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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
What happened to Kathryn Bigelow? How exactly did she go from being this fairly mediocre genre-movie director to a highly talented director of beautiful moving films?
It wasn't so long ago that I checked out "Near Dark" (review here). It had a few fun moments, but the central romance was laughably thin and the film as a whole was a bit shoddy to be quite frank. While it was a long time ago now, I can't imagine that my low opinion of "Point Break" will have changed much either. I cannot even begin to understand how "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty" are even from the same director. There's just no comparison. These are much better crafted films.
"Zero Dark Thirty" and "The Hurt Locker" are inevitably going to have to be compared. They are both connected with the US 'war on terror' and both make use of a similar somewhat macho style. What limits "Zero Dark Thirty" somewhat is its connection with real events.
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What happened to Kathryn Bigelow? How exactly did she go from being this fairly mediocre genre-movie director to a highly talented director of beautiful moving films?
It wasn't so long ago that I checked out "Near Dark" (review here). It had a few fun moments, but the central romance was laughably thin and the film as a whole was a bit shoddy to be quite frank. While it was a long time ago now, I can't imagine that my low opinion of "Point Break" will have changed much either. I cannot even begin to understand how "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty" are even from the same director. There's just no comparison. These are much better crafted films.
"Zero Dark Thirty" and "The Hurt Locker" are inevitably going to have to be compared. They are both connected with the US 'war on terror' and both make use of a similar somewhat macho style. What limits "Zero Dark Thirty" somewhat is its connection with real events.
( Read more... )
