Zero Dark Thirty: R
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Written by: Mark Boal
Cast of note: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle,and Chris Pratt
My wife and I walked out of the theater after seeing Zero Dark Thirty and we both decided then and there that you really can't give a grade for this movie. We just didn't feel right trying.
For those of you that don't know, this movie is about one woman's manhunt of Osama Bin Laden. And that is exactly what it is, a 2 hour long manhunt. So, if you like manhunts, this is the movie for you. The problem is, it left me really upset.
Kathryn Bigelow does nothing new with this film as far as a director goes. In fact she pretty much sticks to the same film making style that won her an Oscar in The Hurt Locker. This movie does not deserve any awards come Oscar season. We have seen this before, maybe not the story, although how hard is it to make up a story about a real man who killed a bunch a people and then spend an entire movie trying to justify spending ten years hunting Bin Laden down.
Jessica Chastain brings nothing to the table as well. Jennifer Ehle however is actually the more interesting storyline to follow and has better character development. Honestly, from what I have written so far, you would think I hated this film, not so. I actually was amused by this film and it caused a great bit of conversation after I watched it.
The best part of the film is actually talking about it afterwards with friends and family. This film brought up serious JUSTICE issues for me. I disagree with how everything went down in film and in the real world as well. I may be one of few men who actually didn't believe that shooting up Osama and his family was the right thing to do, but I will stick by it. No man has the ability to judge any other man, especially when it comes at the hands of an anxious soldiers gun. I believe each man has a right to fair trial, although Osama wouldn't have gotten one in the states or anywhere else in the world, he still deserved it. As a believer in Jesus and His Father, I cannot agree with this story or how things went down. It leaves me unsettled. I was one of the few who did not cheer when Osama was killed, I actually cried and had a heavy heart for another loss in this world.
Argue with me, agree with me, be indifferent, but you can't tell me this movie didn't make you think.
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