Well, let me tell you, I seen a lot of pictures in my day. But that Zero Dark Thirty, that one got me thinkin’. It’s ’bout catchin’ that bad guy, you know, the one they was all lookin’ for after them towers fell down. Reminds me of some other movies I seen, kinda like it, but not quite the same.
Now, if you liked that Zero Dark Thirty movie, you might like some others I know about. They got that same kinda feelin’, you know? That suspense, that worryin’ about what’s gonna happen next. Makes your heart go pitter-patter, I tell ya.

- The Hurt Locker – This one, it’s about them soldier boys, you know them fellas who defuses them bombs. That’s a scary job, I always say. Just like that Zero Dark Thirty, this one will have you holdin’ your breath.
- Argo – Oh, I seen this one. It’s about some folks tryin’ to get outta a country where they ain’t wanted. Lots of sneakin’ around, just like in Zero Dark Thirty.
You know, that Zero Dark Thirty, it weren’t called that at first. They was gonna call it somethin’ else. Somethin’ about God and Country. But then they changed it to Zero Dark Thirty. Sounds kinda spooky, don’t it? They say it’s some kinda military talk, somethin’ about early mornin’ before the sun comes up. And it’s about all that secret stuff they was doin’ tryin’ to catch that bad fella. Took ’em ten years, I heard!
I seen it on that Netflix thing, you know, that thing on the TV where you can watch all them shows. They say you can also get it on that Apple TV, or Google somethin’ or other. I don’t know much about them things. My grandson, he showed me how to use it.
They got a whole bunch of these kinda movies, I reckon. I seen one called The Kingdom. It’s got lots of action, boom, boom, bang, bang, you know. If you like that kinda thing, you’ll like that one, I bet. Lots of chase and shootin’ just like them old western movies, but different kind of people, you know.
They say there’s like, sixty-eight movies like Zero Dark Thirty. Sixty-eight! Can you believe that? I can’t even count that high. But that’s what they say. Some website called, uh, Letterboxd? Sounds like somethin’ you’d put in the mail, don’t it? They say it’s made by some folks in, where was it? Aotearoa New Zealand. That’s a long way from here, I tell ya. They got all this information from somethin’ called TMDb. I don’t know what that is, but it sounds important.
Sometimes, these movies, they get all mixed up, you know? They put in things that ain’t real, just to make it more excitin’, I guess. Like them twisty things and characters that ain’t like real people. They call that, uh, convolutin’ the reality. Fancy words for just makin’ stuff up, I reckon.

There’s some other movies, but they’re in a different language, you know. Somethin’ like, “Der Mann, der niemals lebte.” Sounds German to me. I don’t understand it, but I guess some folks do. And another one called “Machtlos.” Sounds like somethin’ you’d yell at a bad dog, don’t it? But I guess it’s a movie too, like Zero Dark Thirty.
That Zero Dark Thirty movie, it’s a sad one, you know? Makes you think about all that fightin’ and all them people gettin’ hurt. They say it’s about what happened after them towers fell, and how it changed things. Makes you wonder if all that fightin’ is worth it, you know?
If you like them spy movies, you know, the ones with all that secret stuff, you’ll probably like these movies like Zero Dark Thirty. They got lots of that, you know, people sneakin’ around, whisperin’ secrets, tryin’ to figure things out. Keeps you guessin’, that’s for sure. Just like in real life sometime when you try to figure out what the neighbor is up to.
I remember when I was a little girl, we didn’t have all these fancy movies. We just had the radio, and sometimes we’d go to town to see a picture show. It weren’t nothin’ like Zero Dark Thirty, though. Those were simpler times, I guess. But these new movies, they sure do make you think.
So, if you’re lookin’ for a movie to watch, and you liked that Zero Dark Thirty, you might wanna check out some of these others. Just be prepared, they might keep you up at night, thinkin’ about all that stuff. And they might make you a little sad, too. But that’s okay, sometimes it’s good to think about them things, even if they’re a little hard to watch, you know what I mean? It’s like eatin’ your vegetables, ain’t nobody like it but it is good for you.
