tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post3314340170196182235..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Zero Dark Thirty and absolutely no backstoryMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-41839441034779712182013-02-22T16:06:15.734-05:002013-02-22T16:06:15.734-05:00I hope to see it soon.I hope to see it soon.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-38910997930014224732013-02-22T13:26:17.561-05:002013-02-22T13:26:17.561-05:00I didn't find them that bad to watch either......I didn't find them that bad to watch either... and maybe that's the main reason waterboarding is so controversial. It doesn't *look* that bad. But is actually horrible for the one experiencing it.<br /><br />I didn't read up on the controversy, but I think it's more about whether or not the torture led to any real intelligence. From the little bits I read, some of that was constructed in the movie to get a through line to the plot... I did see a TV doc on the hunt for Bin Laden and they indicated that that piece of the movie plot was pure fiction. And that finding that courier had nothing to do with anything gleaned from torture. Or at least that it was pure speculation.<br /><br />Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-89732549502004391092013-02-22T13:08:16.595-05:002013-02-22T13:08:16.595-05:00Eileen, the torture scenes are really not that bad...Eileen, the torture scenes are really not that bad... I'm not sure why there is such controversy over them, Game of Thrones on any given week is far more violent, <br /><br />And as a character Maya is awesome. Steph, you're right, that scene where she says she was recruited right out of school, and she says she's done nothing else but look for Bin Laden since.. and the look on her face when she says it... man, awesome!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-72389136737160220572013-02-22T12:47:05.384-05:002013-02-22T12:47:05.384-05:00You are so dead on. She's why that movie works...You are so dead on. She's why that movie works.<br />I remember at some point she ways she was recruited out of high school...<br /><br />Oh, wait. Steph's already said that. :) Great minds think alike. That one tiny detail, for me too, was fascinating. Fascinating.<br /><br />Eileen... There are only 1 or maybe 2 torture scenes... And they are waterboarding. And near the beginning. And not that long. The film is worth seeing for sure.<br /><br />Both Katherine Bigelow and Ben Affleck were totally robbed of Oscar nominations. I don't understand...<br /><br />Interesting about the Reacher example. I think you're right. I haven't read those books (MUST) but I've heard the introduction of his character used as an example in writing workshops, so it must be awesome. Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-68856818323660037792013-02-22T11:42:17.640-05:002013-02-22T11:42:17.640-05:00I haven't seen it yet. I'm a little trepid...I haven't seen it yet. I'm a little trepidatious because of what I've heard of the torture scenes. <br /><br />Characters with no back story? I definitely can think of a movie example or two. In books, the only thing that comes to mind right away is Jack Reacher in the Lee Childs books. I don't think we know anything except his military background. i could be wrong about that.<br /><br />In any case, none of them are women. None. Very interesting.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-1530255313077831882013-02-22T11:27:22.409-05:002013-02-22T11:27:22.409-05:00Oh Sinead... I'm still thinking about Maya - a...Oh Sinead... I'm still thinking about Maya - and I saw the movie 3 weeks ago. <br /><br />In an interview with Ellen Jessica said this was the only movie she could recall with a woman lead - where she was only identified by 1 thing - her work. Not a man, not a parent or child. <br /><br />Just her and the work. That was fascinating to me. That she got recruited out of high school was fascinating to me. I mean seriously? What is she doing in high school - that the CIA finds her and tags her.<br /><br />I knew this SAT test were rigged!<br /><br />The only character I've been more blown away by is Carrie in Homeland (I know - I'm seasons behind.)<br /><br />And of course they are both based on the same woman. The actual crazy ass woman that's out there somewhere now going after someone else. <br /><br />I would pay 1,000,000 to sit down and have dinner with this woman. Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.com