Absolute waste of time!

Rating: 2/10 (17 February 2013)

Is this the new world order of film? The Coen Bros reinvented the "suspense" genre with 'No Country For Old Men', which I loathed. The "found footage" craze has seemingly left an indelible footprint on cinema that is not likely to be removed any time soon, unfortunately. And here comes Bigelow. First with 'The Hurt Locker' and now with 'Zero Dark Thirty'. I don't see what all the fuss over these so-called movies is about. It's another turning point in another directors view of what a certain genre 'should be'. In this case, war films. In her case, boring war films. Excruciating, fell asleep twice, had to ask what was going on six times, made me never want to go to the beach again, boring.
It's not bad enough to personify war as an actual character, she has to poorly delve into the human aspects of it. She makes a character, played wonderfully by Chastain (seemingly the only good actor in the whole thing), almost an exact duplicate of Clarice Starling. Then the rampage continues with scene after scene of tired clichés (I called every single explosion and gunshot throughout the entire movie), rampant overacting, poor writing (I started to accurately call characters' lines but then I started to get ticked off) and just plain bad film making.
If you're looking for an excuse to waste two and a half hours of your life then definitely see this movie. Frankly, the only thing I felt after seeing this crap, was pity for the people America invaded. It sure didn't make me patriotic, in the least. I'm more mad at my government now then I was before. Thanks Kathryn Bigelow, you hack!