Zero Dark Thirty (2012)'s comments

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jhhayes

Not a bad film, per se, but Bigelow's methods do come off as an attempt to rewrite history. This completely distracted me from the film. At times I felt as though I was watching pro-torture propaganda. So according to the film I'm supposed to believe torture led to info that led to the killing of Bin Laden? This is not at all accurate. Do a little research and you'll see for yourself, but don't take my word for it.
U.S. Senator John McCain, who was tortured during his time as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, said that the film left him sick – "because it's wrong". In a speech in the Senate, he said, "Not only did the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not provide us with key leads on bin Laden's courier, Abu Ahmed, it actually produced false and misleading information."[76] McCain and fellow senators Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin sent a critical letter to Michael Lynton, chairman of the film's distributor, Sony Pictures Entertainment, stating, "[W]ith the release of Zero Dark Thirty, the filmmakers and your production studio are perpetuating the myth that torture is effective. You have a social and moral obligation to get the facts right."

10 years 7 months ago

BadFluffy

"is disgustingly feminist, all women are super smarts and solve all the problems, but all men are stupid and only serve to fire weapons."

You got the part where that was a real story, yeah? And you'll be happy to know that now that women can serve, they may also serve to fire weapons in future movies. Welcome to the 21st century, Mitt.

11 years 2 months ago

Kasparius

"is disgustingly feminist, all women are super smarts and solve all the problems, but all men are stupid and only serve to fire weapons."

Welcome to how women have felt at the movies for the past 110 years, you misogynistic idiot!!

I don't even like the film, but that is one dumb comment!!

11 years 3 months ago

John Milton

Actually Luiz, I am familiar with the writings of the Marquis de Sade and as a historian also somewhat familiar with the concept of a dictatorship, even the 64-85 one in Brazil. I agree that America has committed barbaric atrocities, sometimes it's disgusting. I don't agree however that therefore every piece of literature, art or cinema from the states should be burned at the stake. I certainly don't think this movie glorifies torture or shows the interogators enjoying it. All I ask is that you give something like this a fair chance. You don't see me blurting at the board of films like 'Khane-ye doust kodjast' or 'A Separation' because Iran treats women and atheists unfairly? You should try not to let your preconceptions and/or prejudices influence your Judgement of a piece of cinema.

I am from a cold country (temperature wise, I'd like to think), I suppose you could call it northern, for it is The Netherlands (Holland) I hail from. And rich? well, the economy is down the drain, A lot of people have debts and young people have difficulty getting a house. From what I know, compared to Brazil, The Netherlands still has little to complain about, but the riches sure have diminished compared to the generation before mine..

I don't know where you get the afraid part, but the things I fear are economic meltdown (yes, quite likely because of an American financial crisis), religious wars and massive ignorance. Also, I don't really care when people just blurt out strong opinions (especially when untrue imho) on messageboards without proper context or argumentation, hence my reaction to your post.

p.s. what does the adjective ufanist mean? I tried to google it, but to no avail...

11 years 1 month ago

sureup

The last part was cool and probably accurate, most of the rest of the movie was the opposite.

Also I hate the main character, obsessed people like her are probably the reason the US went into Iraq, not that I found her to be very believable anyways... The ending was particularly bad.

11 years 2 months ago

tomengler

well that was super overrated

11 years 3 months ago

1SO

I've never heard of actor Jason Clarke, but he makes a huge impact right up front. As Dan, Clarke personifies the US Government's stance on torture, which changes greatly over the film's 12-year span. He's one of the main guys, good at this type of work though he works extra hard to keep his humanity in check. Similar to Jeremy Renner's character in Hurt Locker, Dan's job is so reckless it's fractured him as a functioning person. He's arguably the best performance in a movie full of great performances.

The raid is everything I hoped for. Everything I knew Bigelow was capable of delivering. Stripped of American revenge jingoism and full of respect for the men doing their job. The camera put you right into the mission, maintaining tension on multiple fronts. My stomach was in knots the entire time. The best piece of sustained cinematic bravura I've seen all year. Worthy of a 2nd Oscar.

11 years 4 months ago

Adrian B AWESOME

I'm not sure how outside of those who don't pay attention think that this film at all glorifies or yreats torture as an effective tool. It's 100% a fact that the US used torture to try and procure information, especially early in the process of hunting bin Laden. It's also a fact that this movie does not even hint that bin Laden was found with torture, as those scenes take place a decade before he was finally found. Luck and a lot of difficult detective work found the dude. The film makes this very clear.

4 years 7 months ago