I am at a complete loss as to what to say about it. Normally I can point to something in the production I didn't like. For example the acting, the shaking camera, etc. Everything here is done well. The acting was very good, except for a few shaky cam moments it looked really good. There is absolutely no reason for me to not like this movie and yet I didn't like it.
If there is anything I'd say it was the pacing of the first hour and a half of the movie. But even then it's understandable because it was all about building Chastain's character as a rookie agent into a badass leader willing to stick her neck out. It's not like it could be cut. It's needed to understand our protagonist. While it does get boring at times, as a storyteller, you can't just assume the audience understands the relationship between the USA and Usama Bin Laden.
Maybe it just wasn't for me. It's a political docudrama. Those aren't exactly words that scream grand cinema. I know a lot of the movie was embellished to be a better story. I'm guessing there really isn't an agent Maya out there somewhere. I seriously doubt the gratuitous torture scenes really happened in that fashion. It's just a lot of stuff embellished to tell a more interesting story. It's a movie. You can't fault it for punching up dry material.
It's a great movie. It's well directed and deserves all the awards this movie wins. It just wasn't the kind of movie I enjoy.
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