I mean, it's kinda OTT and severe, but it perfectly fits the character, as do those insane nails. And the coats!! Oh my god, this movie deserves all the goddamn awards purely for Jessica's white coat and Oscar's camel-hair one. (Chandor was there when I saw it and he was like "I tried that on, it was amazing!" He's so qt.)
He really is! His movies have such dark tones to them, but I saw him at a Q&A for All is Lost too and he's just so cheerful. It's so endearing. :D I hope he wins awards for this and gives entertaining speeches.
I thought Bradley did a good job, accent aside (it doesn't sound like a Southern accent, it sounds like Bradley Cooper trying to do a Southern accent), but yeah, his character is very pro-America. I thought he came across pretty well, though. I didn't think the directing was that impressive, his scenes with his wife and his tours don't mix that well. There is a very obvious fake baby which just about kills one of their dramatic scenes and in general, almost all of their scenes together seem like a distraction (which is partly the fault of the character, but also, the directing didn't help).
Ha, he had that same accent problem in Serena, didn't he (though that was just a mess all round). Well, that's about what I expected, I guess. Is it horribly long? Despite his totally opposite preferred number of takes, he seems to have developed Fincher/Kubrick Inability-To-Edit Disease.
I just sorta inadvertently spoiled myself on IMDb about what happened with the real dude -- does that affects the tone, kinda? I would think that would make it harder to portray the character objectively, if that makes sense.
Well, from what Sienna said, she and Bradley were given access to the email logs between him and his wife to help portray their relationship accurately and I think they were pretty considerate towards the wife, and the husband himself had a hand in it in the early stages.
I think the movie steers away from US politics in the broad sense, but it's very much about soldier solidarity. The guy is himself is presented as "I regret what I had to do, but not what I was doing" and his fellow soldiers all have a high opinion of him. The characters demerits are not entirely about his politics, although they are some moments in the film were he considers anti-war sentiments to be traitorous, it's mostly done in the service of demonstrating the stress of being so relied upon and revered by the other troops and the sense of duty he feels towards them, and the guilt he experiences when he's not at war helping his fellow soldiers.
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I think the movie steers away from US politics in the broad sense, but it's very much about soldier solidarity. The guy is himself is presented as "I regret what I had to do, but not what I was doing" and his fellow soldiers all have a high opinion of him. The characters demerits are not entirely about his politics, although they are some moments in the film were he considers anti-war sentiments to be traitorous, it's mostly done in the service of demonstrating the stress of being so relied upon and revered by the other troops and the sense of duty he feels towards them, and the guilt he experiences when he's not at war helping his fellow soldiers.
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