A wonderful military intelligence movie

Stanford 2022-04-19 09:01:26

I have nothing to do recently, and I came in and saw that the film's rating dropped from 8.4 to 7.6. It seems that many people appreciate this film from a biased perspective. In order to justify the name of this excellent work, I will talk about some personal impressions casually.
1. This is not a gunfight movie, if you want to watch a thrilling raid, then this movie may only satisfy you in the last 20 minutes. This is a documentary-style film about every aspect of the American war on terror, with a CIA agent tracking Osama bin Laden as a clue. From a realistic point of view, this film is far superior to the "007" series and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy".
2. The details of this film are extremely full, and all of them have real prototypes. For example, the torture of prisoners, as well as the suicide bombing by al Qaeda's reverse infiltration, was a major setback in the US war on terror, and it was also an excellent case of counterintelligence warfare. All a sequence of events, harmoniously softened and brought out together. I am speechless when I say the script is not good.
3. The character creation is very successful, and the heroine Maya does not need to say, the judge should have his own conclusions in his heart.
4. People who say the main theme don't know what they are thinking. Not much to say about the torture of prisoners; the director of the CIA asked the heroine what she had done after she joined the CIA, and she replied that she had only done tracking down bin Laden; the director of the CIA humbly communicated with the bureaucrats to approve the action plan, etc., which is not slapping the US government in the face ? "Brave Action" is the main theme film.
5. Different movies have different viewing angles and different requirements for viewers' ability to appreciate. I have to say that this film is a bit of a disadvantage. It is not surprising that people who watch commercial blockbusters or who do not understand the war on terror have a low evaluation of this film. Just like Oliver Stone's "Alexander the Great", for those who don't know history, it is very likely that they don't know what to understand after reading it; and those who know that history may complain that it is underestimated.

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Zero Dark Thirty quotes

  • Dan: He's being a dick.

    Joseph Bradley: He's trying to outsmart you. Why don't you tell him about your Ph.D?

  • Dan: State your request.

    Maya: Move Heaven and Earth and bring me this fuckng Sayeed's family phone number.

    Dan: Okay, I'll go and talk to "The Wolf."