Surprisingly Realistic

Rating: 7/10 (28 September 2018)

I think this film receives a lot more hate than it deserves because people say it's extremely dull and boring. But I certainly am rating this higher than it deserves, but let me say I think it's about a 7.6/10.
Thing is, they aren't smart enough to understand that you're job as a CIA spy is not going to dramatic or action packed like most people think it'd be. It's careful intelligence gathering and analysis. The director got this spot on.
He was able to show how the United States secret corps actually function and he did it quite finely. Then what's the big problem? He did it excessively to the point where it was starting to get boring. There wasn't enough psychology in the film and much character depiction lacked. This movie should've been a psychological journey of the spy instead of how she tracked down Bin Laden. The movie misses several key elements such as why she spent twelve years trying to find Bin Laden and is still persevering. What caused her to go after Bin Laden? How does her stubborn attitude and perseverance affect those around her?
The movie misses these several key points to the point where it feels less like a movie and more like a cinematic documentary. This movie could've easily passed for a documentary. Take out Jessica Chastain's dialogue, put a voice over of some random dude. There you go, a documentary on the hunt for Bin Laden.
The highlight of the film has to be it's technicality. The film is shot beautifully and this showed the technical awareness of the director. He purposely breaks certain rules while film making to give a sense of reality especially in the DEVGRU operation scene (which is easily the highlight of the film). Coming to the Neptune Spear operation scene, I have to say. It is easily the best shot modern military scene. Chris Pratt was just outstanding as a DEVGRU operator and not once was I reminded that he was Chris Pratt.
Overall, this movie certainly has it's flaws but it's not a bad movie. It's good , but not great. Hence I rate it 7.6/10 due to my high liking for military movies.
This is one of the few movies I've seen that are actually correct to reality.