamafan425
Coach Taylor in both movies. 
Posted on 3/23/13 at 4:21 pm to jose canseco
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agreed. how many doors to they need to blow up. I swear they were picking random doors, blowing them off hinges and leaving to find another one.
The raid was done almost exactly how the book described. So you're upset it was factual?
Posted on 3/23/13 at 4:25 pm to la_birdman
I honestly didn't think it was that good. Thought the hurt locker was waaayyy better.
I thought it was an ok movie.
I went into it not expecting much.
I thought it was an ok movie.
I went into it not expecting much.
Posted on 3/23/13 at 4:34 pm to Wooly
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I honestly didn't think it was that good. Thought the hurt locker was waaayyy better.
HL pulled you in...don't know why it gets hate. ZDT had this veneer about it...never intimate, never connected...but not a bad film, just not great/memorable. I don't know why I'd ever watch it again. You watch her get emotional but she never elicits emotion from you.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 12:55 pm to la_birdman
Watched ZDT last night and hated it.
1) Plot line was boring, except of course for the end raid.
2) Speaking of the end raid, I didn't like it at all. I waited through 2 hours of boredom for a little action, and when I finally get there I'm staring at a black fricking screen. It was difficult to watch and I actually tuned out during the climax of the movie.
3) Main character is completely flat. She didn't change at all, nor did she have any (real) emotion.
4) Shallow treatment of the torture issue. There was a lot there to grapple with and the director didn't do that at all.
I seriously haven't been this disappointed in a movie in a LONG time. I was pumped to see it and felt completely let down.
1) Plot line was boring, except of course for the end raid.
2) Speaking of the end raid, I didn't like it at all. I waited through 2 hours of boredom for a little action, and when I finally get there I'm staring at a black fricking screen. It was difficult to watch and I actually tuned out during the climax of the movie.
3) Main character is completely flat. She didn't change at all, nor did she have any (real) emotion.
4) Shallow treatment of the torture issue. There was a lot there to grapple with and the director didn't do that at all.
I seriously haven't been this disappointed in a movie in a LONG time. I was pumped to see it and felt completely let down.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 2:14 pm to TxTiger82
Some of y'all are delusional. Zero dark thirty was a great movie and better than Argo. Argo was a great movie.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 2:31 pm to Zamoro10
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ZDT had this veneer about it...never intimate, never connected...but not a bad film, just not great/memorable. I don't know why I'd ever watch it again. You watch her get emotional but she never elicits emotion from you.
I felt like I was watching something on CNN or some other news channel. Was pretty dull overall.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 2:38 pm to CP3LSU25
quote:I don't know what they were expecting. I've heard the "show more of the SEALs" argument, which the movie isn't about. And this is government red tape and a woman's hunt behind that tape for the world's most notorious terrorist.
Some of y'all are delusional. Zero dark thirty was a great movie and better than Argo. Argo was a great movie.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 4:27 pm to The Sad Banana
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I don't know what they were expecting. I've heard the "show more of the SEALs" argument, which the movie isn't about. And this is government red tape and a woman's hunt behind that tape for the world's most notorious terrorist.
This is funny as my wife and I watched ZDT last night and she was complaining they didn't show any of the Seals' mission training, etc, and I was like, damn, then it would last 3:15 minimum. It's hard to make a movie that everyone knows the plot of and make it enjoyable. I liked it, especially Chastain's perseverance and irreverence pushing it up the chain, but I wasn't going this is awesome, either. I didn't jump up and down about Argo as it was super hyped, I thought the editing was lacking and slapped together, and the fictitious airport scene ruined it for me---John Goodman and Arkin were excellent though. My take on it would likely have been significantly different without hearing all the hype for months. It's easy to say that with prior knowledge that all the "captives" made it out alive and the bogus airport scene.
The Intouchables is a damn good movie, one of the most enjoyable I have seen in months, and I normally struggle with subtitled movies.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 4:39 pm to Catman88
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I thought this movie SUCKED.. It was a complete snooze fest and I typically like movies like this. I completely hate how they downplayed the SEAL team in it too. Way too long to boot. Plus the only eventful part of the movie when the raid happens is barely visable. They couldnt show any training for the SEAL team? You have to show they playing football and horsehoes instead? WTF? They just made the raid seem haphazard and unorganized like it was thrown together at the last minute.
I will say this: the previews of the movie out now seem to indicate that ZDT is Seal Team Six, but with real actors, which is really borderline false advertising.
As I said before, my major knock was lack of character development. My second knock was the dichotomous nature of the movie. We recently talked about FMJ on here and it reminded me of ZDT. The compound raid was a solid 30 minutes and really seemed separate and apart from the rest of the movie, but it was well done and I enjoyed it.
Overall, the movie has its flaws, but it was worthy of the hype and Chastain, no matter what some of you say, absolutely killed it.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 4:42 pm to tirebiter
I thought ZDT was great and it: (1) mirrored the book No Easy Day almost to a tee; (2) mirrored the account of "The Shooter" in the Esquire article "The Man Who Shot Bin Laden"; and (3) the movie illustrates what went into killing UBL.
It is funny, Obama claimed credit for killing UBL, the SEALs are given credit for killing UBL, etc. If not for the work of the real life Mia as well as the CIA at large, National Geospacial, National Recon Organization, etc...Obama would not be able to claim credit and the SEALs would not have logged this kill.
Both SEAL accounts from boots on the ground state that there was nothing novel about this mission, other than it being UBL. This exact team has performed almost identical missions dozens and dozens of times.
The movie illustrates that this was a decade long problem that was solved, in large part and ultimately, by a 30 something year old CIA analyst.
Moreover, we know that the raid was incredibly accurate. Based on that, one can assume that the rest of the movie was historically accurate as well...which is pretty amazing.
ZDT was a great movie, period.
It is funny, Obama claimed credit for killing UBL, the SEALs are given credit for killing UBL, etc. If not for the work of the real life Mia as well as the CIA at large, National Geospacial, National Recon Organization, etc...Obama would not be able to claim credit and the SEALs would not have logged this kill.
Both SEAL accounts from boots on the ground state that there was nothing novel about this mission, other than it being UBL. This exact team has performed almost identical missions dozens and dozens of times.
The movie illustrates that this was a decade long problem that was solved, in large part and ultimately, by a 30 something year old CIA analyst.
Moreover, we know that the raid was incredibly accurate. Based on that, one can assume that the rest of the movie was historically accurate as well...which is pretty amazing.
ZDT was a great movie, period.
Posted on 3/25/13 at 6:31 pm to DeltaDoc
They overplayed her frustration over the lack of action
Clearly they were monitoring the compound and the CIA admin told us what was going on during the lull
The writing on the window bit was retarded. She would have known about the immunization doctor ruse, etc
Clearly they were monitoring the compound and the CIA admin told us what was going on during the lull
The writing on the window bit was retarded. She would have known about the immunization doctor ruse, etc
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