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In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
Kirsten Dunst Wagner Moura Cailee Spaeny Stephen McKinley Henderson Nelson Lee Nick Offerman Jefferson White Evan Lai Vince Pisani Justin James Boykin Jess Matney Greg Hill Edmund Donovan Sonoya Mizuno Tim James Simeon Freeman James Yaegashi Dean Grimes Alexa Mansour Martha B. Knighton Melissa Saint-Amand Karl Glusman Jin Ha Jojo T. Gibbs Jared Shaw Justin Garza Brian Philpot Tywaun Tornes Juani Feliz Show All…
Michelle Rose Austin Aplin Lee Barraclough Anthony Lowe Fraser Murdoch Alex Rabbitt David Simpson Artem Smirnov
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw Janelle Beaudry Christian Brunetti Luis Fernández Jeff Galpin Tyler Galpin Crystal Hooks Remington Steele Ryan Staats Felipe Savahge John Santiago Dalton Rondell Adam Rivette Dylan Hice Justin Hall Linda Kessler T. Ryan Mooney Chris Romrell Randy James Beckman Sean Paul Braud Brandon Beckman Gianni Biasetti Jr. Branden Arnold
Robby Brown Zoe Freed Danny Freemantle Glenn Freemantle Nick Freemantle Glen Gathard Rebecca Heathcote Dayo James Robert Malone Ben Barker Gillian Dodders
Падение империи, Гражданская война, Повстання Штатів, Ngày Tàn Của Đế Quốc, מלחמת האזרחים, מלחמת אזרחים, جنگ داخلی, 内战, Guerre Civile, Kodusõda, Guerra Civil, Vətəndaş Müharibəsi, 美帝内战, 시빌 워, 美国内战, İç Savaş, 帝國浩劫:美國內戰, სამოქალაქო ომი, Občanská válka, הקרב על אמריקה, วิบัติสมรภูมิเมืองเดือด, 美帝崩裂, Državljanska vojna: vsaka vladavina se konča, Kolaps, Polgárháború, Гражданска война, Εμφύλιος Πόλεμος, Грађански рат: Сваком царству дође крај, Pilietinis karas, Građanski rat, CIVIL WAR, الحرب الأهلية
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i genuinely want to know what the president did that made texas and california join forces
Should I be shocked that a movie titled Civil War confidently stays apolitical while still co-opting imagery and vernacular from our very real reality? Yes, but in a way, I am not. Apoliticism, generally, is cowardly— but often it’s cowardly because it’s rooted in some sort of attempt to appease both sides— something I don’t think Civil War aims to do or frankly, even cares to do.
As many have pointed out, it is a far more interesting movie in its discussion and depiction of journalism— the role journalists play when the world they occupy themselves begins to tear itself apart. In a world where the truth is constantly manipulated for partisan gain, at what point do journalists become soldiers? They may not be armed, but they still shoot, and arguably their shots change the world.
i feel like all of Alex Garland's films could be called Annihilation.
he comes threateningly close to saying something — anything — about the various ways that Americans process and/or distance ourselves from the violent realities that seem "foreign" to us, but it never really gets there. appreciated its audacity to a point (and appreciated its cast throughout), but such a stick-in-the-eye provocation needs to be a hell of a lot sharper in order to make people look at things differently.
I’m impressed by the hand wringing over this movie’s supposed “spinelessness” and “emptiness.” So many reviews complain that this isn’t the movie they had hoped or expected to see. It’s not what I expected, either. Some of this misperception can be blamed on the marketing, which framed the movie as some kind of political/cultural explosion. A24 posting a civil war map––depicting the Western forces, the independent republics, etc.––was meant only to stir up controversy and debate, toying with our expectations. The movie is deliberately vague, giving even less information about the conflict than the map does. I think that’s entirely to its benefit.
Civil War is a movie about the aestheticization of war violence. The photojournalists––far from being portrayed as…
It's very funny to so obviously think you are making Come and See or Apocalypse Now for a post-January 6th America and instead end up with JCPenney Has Fallen.
Garland might have even had something here if he could've dropped the solemn, sanctimonious centrist anti-war art filmmaker pretension/moral hand wringing—we get it, war is ugly no matter which side is doing it and the adrenaline-junkie psychos who do the arduous work of documenting/bearing witness to it are important—and just fully admitted and indulged in the fact that intentionally or not, he is functionally making a tasteless Red Dawn or Southern Comfort-style exploitation movie where horrific modern warzone snuff images you're accustomed to seeing abroad are gruesomely restaged at home. I…
real hero was cailee spaeny for managing to do all of that in skinny jeans
could and would (and did, apologies to a beautiful musician) talk for ages about the choices to have kirsten dunst and especially cailee spaeny (phenomenal!) do photography the way they do, which completely unlocked the movie for me. could/would/did also talk about how perfectly timed this movie is not because of american discord, but because of the stark contrast in how photojournalism is depicted as a career, vs the way palestinian youths are currently being forced to become photojournalists as a grasp for survival, shout outs to bisan and motaz. could/would/did talk much less about the titular war. idk!
spent the whole movie excited to see jesse plemons and then wanted that scene to be over as soon as possible
Somehow this managed to have less political depth than the Captain America Civil War
WOW. Masterful. Alex Garland's CIVIL WAR is a stunning, mournful, riveting journey through a nightmare landscape. Somehow - and I don’t know how - this distorted reflection remains largely apolitical (or at the very least somehow completely avoids specific partisanship), which I think helps prevent it from preaching to the choir, and instead reaches much further with its critical messaging. It had me mesmerized throughout. One of the best movies of the year, for certain.
I’m very conflicted on this movie because it’s well made with some great moments but I fear that this is the kind of movie that falls apart in your hand the longer you hold onto it
But holy moly Jesse Plemons