Monday, November 26, 2012

Zero Dark Thirty



Bin Laden Movie CRITICIZES Obama: Viewers See Graphic Scene of CIA Waterboarding Terrorist - Before President Says: 'I Don't Believe In Torture' -- Daily Mail

* Republicans initially worried movie would show Obama in positive light
* First viewings of controversial film took place this weekend
* Obama only featured in news clip where he says he is against torture
* Comes after 15 minutes of CIA agents waterboarding terror suspects
* Director Kathryn Bigelow fights back at critics, saying she never asked for nor does she think she received any classified information

President Obama is cast in a negative light in the upcoming movie about the Osama bin Laden raid as it opens with 15 graphic minutes of a terror suspect being waterboarded.

Moments later, the screen flashes to a news interview of the then-President elect talking about how he does not believe in torture.

Conservatives were quick to criticize the film Zero Dark Thirty, preemptively proclaiming that it would prove to be a campaign tool for President Obama, but now select critics have actually seen the film, political pundits may be forced to eat their words.

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Update: Zero Dark Thirty: The Girl Who Got bin Laden -- Richard Corliss, Time

My Comment
: The trailer looks good.

1 comment:

D.Plowman said...

The film itself is terrible. Truly bad.