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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
I thought this was FAR more intense than Hurt Locker.
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
The final raid aside, there was one single really intense sequence in this film (and I think most of you know which one I am talking about).
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34878 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
Chippy wrote: I thought this was FAR more intense than Hurt Locker. Nah.
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Libs
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48626 Location: Arlington, VA
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
Dr. Lecter wrote: The final raid aside, there was one single really intense sequence in this film (and I think most of you know which one I am talking about). The Camp Chapman attack was very tense. Actually reminded me of The Hurt Locker more than any other scene. Unless you're talking about Maya getting shot at.
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
Nope, I was talking about Camp Chapman. That moment reminded me of the intensity I felt in many scenes in The Hurt Locker. I mean I knew what would happen, but it still kept me at the edge of my seat.
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
There were more intense scenes in Hurt Locker. But I thought this was building tension throughout and I loved that.
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
The Hurt Locker is almost an Aliens type experience. Nonstop, ever building suspense. Zero Dark Thirty's suspense is more intellectual and measured.
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
And as an intellectual, I appreciated it more.
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Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:53 pm |
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
Whatever you say.
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
Magnus wrote: It's kinda not suspenseful in any level outside the raid sequence. And I'm starting to think that sequence works mostly cause of Chris Platt being kinda awesome. You know his name is Chris Pratt, right? He's not related to Oliver.
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
He barley knows.
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
trixster wrote: Magnus wrote: It's kinda not suspenseful in any level outside the raid sequence. And I'm starting to think that sequence works mostly cause of Chris Platt being kinda awesome. You know his name is Chris Pratt, right? He's not related to Oliver. I'm not sure. The first time I thought it was the usual typo, but then he wrote it again...
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
r and l aren't anywhere near each other on the keyboard, though.
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Bradley Witherberry
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm Posts: 15197 Location: Planet Xatar
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
I have now seen Zero Dark Thirty and find that I can't write a better review than that already written by i.hope: i.hope wrote: This is the journalistic style I want to see in TV news/infotainment. It is a more mature form of sensationalism. out of 5.
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Mannyisthebest
Forum General
Joined: Wed May 10, 2006 3:53 pm Posts: 8636 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
The final end scene depends on your politics....
If you were ecstatic that Bin Laden faced ultimate justice, you get the satisfaction of seeing him be killed and see some of his body with the main character looking over it.
I found the raid scene a bit underwhelming but found the ending very satisfying.
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Bradley Witherberry
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm Posts: 15197 Location: Planet Xatar
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
While the comparisons to Leni Riefenstahl are over the top (Bigelow is a very pedestrian director, nowhere near Riefenstahl's talent) - - there is no question that ZDT is pure propaganda - - another weapon in the ongoing holy war.
If you think it's a coincidence the US military chose a female director and a lead female character POV for this film, then you are squarely in the target audience for this brand of propaganda.
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Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:32 am |
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Gopher
You are waiting for a train
Joined: Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:25 pm Posts: 995
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
Quality proven! ZDT is a masterpiece!
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BJ
Killing With Kindness
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:57 pm Posts: 25020 Location: Anchorage,Alaska
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
BJs Grade:
B+/A-
Well made, very bland, super acting.
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xiayun
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:41 pm Posts: 25109 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
This is an excellent film.
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 38315
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
Bradley Witherberry wrote: I have now seen Zero Dark Thirty and find that I can't write a better review than that already written by i.hope: i.hope wrote: This is the journalistic style I want to see in TV news/infotainment. It is a more mature form of sensationalism. out of 5. Is that a high grade or a low one?
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
It is redacted, so no one knows.
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Bradley Witherberry
Extraordinary
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
Shack wrote: Is that a high grade or a low one? David wrote: It is redacted, so no one knows. Correct - - but my follow-up post may provide a clue.
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Mau
100% That Bitch
Joined: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:42 pm Posts: 16901 Location: Monterrey, Mexico
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
A
I still liked Argo mor.
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Mr. Reynolds
Confessing on a Dance Floor
Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:46 am Posts: 5567 Location: Celebratin' in Chitown
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
I like Chastain but dont think she was better here than in The Help. The writing had some horrible points. And some of the shots/editing was just plain weird; random fade blacks are for TV shows going to commercials not for motion pictures. with that said, can't deny the subject is captivating and the ending so highly satisfying. We got him!
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Riggs
We had our time together
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:36 am Posts: 13274 Location: Vienna
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Re: Zero Dark Thirty
I'm slightly disapointed. It's a good movie with one or two great moments but that's about it. I wasn't on the edge of my seat like expected, not even during the climax which I thought would be much more suspenseful. Chastain was good but I didn't cared one bit for her or the other characters. I know this is supposed to be this super-realistic movie but that scene when they finally shot Bin Laden could have been a bit more spectacular or memorable. It's a movie which is interesting to watch, but more in a documentary kind of way, it's just fact after fact (don't know how much really is a fact, though). A few minutes less wouldn't have hurt eiter.
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