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21. The movie was entirely about the chase for OBL after 9-11

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 10:29 PM

Feb 2013

Nothing, not a single scene, is set before 9-11.

So why the hell should they include it?

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Zero Dark Thirty is total propaganda [View all] noise Feb 2013 OP

I know a lot of Europeans have been very unimpressed with it Warpy Feb 2013 #1

CIA hero narratives are well received by US journalists noise Feb 2013 #2

It does, but any movie that told the truth Warpy Feb 2013 #4

Unless they had specific info on OBL, how would it have stopped it? graham4anything Feb 2013 #3

An honest movie noise Feb 2013 #5

OBL had others ? dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #6

That's why it's great they droned him. graham4anything Feb 2013 #8

OBL hasn't led what we call al-Qaeda for many years. leveymg Feb 2013 #11

AAK would have been dead then, instead of by drone.(Probably by bunker bomb). graham4anything Feb 2013 #12

Funny thing, SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #13

Yeah, I agree with what I said 100%. graham4anything Feb 2013 #14

No, I don't get someone SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #15

But who said what you said I said? graham4anything Feb 2013 #16

It was just a movie. 99Forever Feb 2013 #18

I didn't see it noise Feb 2013 #19

Oh the irony. 99Forever Feb 2013 #24

So what if it isn't a documentary? It still contains a message. white_wolf Feb 2013 #23

Very peculiar comments considering the Guy Fawkes mask n/t Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #27

Actually you are 100% wrong here. graham4anything Feb 2013 #28

Indeed. PM Martin Feb 2013 #20

The movie was entirely about the chase for OBL after 9-11 Godhumor Feb 2013 #21

The context of the movie is distorted noise Feb 2013 #22

And as for the movie generally.. sendero Feb 2013 #26

Ah bullshit... sendero Feb 2013 #25

Based on what? noise Feb 2013 #30

And this would differentiate it from other war-genre movies how? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #31

Anyone remember this? green for victory Feb 2013 #32