Civil War Movie Review: One of the Scariest War Films Ever Made?
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2024
- A24 is the only movie studio I know of that’s picked up a cult following of its own. Their brand has become one of the most trusted among discerning film fans, delivering a slew of interesting, provocative movies that fit all genres. In some ways, they are a throwback to an older kind of filmmaking in that they’ve never focused on chasing franchises and have always been filmmaker-focused. They’ve always taken risks, and it’s paid off more than it hasn’t. However, their latest film, Civil War, is arguably their riskiest movie, sporting their biggest budget (north of $50 million) and subject matter that could be seen as a bit of a political powder keg.
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The Plemons scene is easily the most white knuckled scene I’ve seen in years.
Jesse Plemons was scary af.
He’s the best part of the film IMO. No one plays a psycho like him
It feels that most of the controversy is that some people are demanding that the movie not be apolitical, that it gives justification for their way of thinking, and the movie basically goes 'Nope', chaos is the order of the day in any war.
I think the trailer deliberately baited people into this, so we'll see how that works out at the box office. So far the "libtard" faction is not pleased, but more neutral parties are mostly happy with it. I have yet to see "right tard" reactions, but that should be interesting since they were really turned off by the trailer.
That’s the thing that makes me want to see it the most. The fact they didn’t go the obvious “orange man bad” route everyone thought they’d take.
@@deathbymazdaha! You should see the gotcha questions being asked of Kirsten Dunst and Nick Offerman by “reporters” at the screening.
Irrelevant, we use North Korea as a replacement for China in a number of movies, but everyone knows what is actually up.
This movie is no different.
yea it was good to make the resistance not just "white sup rightwing extremist"...but it was politicial bc the main protagonists worked for reuters mainstream media..the main enemies of our western countries were the heroes in the movie
I think trying to not portray it from the pov of the left or the right was the good call. A civil war would be bad for everyone, left or right. Its war. Its not pretty or glorious. Everyone suffers.
Why even us the US if you're just making a fantasy?
I'm from the UK but I imagine it's so it hits home harder. The film is meant to be a warning, using the US reinforces that warning.
but the state diviison does not make sense
It’s not bad for anyone who wants freedom.
@@rustybollocks3827 b/c you're the biggest war machine humans have ever had to endure...but hey...you got white hats...
I don’t know why people can’t accept that if something is SO bad that yes, rivals can and would align to take down a common enemy. Doesn’t mean they’re best friends.
Common sense isn’t so common anymore
sadly it never has been
Not a chance in hell
This is why I don’t believe something like this would never actually happen and is just a fantasy. Realistically they would actually work together if they both tried to succeed from the country.
@@Human-shapedbeing exactly
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
I’ve been to war and I think it’s great for Americans to see the violence of combat on their own soil. We often only see curated images of conflict in far away places so it’s nebulous for the average American.
Ok Joe biden
Funny how the Government and media hide the atrocities of it, as do people from themselves. If people saw the carnage things would soon be way more petty.
LOVED THE SCENE WHERE : In the middle of a shooting War ........ The Girls take time out to try on a dress and do some shopping ! EVERY CHAUVINIST IN THE THEATER WAS LAUGHING THEIR AZZ OFF !!!
interesting giving such a high rating from Chris B, looked ballsy and well shot from the trailers and Garland is soo under-rated, his MEN was an 'almost' masterpiece
I'm shocked that Hollywood didn't go down the Blue state vs Red state route. It's encouraging to see that Hollywood isn't completely an echo chamber.
A24 might not be Hollywood, but more of an independent branch
This isn't Hollywood. You think Hollywood would greenlight this? Hell no.
It's a A24 movie so I'm not suprised.. By now people should know that they have nothing to do with Hollywood. They are doing their own thing and its GREAT
That's because Garland and A24 aren't Hollywood shills.
A24 , not Disney or Sony.
Remember, this is SPECULATIVE FICTION.
For now.
Republicans will propably win. They have guns and dems have wokeism
republicans will win the coming war: they have lots of gun while dems have only lots of pronouns ;)
I saw this - I didn’t think it had much of a plot tbh. They don’t go into any details about the war at all, and it’s basically just a road movie that goes from scene to scene. The controversial topic was enough to get me interested but wasn’t enough to carry the movie. I really can’t tell you what it was about, one of the photojournalist coming to terms with the job and starting to enjoy it?
All it did was remind me that Children of Men is a *much* better movie. That had the same feeling but a griping plot and some outstanding camera work and performances.
Can’t tell you what it’s about?
Did you even see it?
It's difficult, their hands are tied in so many ways to create this situation without pissing people off. Nobody wants to see more Trump Bashing, and it sure couldn't go the other way either. So ya it has to walk a super tight rope.
Children of Men is a classic...
That's what I was afraid of
@@Wolfsheim23afraid to offend. I'll forget it in a day or so.
The fact that Jesse was so reckless and not at all confronted about it really annoyed the shit out of me. Her actions resulted in death of characters and no one brought it up.
Definitely going to see this in the theater. Looks fantastic and scary!
New to your channel. Great review - thanks!
Someone hasn’t seen Come and See.
Oh yeah....... Its wild that people watch civil war and think it shows the horrors of war.......
I cant wait for the sequel, Civil War Canada. Where Quebec and Alberta put aside their differences in order to attack Prince Edward on his Island.
😂😂😂
That’s hilarious
Movie Voice "The road to Avonlea is paved with blood"
with the seemingly horrible things going on in Canadia from the Trudeau being a tyrant to the truckers being called n-zi's and being debanked for no reason, to WEF people in the govt. to people, especially a young health woman lately, being actually helped in killing themselves by the government when they can be helped by some compassion and medical intervention etc...
@@songman Oh no someone called the truckers a name 🫣 We have to learn to become immune to name calling. Frankly, if I had to pick between the Soviets, a multicultural America, and the Nazis, I’ll choose the latter.
I like the idea. It just hits a little too close to home.
It's just a movie. Reality is much worse. US, is quite literally in exact same spot as USSR in 1987. Crippling debt, total social polarity, collapse of just about of all credibility into social institutions, be it news or schools, massive and impossibly expensive global Empire, what costs trillions, and so on. It's really bad.
That's the point of the movie though, to make it feel so close to home because it IS. Plus, it's a love letter to journalists and Alex Garland and many others have said, this is what will happen with the death of a free press etc. maybe not a civil war but well, you've probably heard the quote from Jefferson.
?? Which idea is that
@@jimjones9239 The idea of a 2nd US civil war.
Well the IRL war is gonna happen, so not capitalize right before it hits.
Good video Chris as always!
I keep hearing everyone say how scary "Civil War" is. I have been in war zones and this film was tame. I understand Alex Garland tried to make this film apolitical, and I know why. You don't want to split your audience in half and then alienate one side. However, by breaking it into 5 factions, the suspension of disbelief was so difficult it felt like it was not America, but I was watching one of our sister english speaking nations with their 7-8 parties that are seperated by slight degrees of ideology. The danger of a civil war here in the US is the fact that it would split along ideological/political lines right down the center. Yes, there may be moderates, but as in modern political debates, they are shouted down, or in this case, frightened into going with the mob. That would be truly terrifying. IF you think watching Jesse Plemmons as some unhinged guy killing people unopposed with his brother, wait until you see a Mob whipped up into a bloodlust going house to house dragging their neighbors out into tne street and killing them. And then when they run out of victims they start turning on their own. That is fear.
As deadpool once said
' seriously dudes you CAN die, we can't '
Soo
' Get together and work together, remember
If you don't we'll kill every last human on Ceres '
Spoilers golf club penguins and cheese
' shut up dude '
Mary Poppins and the black hole bags 101
' if you utter one more sound weed examine your concept within our mind '
Yes
Ben Sailsbury and Geoff Barrow were actually going to record the score for Dredd, but Alex Garland went with Paul Leonard Morgan .They released the soundtrack DROKK. To me this film seems like Garlands film about the end of democracy in America before the Fascistic Judge system took over. Almost a prequel.
*Plot:* after events of Captain America Civil War and battle of Golden Gate Bridge, California and Texas declare war on President Ron Swanson which has Vietnam-Afghan War/Cuba-Venezuela War/Finno Korean Hyperwar/WW3/Russia-China War/WW4/North Korea-Iran War veteran Uncle Sam fight in Second, Third, and Fourth American Civil War against Bunker Hill, the Alamo, and Harpers Ferry separatists with Broadway’s and Hollywood’s militas
I def had mixed feelings as soon as I saw the trailer as well w our country being in the most divisive and sensitive I’ve known in my lifetime and though the last thing we need (same thoughts when Purge came out) is showcasing a world this possible but after your review I’ll go see
It was pretty good I enjoyed it
Great review ! I’m looking forward to seeing it.
went in blind to this movie, only knowing that A24 made it. it was TRAUMATIZING but so good! the scenes of DC being blown up and torn to shreds made me sob. Dunst as Lee was great, although I love Moura’s Joel way too much.
This movie is not scary at all. It's pathetic.
I find it funny the same people who created this movie are the same group of people who push more of the divide in the US.
Agreed, it was a pathetic explosion of ‘wokeness’ at its worse.
Yawn. I'm seeing Arcadian or the First Omen this weeekend.
One of the weak points is that we don't care as much as we should about the three main journalists. I guess the young a bit more, but then things change in Act III.
predictive programming
Angel studios also has its own following
Some men just want to watch the world burn
Those selfish men need to take a dirt nap.
@Joblo can you do Push? The movie with Chris Evans
After a 4 days and some reflection as well as hearing some criticism and reviews of Alex Garland's new movie "Civil War," the most interesting part of it, and also, one of the parts that challenged me as a viewer, was that Garland refused to dumb the story down to make it easier to watch and comprehend the atrocity being displayed. THAT is filmmaking. And that is what has intrigued me the most since I watched it. A filmmaker actually refusing to make it easy on the viewer for once and making them think. I like it even more after.
My problem is the conflict doesnt make any sense, and that is literally the entire meat of the film. Not explaining the environment by which all motivation is supposedly guiding the characters of this film isnt mysterious or thought provoking - lts lazy af writing.....
@@MattBuild4no that’s the point of the movie, it doesn’t matter the origin of the conflict, the movie focuses on the result and the violence
@@jacksonprather199 But if you dont know why the conflict is occuring then it makes the violence seem really fake. Theres no motivation for either side to be in conflict. Then you add the hilarious action sequences that are generic ignorant hollywood.
And what results did we get exactly? You got a journo who has PTSD and desire to take the perfect photo, and dead mr president by the table. How did literally anything else get resolved exactly? Why does taking out Swanson magically stop the sniper battles from happening in rural towns for the future? See you never know the motivations for conflict, so theres no indication that any action actually leads to the conclusion of any conflict by the end of the movie.
@MattBuild4 how the conflict starts is pretty immaterial to the story lol. If you need spoonfed then a movie that makes you think is probably just not for you is all.
@@jacksonprather199😮 you wouldn't know good writing😮 if it detonated right in front of you😮 dude explain to me why are these soldiers fighting for the president😮 and the war's over we're like they're literally in DC😮 that is no different from the Nazis fighting in Germany but that made sense that you're surrounded by foreign army years and years of propaganda😮 you probably committed horrible crimes at this point so there's no going back😮 they don't give any context of this stuff you're just supposed to believe these people are going to die because the president told them to😮
This movie seems like a warning like the anti nuclear war 1983 The Day After.A warning to stop glorifying war and especially civil war.👍The writer shows that a civil war is horrible and nothing to glorify about.I wonder if the United States 🇺🇲reunites and rebuilds afterwards? This writer-director is underrated!
Does chat GPT wrote your scripts?
Culture is downstream from art.
It reminds me of the Robert Evans book.
Just watched it. I liked the concept and settings and it had good production design but the dialogue is stiff and feels forced. The ending is really disappointing too. It has good moments but I can’t recommend it to be honest.
I loved that movie
honestly It has the potential to develop into series
I want to see how the civil war started, how are the people in all fronts dealing with their current situation and the enventual aftermath of all this. Will there be another United States? Will the states become their own little republics? What about Mexico and Canada?
How on eart did Texas and California agreed to work together?! (My guess is that it was something similar to how the USA and the USSR joined forces during WW2. They didn't like each other but they worked togetehr towards a common goal)
I want to see the lives of the soldiers fighting in the front, the common people, familes separated because they were forced to pick a side
Clip I saw online looked like a tv movie. Wonder if they just gave all the money to the actors.
Its pretty gory, I thought it was PG-13 so it would be lame but when I found out it was R I was stoked lol
Bürgerkrieg....
Der Untergang....
Stark...
The scenes of devastation at Washington DC are reminiscent of Berlin in Oliver Hirschbiegel's epic film 🎬 Der Untergang (Downfall).
Der einzige Widerspruch liegt ausserhalb des Films: Was kommt zuerst!? Ein Atomwaffenangriff, der DC verwüstet, oder dieser?!
Very much like Quentin Tarantino....
Here, it's even more....
Epic, sporadic, intense, unmediated, eliminationist violence. Gunshots, grievous bullet wounds, blood loss, trauma and death. No scope of human agency. It's as if the origin of violence is transcendent. Negotiating terms without guns is fatal. Negotiating while wielding guns is futile and redundant. Therefore, make way for the sheer force & flow of violence.
The language....
Viktor Klemperer wrote ✍️ about LTI.... Lingua Tertii Imperii.... The language of the Third Reich. Similarly, English is now the language of war, _le Langue du Guerre_ .
for what it aimed to be, for me it does not match the heights of a film like Salvador (1986)
Everyone keeps talking about why would California and Texas would ally themselves. Answer is to go out of the major cities of both states. The cities do not vote or think in large part as people that live outside of them do.
True. If you look at a county by county voting map, there are no "Blue States". There are Blue cities and counties. The rest is Red. Just sayin'
There is also Florida that broke away as well
Just to create a movie that isn't trying to show Red or Blue as villains alienating half the audience. Which is smart. It doesn't need any other reason. The movie isn't our America. It's a version of America to tell a story and it does so, in the most logical way it can without pissing off everyone, which is EASILY could have pissed off sooo many people if it went that other way.
Its the same answer to why North Korea is used in place of China in movies.
@@sawtooth808 Florida Alliance is likely more than one state. Probably several states nearby or something like that.
I'm sold, gunna see it now, ty for the review
This must be THE film to watch this year. At last you get your 12 euros-worth of cinema ticket!
A24 must pay you. Embarrassing
Yeah we definitely need more division in this country
Hmmmm nobody was using drones?
Art should never be an answer but a question
Saw it twice. Awesome movie. A lot to chew on. I can't help but think of the first 40 minutes of Full Metal jacket and how this movie is the perfect 2nd half to it
Imagine: Claudia kicking ass and taking pics🤩
I like how they showed which side is evil .
Spoilers its the side with the neckbeards
I keep getting Kirsten Dunst and Claire Danes mixed up.
Is the movie good? Im patriotic and love the 🇺🇸 USA and all that and im a military veteran. I absolutely dont want to see a real civil war but this movie looks entertaining! I like the fact that its apolitical from what i read and heard? Should i go see it in a theater?
You can, just to find out that it is not apolitical. Woke movie with strong anti-MAGA, anti Trump undertones.
I see people say that this movie will be bad news for the USA but honestly the movie isn’t really about the war itself and uses it more as a setting and for some plot points, mild spoilers but I don’t even think we find out why the war started, the only information we get about the war is kinda like a cameo moment, like haha lol that special operation doesn’t exist anymore lol.
I mean damn most of the times we don’t even find out if the enemy’s in that moment are supposed to be liberal or republican, we can only geus.
But at the same time I’m not American so I can’t speak for them
I'm curious how they made an alliance between Texas and California (two ideologically opposite states) believable.
I doubt they'll explain anything about that, since its a move to distance this movie from current politics.
In one of the trailers they mention "3 term president", I think you can build up from there.
Millions of Conservatives in California. Millions of Libs in Texas.
You never find out and they never explain anything about it or how the war started
As far as I have understood it, both states could very well secede from the union and make it just fine on their own. Maybe they bonded over something like that.
Also, aren't they fighting for states right quite often?
This film is genius
i have not seen this film yet, but the union of texas and california defintely possible as some have said here that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, its not just world war 2 era either, in more recent years america aided the taliban and saddam hussein for years and then turned against them later. inside america, in recent years the IRA, earth first, the ANC, nation of islam, and various others supported the militias in montana and randy weaver and david koresh, because they were all fighting the federal government. this year robert evans who works with many armed secessionists is from texas and is currently based in oregon. he would called a liberal by many americans. yet he is also a gun collector.
it is a fact that USA is dissolving, but this movie like others such as BUSHWICK and THE HANDMAID'S TALE, and many others over decades are a warning that it can be very bad, but if this is done right, its can be a much easier dissolvement. i had relatives travel to and live in czech republic a few years ago, and things are much better there since their secession from slovakia in 1993. it was a adjustment, difficult but worth it. after USA is gone, it does not have to be a slaughter if we handle this well, new better nations can emerge, and isn't that an american tradition? the right to independence? the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
I'm amazed this is apolitical, but I've read that from several sources. When I saw the trailer, I was sure it would glorify one side. I will probably go see it now.
It really isn’t political whatsoever in fact it goes out of its way to make sure it isn’t political at all
I'm still shocked after seeing this. It felt like I'd just done another mission overseas. Just a POWERFUL Film
lol sure it was Jody
@jbninjah1776 Thank You, Fobbit
@jbninjah1776 Thanks So Much Fobbit!!!
@@jbninjah1776 Thanks Poog
It’s really telling how a lot of Maga types are losing their shit and getting offended at this movie for making the daring political statement of… _dictators bad._
The movie is explicitly avoiding being partisan by using completely nonsensical factions but Maga are so entrenched in their narrative that they can’t help seeing the dictator-under-siege as that orange slug who’s always on the tv.
This movie is great
People are freaking because war is coming to the front door! “ in this movie” but it’s not far-fetched! When you can’t afford anything including food, watching your family starve while people like and others go on making bad decisions eventually you’re going to do what it takes to take care of your family! Well, real men will! The rest will cry and say it’s not fair
Imagine how Iraqis, Afghan, Libyans americas ‘19th century” felt ! Just saying prepare for the worst, and hope for the best!
I can't wait to see it.
Movie really left a lot to be desired. Incredible action sequence at the end, but just so empty from a story telling and world building perspective. That being said Cailee Spaeny got that gyatt for sho lol.
I only hope this movie has a similar effect as The Day After did, it changed American views on nuclear war hopefully this will make people stop and think about our divisions and maybe work together.
But the media fuels distrust with lies and fake narratives. They want this
Now make the movie about how we come together without warning with one another and actually make this country better for families and for humanity
I know that when the dvd/bluray comes out I'm buying one.
well,Kristen Dunst looks scary,but beyond that.............
2 films I need to see this year... Dune 2 and this.
I like the ideal of the movie but it didn't go far enough with the Vice President. How the conflict began. To me it was just like The movie the purge. 4/10
Medium Cool is amazing
I heard that the reporter characters are detached with emotion about the USA collapsing and just covering the war to boost their journalism careers even though they are Americans? Not likable characters. Mabye the movie was designed that way? Apolitical and apathetic characters. This writer-director is brilliant!
spoilers dont read if you havent seen the movie yet BUT
i really enjoyed the closing act, when they just brute force the entire leadership to death
I hope Kirsten Dunst is happy with her paycheck this time.
Saw it last night ! BRILLIANT!
Modern day "THE BIRTH OF A NATION"
You misspelled "The Fall of an Empire"
Birth of a nation was obvious Confederate propaganda. This film doesn’t pick sides.
@FrostSapphire-bm2tt too late for most
American Civil War 12 Apr 1861 - 9 Apr 1865🙏🙏🙏🙏
Too bad no one is rallying around something that can actually bring people HOPE. Even amidst both terrifying Tragedy and equally terrific Triumphs. I know of such a series, but few others do, nor will they ever. That's just how Hollywon't marketing goes, baby. 💪😎✌
It was a pretty good film. A bit of an abrupt ending and much shorter than I thought it would be. Overall I give it an 8.5/10
The film has no context for why anything happens. Just vague implications. Even if that's what the director was going for, it just doesnt work given the subject content. Just "war is terrible".
The movie seems well intentioned but out of touch. And badly timed
Soooo stoked!!! I have a small role in this masterpiece… just hope I made the cut!!!! We’ll see the 12th!!
Just watched in the theaters and wow! What a rollercoaster! I loved this film for all the reasons so many may not. It's cruel, brutal, and tragic. But in being so it shows the harsh realities (even if somewhat played up for film sake) of war, especially civil war. I will be going back to watch a second time as I was left stunned by how much happened. 10/10 for me.
Y’all are crazy
It’s a movie
I'm so sick of these "both sides are bad" BS stories. Both sides are not equally bad, and it is not both sides that are tearing this country apart.
lol and the other “side” says the same exact thing about you
@@doomsday9973 Yes both one is truth and one is a lie.
Both sides are bad. But the leftists are clearly exponentially worse. They are the true fascists. Do you not remember COVID? Do you not know the border crisis? Or homelessness?
It depends on who you ask. If you are in the middle it's both blue and red tearing us apart.
@@janicearroyo-wright8529 perhaps. But very very very few people are truly in the middle. I'd count it likely less than 5%
@@RTHenry83 It's the biggest group at 43% with Democrats and Republicans getting about 27% each according to gallop.
Is Captain America in this one?
Definitely has a delusional plot. Already a dud.
was good
Saw this movie last night and we were going to walk out after 20 minutes but paid so much for tickets so we decided to stick it out. What a mistake that was should have left. This movie sucked the acting and storyline were terrible
Just seen this movie and I have to say this was a wild ride! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, shaking, scared. First movie to ever make me feel afraid ever.
Was actually a really good flick!
A24 is the FromSoft of movie studios. So they’re kinda the Dark Souls of studios.
This movie was amazing!!! And scary!!
Moura is absurdly talented
Watch “tropa de elite”
@@chronicillz1879I'll see
I found this laughable, when there's a shoot out with some guy hiding behind a pilon it looked so fake and cheap. This just felt weak, sorry I was really looking forward to it but ended up really feeling it was meh at best.
I like parts of it but hated the lame ending
Sold
Yeah I bought my tickets weeks ago I will be supporting bigger A24 ventures, especially seeing how Hollywood maybe dead and Ai taking over these movies over the next year I’m going to really cherish, I remember when it was taken from us in 2020 I don’t want cinema to ever die but I don’t want it to be Ai either there’s not real groundwork from that not a real product just fabricated
Hopefully when the AI takes over we can get movies that makes sense. To be honest Texas and California teaming up sounds like a bad AI script done with Chat gpt
The allegory is obvious but a box office bomb was going to happen to this movie
Looking forward to this. Glad it doesn't suck.
doesn't suck according to him
@@jimjones9239 And a bunch of other critics I trust. Plus, Alex Garland is usually a great director and writer.
The acting is good, but yeah it sucks.
@@tornay131 I'll see for myself. Unless Disney is crapping it out, I tend not to judge things before I see them.
To be honest, $50. million isn't that much. It would break even if it made $150. million. Even by today's standards, that's not so much to have to make back. Maybe we need a film that doesn't make one side the bad guy just because of the obvious politics.
Thanks for this review......that doesn't fixate on the who/why.....and lack thereof in the film.
Too many reviewers are letting their identity politics bias show in their reviews.