MYST POST #1: Zero Dark Thirty

I always wanted to watch this movie ever since it was released last year. The film, which was based on a true story, surrounds a CIA operative who spends over 10 years of her life hunting down the terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden. The obvious highlight of the film is when Seal Team 6 arrives to take down Bin Laden.Immediately upon watching the film it became another classic. The end scene was just shot so beautifully. I also enjoy the scene at Area 51 because this is one of the first films to show the place without any aliens! The film provides a more realistic view on exactly what happened while hunting down Bin Laden.

The specific scene I should mention is the end scene when the actual killing of Osama Bin Laden takes place. The scene was shot with first person views through the night vision goggles and interesting views of the soldiers taking out the prey in the building. It may as well be one of the best directed modern war-type scenes since the director's other film, "The Hurt Locker". The lighting was in a tone of greyish-black that gave you enough detail to see what was happening, but also made the scene a bit more ominous and serious. Most war films now in days resemble that of a video game, filled with mindless violence, but this one did not and instead gave us a more realistic view of the Navy Seals in action.

If this film is not your cup of tea there is always that other Bin Laden film with Seal Team 6 called "Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden" Which focuses more on the Seals rather than the CIA agent. However keep in mind that this film has been better reviewed by critics and focuses more on the story as a whole, but does have a little more focus on one character. The character that just happens to appear through most of the story is the CIA operative who does a great job in her leading role.