Hollywood versions and that much of the behavior, attitudes, tactics and gear were inaccurate....did you observe any of this? Also, I read the book, did anyone else read the book and if so will I be disappointed greatly with the movie?
Well, I've never been an interrogator or a Navy SEAL, so I really can't comment with any knowledge on most of that. But I am an AF vet, and one thing I did notice- the plane that Maya boarded to leave Afghanistan at the end of the movie was a C-130. When have you EVER seen a C-130 in a movie? For the past two decades, to the extent that airlifters are seen onscreen at all, it's always been a C-17 or a C-5. The 130, despite being far and away the most ubiquitous bird in our inventory, just isn't "sexy" enough, I guess. But they showed one here. I thought that was a nice touch.
As for the rest, it all seemed pretty realistic to me, especially compared to some others. Last week, I watched the first 20 minutes of "Seal Team Six", which covers a lot of the same subject matter. It played like an Obama campaign commercial. I turned it off because it was just too sensational and unbelievable, but I fully suspect that at the end, the POTUS suits up with the SEALS and personally delivers the killshot to OBL.
ZDT, OTOH, was very apolitical. The interrogation and torture scenes are depicted as horrible and gruesome, but necessary- the CIA doesn't find OBL without them. And in the later years when the politicians crack down on these tactics, the CIA's job becomes that much harder. The raid itself is hyper-realistic, and really delivers that "you are there" feel. There is no music, no slo-mo, no "matrix"-syle bullet-time, no special effects at all. It's all business, and really conveys the ruthless efficiency with which our Special Forces do their job. I thought it was awesome.
