Yeah, it’s okay.
I didn’t really care for it. I liked the characters and personal storyline fine, but if a movie is called Civil War, I need to know why we’re fighting. How did Texas and California end up on the same side fighting against the US.
This is 100 percent of what the director did not want to do. It raises questions of whether war journalism is any kind of cure for political tribalism, a mindset that war is the endpoint of, and how motivations of telling the truth can be lost to adrenaline thrills of being in the mix. Those states as allies reflect the utterly unpredictable chaos fascism taking hold might have, and how total power in the Oval Office might foster the strangest of all bedfellows, but to go into that is never any point the film is after. I thought it was one of the most unusual war films ever made, and one of the best of 2024. The ending of the film does not imply something good will follow--at all. All I felt at the end was the horror of human tribalism and its endpoints in the modern world.
Agreed, it wasn't what I was expecting and really needed more direction and development.
I really enjoyed (not sure that’s the right word) the film and thought is was pretty damn good. Definitely thought-provoking and depressing given our current political climate.
It's been awhile since I watched it, so maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but I didn't glean a lot of understanding of how they got there and the state of the country other than simply being at war. I was fine with the perspective of war reporters and wasn't looking for a "war" movie or blood and guts.
Yes. Getting caught up in the backstory details of how they arrived at that situation is not what the movie was aiming for. It would’ve been too easy for viewers to choose who their good guys were and who their bad guys were, depending on political persuasion.
Just as a courtesy if needed, this film has violence and body horror that younger kids should almost certainly not see.
Thank you for that information. Fortunately my youngest is 20. She really loves horror movies and wants to see this. I've only watched one trailer and an not sure i understand the concept fully. I'll have to read a little more.
What is the giant problem in society that you're referring to?
No spoilers
No, there's enough in my post for now, and I think UNCatTech should not read anything on the film before seeing it. Just sit down in the theater seat and buckle your mental seatbelt for quite a ride. The metaphor I mention is not prominent, and gets lost until you ponder it later on.
The metaphor is obvious
