Of course, director Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal's portrayal of the protagonists and the presentation of plot details in the two works have to some extent indicated their stance on the war, but as a movie, I always feel that the two The protagonist is more like a narrative prop, and what is left after the documentary performance is nothing but meaning. This nothingness is not so much a critique of war as it is a demonstration of the truth, showing how the US killed Bin Laden in the process, suppressing moral criticism or meaningful guidance.
Personally, I think the movie says very little about the characters, as if it is describing a perspective and state. Of course, maybe the Americans will understand these states better after they have experienced the grief and moral anxiety of the war on terror, or maybe the director Caution in presenting contemporary warfare. I'm not sure if this detached or relatively objective perspective is an advantage or a limitation, at least I don't think it's easy to impress the audience.
But in fact, this film is not cold. The scheduling of the pursuit and the final assassination action in the film can also feel the director's enthusiasm for the film's war form. Although he does not spill dog blood, he does not miss every paragraph that can create a tense atmosphere. The story depicts how CIA agents searched for a needle in a haystack for a decade to approach physical reality: Where is Bin Laden? In the last climax scene, the commandos invaded door by door, and assassinated one name after another. I feel that this is also the director opening her treasure chest and using the movie as a means to enjoy this almost real illusion.
Although I didn't seem to be too excited about this film, I just recalled the last scene of the assault at the end of the film. It was really powerful and worth seeing in the theater. You can imagine how the director carefully studied the various details of the entire action. Then, through theatrical design and editing scheduling, the whole scene was shot very realistically but very tense, almost poetic, especially as it was a massacre full of high discipline and restraint that was almost out of control.
Before watching Zero Dark Thirty, I guessed that this should be a "execution" or "death penalty" movie. Of course, there have been disputes about prisoner abuse in the United States before. When I was actually watching it, I was very calm, and it was a little strange that I didn't particularly think about whether some audiences would have moral anxiety, and I just thought that was the case. But in retrospect, for those who believe that the United States is upholding justice against terrorists, the film's description of the process is obviously a bit dark and illusory and so straightforward. The moral tension in this is less of a nuisance to me, but is that why Americans love the film so much?
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