Civil War - Movie Review | A Harrowing Satire That Feels All-Too-Real
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- My Review of Alex Garland's Civil War Starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeney, Nick Offerman and Jesse Plemmons.
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Moura is so underrated
It’s my most anticipated of the year, I can’t wait!
Hope you enjoy it Matt. Keen to hear your thoughts on it once you’ve seen it. X
>soberingly realistic
>California and Texas working together.
Choose one.
this is a FICTIONAL movie. You can watch a fictional movie with aliens and superheroes, but not one with CA and TX working together? lol.
You clearly haven't seen the film.
This film will make so much money overseas since everyone abroad are fascinated with the idea of America collapsing
Well the rest of the world are spiteful assholes. How many times have they called on us to come fuck shit up because they couldn't take care of their business?
I would wonder if the politics all lean one way. Most people dont consider that in america we have a wide spread of ideas and motivations. Some folks seem to want to demonize a very large group of people, and forget that they are actually people.
Oh, I absolutely expect it to be anti conservative fear porn.
Great review. Definitely something I enjoyed albeit hard to watch
Harrowing? Harrow - is it me you're rooking for?
(I'll go now.)
03 23 is not just a film, its about to be a reality.
As an American, real talk, this actually could happen. Can't wait to see it with all the controversy!
Hope you enjoy it c
Love Garland films. Ex Machina rulez! If it's half as good as 28 days later then it'll still be fuckin awesome. Cailee Spaeney is in this? did'nt even recognise her - she's Priscilla right?
A friend wants me to go see this with her but, frankly, it looks too intense and realistic to me, already considerably shellshocked by real life politics here in the US. Your review confirms that. Maybe after the election i could handle it better - depending on the outcome.
Yeah shellshocked is the perfect word to describe how I felt as I left the cinema. The film came down on me like a tonne of bricks x
@@LukeHearfieldI keep having this feeling the movie doesn’t necessarily end on a happy note. :/
@@mattcollins3591 yeah nothing about this film is a happy experience.
How are you getting that is a satire?
How else would you read it? The next closest thing would be a documentary x
The film trades on the Left's fantasy of impending civil war in the US - where the other side appears to be the masses who disagree with them. In this confused mess of a film, Texas and California are one side. Most of America in the center has wisely decided to pass on this war, leaving us wondering what the bozos on the East Coast are fighting over - which, spoiler alert - is never described. Chalk this up to the faux Profundity that in war, reason fades and simple violence takes over? Wow. Most of the flick is a road trip of 4 war journalists who get into harrowing escapes, except they foolishly get themselves into these situations. So much for experienced war journalists. Then there is this utterly predictable trope of how covering wars corrodes one's emotional foundations. As if this one has not been worked over in several films. Anyway, there is this Oedipal struggle between the older female war photographer and the young aspiring female war photographer, which is resolved by a plot development so predictable that there could have been cue cards added. Lots of guns and shooting and explosions at the end. Somebody wins...or something. A disturbing and timely political movie? At best, a trite and second rate action film
Im afraid to see this movie it might make me want to buy a few dozen more guns after the film is over 😂.
Better than Dune part two
are you serious?
All the published reviews single out Dunst and say she's phenomenal, and well...of course she always is, but I can't wait!
Yeah she’s pretty good in this. Very understated performance from her. But everybody is good.
Her husband (Plemmons) steals the film I’d say x
@@LukeHearfield I mean he steals a scene because it's a scenery-chewing scene & he's always great. But she's the vehicle for the film's themes! I have actually seen it lol, I can't wait for others to. I thought she was fantastic, and surprisingly (high bar) I think...one of her very best. I was happy to see that even the most negative reviews highlighted her because I do think the depth in her performances *makes* the film.
This is a sh!t review if it's meant to be for people who are thinking of seeing the film. Spoilers aren't just the ending.
Sorry if you found it spoilery - that was not my intention. Just so I don’t repeat the same mistakes in the future what about this vid did you consider a spoiler? I didn’t think I had any in it but sometimes different people find things spoilery which other don’t. Any feedback you can give would be appreciated. Sorry if I spoiled things for you - that was not at all my intention as a reviewer.
@@LukeHearfield Cheers & thanks for asking. I only got half way through your video but you were giving all the actual story beats away, I'm going to see the film next weekend (after the release date) and would be happy to discuss finer details in a Have Seen It review as opposed to a Go See It review. (Film Threat are good at telling the difference). Cheers Again.
@@RoverIAC ahhhh I see. Thats fair - and actually really helpful feedback. Okie dokie, I’ll shall refrain from giving too many story beats away in the future ☺️👍🏻
Much appreciated friend - hope you enjoy the film xx
Subscrbed.
All the reviews seem to read, "Well, it's provocative, but it really isn't. But it is..."
"The movie aims to open a discussion and a dialogue between people of all walks of life" - Comments section closed.
From what I gather, the "cause" of the conflict isn't really touched upon because it has been raging for a while and we are witnessing the end of it all, so to rehash it would be unrealistic in-movie, and that I can appreciate. I just hope it isn't a lecture.
I'd buy you a drink if we bumped into each other in a bar. Your jib is cut well.
Haven't seen 'Civil War' yet, but controversial opinion: I think 'Men' is Garland's best film.
The ending was too out there for me personally
Oooooh wow, it wouldn’t be my fav but I respect you if it’s yours. Hope you like civil war x
@@LukeHearfield Let me guess......'Annihilation'?
@@rowanc88 actually l think it’s still Ex Machina - love that film.