Indescribable genius in modern screenplay

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2013)

"Zero Dark Thirty" is a masterpiece. Bigelow does an outstanding job of making the first 2 hours of the movie seem like 10 years, without boring the audience. The film is filled with its small ups and deep downs but all prepares you for a momentous ending. It dos an outstanding job of hooking the audience with an intense interrogation scene to open the movie up. The first two hours of the film are nothing less than genius and a task that many modern directors could not accomplish. Rather than bore us, she keeps us on the edge of our seats by throwing in surprise bomb explosions and surprise action sequences. Rather than tell us the main characters feeling, she lets us grow to know the character to be more than just a character. She makes you feel the despair and hopelessness that the main character feels throughout the film. We also see the maturity of the main character progress throughout the film, starting as a young agent, and ending as a hero. The ending scene is arguably one of the best scenes ever. You feel as if you live within the moment as the soldiers slowly and swiftly raid the compound and they make you feel as if you've accomplished something after the mission has ended. This movie is an overall masterpiece that is rare in the motion-picture business today.