Zero Dark Thirty

Having seen this movie at least four times for a couple of different classes and for personal pleasure, I feel like I have a new understanding of it now after taking a War Story class. For me, I feel like the story is very well told, but that is also because I was not there and I do not know what the exact true story is.

There are many ethical problems that arise in this movie, but the most interesting to me is the ethical problem of torture. In the beginning of the movie, when they are torturing the man for information, I felt like if it was me torturing him, I would not have been able to go through with it. I almost feel like it is a little bit torturous for the audience to watch. The film's depiction of torture also seems very accurate, and it is very graphic. The ethical problem with torture to me is that I cannot understand how they know that a person has information when they are repeatedly saying that they do not. It is crazy to me that someone would go through all of that pain and suffering just to retain information for someone they are so loyal to, who probably would not be as loyal to them.

I think that this film is important in teaching people what really goes on in war, so that people are less likely to be "all in" in their support of war. I believe that many people support our wars without knowing exactly what goes on behind the scenes, and that is dangerous to the world because it makes people support things that they know nothing about.