A very good film but oddly it didn't really hold my interest.

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2013)

"Zero Dark Thirty" is a very funny film. This is because the far Hollywood left condemned it for condoning torture and the far right (and CIA) condemned it because it seemed to indicate torture was often used when it wasn't--and odd case where both extremes seemed, in an odd way, to be in agreement! As for me, I wanted to see it simply because Asner and others DIDN'T want me to see the film and the more they complained, the more I felt it would be worth while. That, and the fact that it was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar guaranteed that sooner or later I'd see "Zero Dark Thirty". Despite this, however, I really wasn't all that anxious to watch the picture and didn't love watching it. Why? Because I know in general what happened and none of it really came as a surprise--and so it was all very anticlimactic.
Despite not adoring the film, it was pretty much what I expected from director Kathryn Bigelow--a very competently made film that seems almost documentary-like and with many lesser-known actors. She did a great job with "Hurt Locker" and once again she did a fine job with this movie. I would say more but frankly by this time (well after the Oscars), there have already been a bazillion reviews and I doubt if I would add more.
By the way, did any of you feel a bit odd seeing Chris Pratt (Andy from "Parks and Recreation") in the film? After seeing him in this other role, seeing him with the Seal Team was odd to say the least!