Zero Dark Thirty (Journal 4)

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The scene that I thought was the most important was when Jessica traveled to Camp Chapman to meet Balawi. The scene started around fifty minutes into the film. This scene shows how important it was to the American undercover agents to capture Osama Bin Laden. Jessica was ready to get as much as information as she could from Balawi so that the United States military could capture and kill Bin Laden. I think that this scene was one of the most intense scenes of the movie. Jessica and her team weren’t even sure if Balawi was going to show up as they had been waiting for a while. When the car finally came rolling in with dust surrounding it, Jessica was ecstatic. But then, the officials wouldn’t let the car in because of safety reasons. At that moment, I was sure something bad was bound to happen at Camp Chapman. I soon saw a close-up of Jessica’s face and saw that she was happy to see the car at the base. That was reassuring to see that she wasn’t worried even when the car was allowed to pass through. Jessica would finally be able to get the information in order to capture and kill Osama Bin Laden. She and Maya had been working up to that moment during the content of the film. A twist of events happened soon after the car approached Jessica and her team and killed them all. If this had not happened, the film and the real-life events would have been different. This scene showed the turn of events that happened and how it affected the rest of the film. Maya was then left to find out the rest of the information about Bin Laden and where he was.