Analysing films

I did manage to see the two Oscar nominations, of this year- Argo and Zero Dark Thirty. I thought, in short both are over hyped movies. Why? read on! Let me first take on the more hyped Zero Dark Thirty. Catherine Bigelow has for quite some time been staking claim; this is not a documentary and is more a feature film from the perspective of the protagonist, Maya (Jessica Chastain). Several classified documents from the CIA seems to have been ravelled through to produce the film. What does not strike with the movie? Quite predictable and each scene spills the outcome of the next. Typically, with films of these genres where the final outcome is know the process is important. For instance in a movie like "All the President's Men" or "Kennedy" the final outcome is known, the Watergate Scandal and the assassination of President Kennedy respectively. However, in both cases there is a painstaking attempt to make the movie evolve and make viewers run thro