Terrible Attempt at a Film. Just....terrible.

Rating: 1/10 (22 January 2013)

I gave this movie a 1 simply because kudos to people who are able to bring many other people together and make a film come to life. That is the only kudos I give for this film.
Kathryn Bigelow obviously thought, since catching OBL was such an important event, everyone will simply watch whatever I film and be engaged because I say so. Wrong.
I keep thinking about what I liked about this mess but I really didn't like much of anything. I care about no-one. Big mistake. I have to care about someone if I'm going to sit through drivel.
Chastain is driven to catch Bin-Laden.
Maya is one terribly written hollow character who mouths off to her superiors cause she's gonna find OBL. Very realistic. WHY IS SHE DRIVEN? Oh, right, no one tells us anything about why - they just assume because we hear 1 minute of trade center phone calls in the opening we're ready to go on a ride and get behind this heroin in her quest to catch Bin-Laden.
NOPE. SORRY. Not enough for me. Oh wait, perhaps she's driven because her friends (that I never picked up at all that this woman had ANY friends whatsoever) had died trying to catch him. Nope. We never learn anything about this character to care at all. All we hear are 50 names no audience will ever remember of who she's trying to follow. TOO BUSY TO LEARN ABOUT MAIN CHARACTER. Keep FILMING! Some movies can do talking heads very well. But not this one. Not one bit.
So remember when I said I care about no one in the entire film? Wait. I take that back. I cared more for the guy on the seal team who asks Maya "Are you sure about this intel, cause we lost some guys on another mission trying to catch OBL." That guy I care about - too bad he had 5 minutes of screen time and the rest went to Maya the mouth.
Mark Strong's intense entrance as a director in the CIA couldn't even save this pile.
Poorly acted. No director showed up to this set. The writer had NO respect for the audience. Save your money. Rent on DVD so you can turn off after you become disengaged (eta. 15 minutes. Tops)
The end.