CIVIL WAR: Honest Review
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- A24's Civil war has released to great success and a divided audience. Let's break down Alex Garland's new film!
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I got the message that when war breaks out, it really doesn’t matter what side is what. It’s just death.
Thank you. The movie was brilliant. This review is.... well, I guess not enough stuff "blowed up real good"
@@chrisblair3819 and they can’t understand why Texas and California united even though the director said exactly why
Don’t you think the context of the war shouldn’t be important if that’s not what the movies about really? Our main characters have shown they don’t care about the politics, they care about the photos no matter which side it is so as the audience I don’t think it should matter to us either
What do people expect a civil war will be like? 1862?
I served 21 years in the military and to this day have no idea whatsoever what a modern civil war would be like, and pray none of us ever finds out.
Just enjoy the movie for what it is, thought-provoking cinema.
I disagree with that part about the reporters being imbedded being unrealistic. I can totally see the reporters being used as a tool for visibility.
Thanks for your point of view.
I believe some of the negative criticism comes from many who have not served in the military or likely do not have any experience in war planning or fighting because their reviews are all based on modern action movies and dramas that they grew up watching instead of being actually deployed to a poor, ravaged foreign country and being looked at with great vitriol, threatened and/or shot at just because they’re an American. Simply put, people are scared. Living in a society where the powers that be have created a fear based existence and I don’t see this changing for a long, long time.
My perspective comes from someone who’s been used around the world to satisfy the goals of the empire and who believes that as a result of our global expeditions and campaigns, we’ll eventually experience those pains in our homeland
someday and I’m not happy about that, but I am a realist who knows enough to prepare for difficult times ahead. So I see the movie as a sort of documentary whose goal is to open our eyes to a reality that many Americans still deny.
Many people may not think the events depicted in the film could ever happen but think of this, the U.S. is structured like a large version of Europe with states that mimic individual countries held together by the state’s promise to uphold the Constitution in which the mentalities of 21st century political leaders and citizens have clearly concluded, is just an old piece of paper. This format once proved that a massive civil war could and did occur and often history repeats itself, whether people want to believe it or not.
Sure it’s just a movie, but it’s a serious one and there is a major message in it for us which is, war is truly hell and it’s not something that we should glorify nor something that we should ever hope occurs in our communities.
Critics should stop trying to analyze this film like they’re watching some make believe superhero movie, an Oscar contender’s review or some political circus commentary akin to the events of the 2020 election.
I suggest we watch it like we’re analyzing potential future “real world” events because the premise of this movie might be much closer than some of the many naive Americans think.
From a military (not militia or political) perspective, often wartime strategic alliances form strategic partnerships which are not necessarily based ideological similarities. States like Texas and California both are very large populations (30-40 million residents), massive police and national guard forces and GNP’s that are comparable or larger than some of the current top ten percent of wealthiest countries on the globe. Texas was once its own republic and has governed that way since. An alliance of these to states and perhaps a third one of similar status and structure would be a major problem for DC politicians.
Given today’s times, we need to hope for the best but only those who can’t see or hear won’t prepare for the worst. Most Empires haven’t lasted more the 500 years throughout history so, I think it’s very important for people to accept their possible future or that of their children, grandchildren or great grandchildren because we are definitely heading for a major change down the path of U.S. history. This fate is even foretold in the book of Revelation and in greater, specific detail in the “extra-biblical” text of 2nd Edras.
Time and experience has proven the old Mark Twain quote that, “truth is stranger than fiction”
I thought it was brilliant. It reminds me of a realistic Christopher Nolan movie with hints of an Apocalypse Now style vibe. The music took me to the post Vietnam era.
Many wanted to know the cause of the war but the context of the war is not important. Most 21st century Americans (except the naive) know how this could happen.
Overall, this movie was an essay warning us (Americans) to not let our politicians lead us in this direction because…, in a war everyone loses.
A future cult classic movie for sure!
Appreciate it!
Well put!
What world do you guys live in where an HONEST REVIEW wouldn’t include any spoilers?! Those can’t be real people commenting that. Try clicking on videos that say “spoiler free” if you’re so bad at discerning what video titles highly likely contain spoilers. How can you get honest with something without describing it? I’ve never watched this RUclipsr before and I clicked on the video because it was obvious it would use specifics.
Video titles are an art not a contract ha. The vid is an honest review, as in a more critical review, that s what he means.
I agree completely I wish we got more of the reasoning behind the civil war. My favorite shot was a silent screaming with military rolling by in the background. My favorite aspect of the film was the still photography mixed with video, the photos were powerful and let you sit in the moment before going back to being in the moment with the characters.
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Happy to see you reviewing this movie happy Friday.
Thanks!!
Hope you guys had a proper screening. When I saw it, the screen cut to black for about 3 minutes during the 3rd act.
Oh damn!
I'm not saying this to defend the movie because I also felt like it needed some more substance, but let's be real. Putting blue versus red or creating a conflict between the nation in a hypothetical scenario would've just made it a war propaganda movie. Alex is not American, nor does he have conservative views, so anything he would've done would look like a biased democratic perspective on a civil war. Also, if you create a fictive conflict in a hyper-real movie like this one, it would only deepen the divide among viewers and the conversation surrounding the movie. Now, Alex probably wanted to keep it neutral and focus more on the moment and what that would look like, but he's not a politician, nor do I think he wants to be. Putting politics in movies sometimes makes them too on-the-nose and turns them into time-stamped reflections of current events. Frankly, I think his message was that all war is nonsensical and shows how far things can escalate if it were to happen. All war is bad. He was also trying to convey that once it reaches warfare, it will be at the cost of lives on both sides. We should all take his movie with a grain of salt and see how bad things can get. We live in a country where if you don't agree on beliefs and politics, then you're considered the worst person to that party instead of being able to agree to disagree
The car escaping didnt seem like a diversion but more of another important figure trying to escape
Ok, can we get the second Ex Machina now? I know there’s a story to tell there.
When I finished ex machina the first time I was so spooked by the ending I had to write out a continuation of the story to feel at ease. Don't want a sequel to that movie however
Ugh really hope they don’t do a sequel or prequel to Ex Machina. Just leave it alone.
I didnt expect a coming of age story.
W review. I really don’t like how many people are attacking garland personally for taking a different direction but I also don’t think the film (script especially) was very good
Thanks bro 🫡
The lack of context for me is part of what makes this film great, and there totally is enough context to where we all can fill in the gaps. “How it happened” is truly not the point because it does not matter how the war started, but the consequences of it. Think about this films biggest inspiration, Come and See, there is literally less context in that film than there is in Civil War, yet no one has an issue with it. Also the nitpicks man come on, everything you had a problem with I honestly had no problem with. Obviously reality needs to be heightened for a story to work cinematically, this didn’t bend the fabrics of reality enough for me to be taken out of the film at all. Civil War deserves deeper analysis than this.
Unsubscribed… jk still love y’all.
Agreed with your points. Good comment
The only thing I liked about the film was Jesse Plemons's performance and that scene, but agree thought they could have ended that scene better, in a more shocking or controversial way. Other than that, I didn't like the film.
I thought it was really really well made and good looking but it felt hollow to me. Like it didn't have anything to say. Maybe I'll get more out of it on a rewatch.
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Yeah I didn’t love it - I found it a bit hollow. I didn’t feel it really evolved the conversation or perspectives around war - there are so many more powerful and impactful ‘war’ movies out there. The big premise here was that it was set in the US, which was a bit ‘so what’ for me. Worth a watch but it didn’t land for me.
For sure
Dude I love the film for what it is... but 100% on the tunnels. Not only that but if there was a fractured country I'd assume the president seek refuge internationally tbh. Like with his friends in Russia? 🤫
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If you got all the answers ,they wouldn't be good enough anyway. Are you a real film reviewer? Credentials? Photos? Press Pass?
Okay bud 🫡
you broke your own argument before it started.
Really enjoyed this one, second best of the year after Dune 2. I’m not from the US so don’t care about American politics & just watched it as a straight up war drama. Maybe thats why i enjoyed it. Anyway, i was very surprised to not see an hour breakdown so i must UNSUBSCRIBE!
People are mad that the director didn’t explicitly make conservatives the bad guys, the trump derangement syndrome is still effecting people.
Best movie I've seen since Zero Dark Thirty❤
You guys have a serious spoiler problem
Bro it said honest review, obviously I’m going to speak about it the film
spoilers
Dude, if he’s reviewing a movie that you haven’t seen. Of course there will be some spoilers.
I feel like you might be, being a little too hypercritical of this movie. I agree with almost everything you said except for when it comes to plot armors. Of course there will be some inciting incidents: things that have to happen to move the story along. Every movie has them to some extent. Overall, this movie had some awesome moments but they few and far in between. I didn’t really feel a sense of tension, watching. Garland is a good writer but I feel that him being English is what gave this film such a disconnect. It’s hard to understand the culture and nuances of a country that you aren’t from.
@@derrickdiggs8612 spoiler-free reviews exist