The Movie Recommendation Thread

[W.G.Ewald]

Is it a coincidence ? I too saw it last night.

I found some parts contradictory..like the narrator saying the polio campaign was a failure..But hasnt the US gov said that polio campaign was a huge step in verifying the occupier of that compound was in fact UBL ?

It succeeded in the latter respect, but in Pakistan extremists are assassinating members of vaccination teams. The doctor who confirmed UBL's presence in the compound is still in a Pakistani prison, as far as I know.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

downloading it.

What?

 

[Singh]

Four lions

One of the funniest movies ever.

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[W.G.Ewald]

Recommend 11/10. Saw it last night and will see it again. Makes me want to read extensively about tradecraft.

Links to several articles on tradecraft here:

Tradecraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[sayareakd]

funny movie "tropical thunder"

 

[prahladh]

funny movie "tropical thunder"

Superb movie. I wasn't sure if that guy was Tom cruise. First time watching him dance

 

[sayareakd]

What?

i meant to say that i am downloading that movie.

 

[aragorn]

Superb movie. I wasn't sure if that guy was Tom cruise. First time watching him dance

yeah when i saw at the first time i too was confused. but then in credits i saw his name...

 

[sob]

i meant to say that i am downloading that movie.

so you just did something not so lawful......................................... I just welcomed myself to the club.

 

[opesys]

Recommend 11/10. Saw it last night and will see it again. Makes me want to read extensively about tradecraft.

Really ? The movie is only about a particular clue and how it lead to the capture of OBL. There was a lot more that could have included in the movie. The real disappointing thing is that the final operation that is shown...looks half baked. Because the movie is called Zero Dark Thirty (thirty minutes after midnight ? ) so I was expecting a little more details of the final capture part. There is nothing about the additional two Chinooks and how the SEALS of the downed chopper were flown back to the base.... 6/10 IMHO.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Really ? The movie is only about a particular clue and how it lead to the capture of OBL. There was a lot more that could have included in the movie. The real disappointing thing is that the final operation that is shown...looks half baked. Because the movie is called Zero Dark Thirty (thirty minutes after midnight ? ) so I was expecting a little more details of the final capture part. There is nothing about the additional two Chinooks and how the SEALS of the downed chopper were flown back to the base.... 6/10 IMHO.

The identification and tracking of UBL's courier made up much of the story. There was no "capture" of course because UBL was killed. The presence of the little children and killing of a woman certainly added tragedy. Nothing was shown about the handling of UBL's corpse after he was identified by Maya. And the last scene of Maya in the C-130 in tears was not credible to me.

Finally, ZD30 is not getting the expected awards because of Hollywood liberals and their aversion to what they call torture.

By the way, any "Sopranos" fans will note that James Gandolfini has gained quite a bit of weight.

 

[Daredevil]

A little bit about the CIA lady behind the OBL's capture

Zero Dark Thirty: Did the real woman behind the bin Laden raid get passed over for promotion because of a rude 'reply-all'? [/B

AP Photo/Columbia Pictures, Jonathan Olley

In Zero Dark Thirty, the movie out next week on the hunt for bin Laden, an agent named "Maya" (as played above by actress Jessica Chastain) is portrayed as being the key force behind finding Osama bin Laden. "Maya" is based on a real-life agent referred to as "Jen" in the book "No Easy Day."
In No Easy Day, Matt Bissonnette, the Navy SEAL who wrote the book detailing the assassination of Osama bin Laden, credits "Jen" a feisty female CIA analyst for leading them to the al-Qaeda leader.

In Zero Dark Thirty, the upcoming movie on the hunt for bin Laden, the agent is named "Maya" and focuses on her decade-long hunt for the elusive terrorist.

A U.S. Navy SEAL team shot the al-Qaeda mastermind dead in May 2011 after a stealth raid on his compound in Pakistan.

No one knows the female agent's real name, but The Washington Post revealed Tuesday that all the attention she is getting is annoying colleagues at the Central Intelligence Agency.

The operative, who remains undercover, was passed over for a promotion many in the agency thought would be impossible to withhold from someone who played such a key role in one of the most successful operations in agency history, the paper reported.

The Washington Post profile says colleagues were jealous of the attention she was getting.

The woman has also sparred with colleagues over credit for the bin Laden mission.

The Washington Post said this spring she was awarded the agency's Distinguished Intelligence Medal while dozens of others were given lesser awards.

A former CIA official told the paper that the agent hit "reply all" and in essence said, "You guys tried to obstruct me. You fought me. Only I deserve the award."

The agent has also come under scrutiny for her contacts with filmmakers and others about the bin Laden mission, part of a broader internal inquiry into the agency's cooperation on the new movie and other projects.

The female officer, who is in her 30s, is the model for the main character, played by Jessica Chastain, in Zero Dark Thirty.

The character Maya is portrayed as a gifted operative attached to the CIA's office in Islamabad. She spends years pursuing her conviction that al-Qaeda's courier network would lead to bin Laden, a theory that proves correct.

After a female colleague is killed in an attack on a CIA compound in Afghanistan, Maya describes her purpose in near-messianic terms: "I believe I was spared so I could finish the job."

Colleagues said the on-screen depiction captures the woman's dedication and combative temperament.

"She's not Miss Congeniality, but that's not going to find Osama bin Laden," a former CIA associate told The Washington Post. The associate added the attention from filmmakers sent waves of envy through the agency's ranks.

"The agency is a funny place, very insular," the former official said. "It's like middle-schoolers with clearances."

The agency is a funny place, very insular. It's like middle-schoolers with clearances

Officials said the woman was given a cash bonus for her work on the bin Laden mission and has moved on to a new counterterrorism assignment, The Washington Post reported. They declined to say why the promotion was blocked.

The move stunned the woman's former associates, despite her abrasive reputations.

"Do you know how many CIA officers are jerks?" the former official told the paper.

"If that was a disqualifier, the whole national clandestine service would be gone."

The woman is not allowed to talk to journalists, but she met scriptwriter Mark Boal to discuss her role in tracking bin Laden.

Zero Dark Thirty, which is directed by Oscar winner Katherine Bigelow, has stirred up considerable controversy, with some claiming it's too journalistic — the filmmakers learned of confidential identities and details in their liaisons with the military.

It began when the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained records from the Defence Department and the CIA that detailed meetings in which Michael Vickers, under secretary of defence for intelligence, allegedly provided the identity of the commander of SEAL Team 6 — the unit that killed bin Laden — and of tactical planning on the raid.

Peter King, the New York Republican who chairs the House of Representatives' homeland security committee, then raised questions over the making of the film. The Pentagon and CIA have conducted internal investigations.

"If anything, I'm much more concerned than I was originally," said Mr. King, citing a continuing investigation with the Defence Department.

"People in the military were being pressured to co-operate with Hollywood and Hollywood was given access to areas of personnel it shouldn't have access to."

The White House, which some believed was eager to glamorize President Barack Obama's role in the raid, has called the claims false. (Mr. Obama's ordering of the raid isn't even depicted in the film.)

Leon Panetta, the former CIA director (played by James Gandolfini in the film), now Defence Secretary, told the Senate in June no unauthorized information was provided to the filmmakers.

The Department of Defence routinely provides information to reputable filmmakers

Lieutenant Colonel James Gregory, a Defence Department spokesman, said the hour-long meeting with the filmmakers was part of a "system that has been in place for many, many years" to ensure Hollywood has the necessary background to represent the military accurately.

"The Department of Defence routinely provides information to reputable filmmakers," he said. "In this case, one meeting occurred where we provided some strategic context and explored possibilities of providing some assistance. However, no assistance was ever provided to the filmmakers."

Zero Dark Thirty will be released in Canadian cinemas on Jan. 11, 2013.

National Post, with files from The Associated Press

Zero Dark Thirty: Did the real woman behind the bin Laden raid get passed over for promotion because of a rude ‘reply-all’? | World | News | National Post

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Leon Panetta, the former CIA director (played by James Gandolfini in the film), now Defence Secretary, told the Senate in June no unauthorized information was provided to the filmmakers.

James Gandolfini sent Leon Panetta an apology after playing him in “Zero Dark Thirty” - NYPOST.com

Gandolfini told guests at the National Board of Review Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street Tuesday, while presenting Kathryn Bigelow with the best director award. He added screenwriter Mark Boal had told him Panetta wanted his number but "doesn't know how to get in touch . . . This is the head of the CIA."

 

[binayak95]

Saw a great movie: Kingdom of Heaven. I would recommend it for anyone who likes medieval settings around the crusades.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Saw a great movie: Kingdom of Heaven. I would recommend it for anyone who likes medieval settings around the crusades.

Good movie but Orlando Bloom is always miscast as a tough guy.

More realistic when he is a pussy like Paris in Troy.

 

[KS]

Good movie but Orlando Bloom is always miscast as a tough guy.

More realistic when he is a pussy like Paris in Troy.

Be warned: You are talking of Legolas....

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Speaking of Troy, this is funny:

Occupation: Girl - Troy in Fifteen Minutes

 

[binayak95]

Be warned: You are talking of Legolas....

So you are a fan of LOTR

 

[KS]

So you are a fan of LOTR

The greatest fantasy movie ever made.

 

[sayareakd]

"marrying man" if you want to watch romantic movie