"we don't know what we don't know"
"what the fuck does that mean?"

still perhaps the finest example of the dirty handheld "realism" as it serves bigelow's blurring of firsthand details, dates, facts, events, and timelines into a foreground of abstract obscurity and moral erosion. the hazy information is being fed, the players are locked in knowingly/willingly or not (reduced to images in time and data on screens), the gears are turning, the war machine is self-sustaining now. good luck finding closure in it. for "god and country"... indeed.

Five stars.

Fine, four and a half, because I know certainty freaks you guys out, but it's a five.

Really loved the climactic sequence, and the film did a great job of putting me in a hyperalert state from early on, knowing anything could happen at any moment, I really appreciated that. I didn't think Jessica Chastain really hit her stride for long stretches of time, but overall I thought it was a solid performance from her, and really only her. Explosions looked realistic, and there were some interesting shots of the SEAL team during their raid, but otherwise I didn't find it to look very stunnimg. Shaky camera work at times didn't vibe with the tone of the film. I didn't think the movie was too overtly political, the torture was presented gruesomely but neutrally, I think, but it made some characters very unrelatable for me. Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon, for you Game of Thrones fans) cannot speak with an American accent. It was strange to see Star Lord hunting down bin Laden.

Fantastic thriller. A movie about a hunt as much as it is about having one job and only on job.

Superb acting and writing.

É meio curioso pensar que esse é o filme da Bigelow antecessor ao Detroit, um filme que peca justamente pelo 3º ato e pela montagem confusa. Aqui não, toda a ideia embutida do americanismo utilitarista e torturador começa no primeiro ato e a tensão alegada fica pelo final, quando culmina no resultado de toda a caça às bruxas do aparato governamental. 

Detroit te deixa tenso e depois te joga numa discussão sobre o americanismo. Hora Mais Escura te cozinha entre os atos e te dá material para pensar depois do filme.

ugh bigelow's mind

Basically a 2.5 hour propaganda film for the US military about how torture was 'necessary' and how the torturers were super cut up about it, as if that makes it better

I really really reeeeeally love women!

Zero Dark Thirty is an intense drama about what is most likely the most well known manhunt in history. It's not an easy watch as it's full of real life classified moments during their hunt from our government and military. While many claim the film promotes interrogation torture, I feel the opposite. I think it showed it point blank and didn't pick a side, though going more in depth in the film may have helped quell many peoples problems. It also has an outstanding cast, but Jessica Chastain as the central focus elevates every scene she's in and brings an even bigger weight to every moment.

A tradição de Kathryn Bigelow de entregar filmes de guerra e ação tecnicamente impecáveis é mantida. A Hora Mais Escura é um trabalho primoroso de direção, edição e som. Porém, nota-se um toque de megalomania (que a cineasta sempre teve, mas que aqui passou um pouco do ponto). Abordar toda a operação que capturou Osama Bin Laden, desde sua origem anos antes, tinha a clara pretensão em transformar este longa em um documento definitivo da época de Guerra ao Terror desempenhada pelos Estados Unidos. Só que diante de um leque tão aberto, o filme se torna um pouco enfadonho, tirando até mesmo um pouco da força da longa cena final, que tem mais de meia hora mas não é tão cansativa quanto o restante do filme.

Not your typical war movie. James Gandolfini steals the show. The second to last movie before his passing. I wish topher grace wasn't in this. He show to back to tv with his bitch ass.