Zero Dark Thirty Character Analysis

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“You never know what 's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you 've climbed a mountain.” ― Tom Hiddleston. This relates to Kathryn Bigelow’s 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty because the characters in the film are determined, in the end they look back at their decisions and realizing what they have been through. The main character Maya played by Jessica Chastain is a fiercely driven, socially awkward CIA agent that is very persistent in her search for the most hated man in the world, Osama Bin Laden. Mayas partner Dan played by Jason Clarke is the aggressor. He looks to torture, unlike Maya who likes to take her time and give the terrorists …show more content…
He points out flaws and fictional parts of the movie. ‘The Shooter’, however have some things to say to the report, he said “The actors playing Seal Team 6, the special missions unit that staged the raid on Bin Laden’s compound, talked too much. No one would ever yell “Breacher” when calling for someone to blow down a door.” He also pointed out that instead of yelling they would use hand signals like when you wanted a breach you would put you fist up to your helmet. He also said “When the terrorist leader was finally tracked down, in his bedroom on the third floor of the building, there was no whispering out his name to lure him out. Now these things in the movie were just context to make the viewer interested, but never the less it was not what really happened. Kathryn Bigelow’s 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty is not a good historical film. Yes, It is based off of a real event but there is clear statements from the United States Navy Seals saying that the film was unrealistic and not like what happened when the film happened. The movie itself was good and it didn’t need all the fake they pit in to it. If Kathryn Bigelow would have stuck to the facts, then the movie would have been a good historical

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