Movie Review: In Alex Garland’s potent ‘Civil War,’ journalists are America’s last hope https://t.co/g38WnFO00s - The Associated Press (@AP) April 9, 2024
I haven't seen Come and See but I've seen clips and heard people talk about it and it pretty brutal. Shows the horrors of war, I think it's only film ever directed by that director. He never did another one.
Alex Garland films are hit or miss to me and more miss cause I think he functions better as a writer than director. He likes to hold back a lot and wants people to form their own interpretations which is kinda of annoying because I think sometimes the scripts suffers as a result but idk.
I'll check out Civil War but I'm assuming it's a bit of a mess lol.
Agree on Garland. I've never loved a film he has directed but I did love 28 Days Later and Never Let Me Go.
About this movie, I feel like too many people have already decided to hate it because of the California-Texas thing, which is so stupid. It's fiction, people. I was actually pleasantly surprised now that I know the movie is more about the work of war journalists (considering what's happening in the world right know and how many have died trying to document atrocities), than just about American politics. I don't know if I have the stomach to watch it, though.
I watched 20 Days in Mariupol and I don't want to see anything remotely similar again.
Yeah I'll check it out and make my own decisions because I do rme at non-Americans coming in and putting their 2 cents about our political system while being quiet on their system.
Yeah the focus being on journalists is a new revelations so let's see.
I love the idea of Devs and it was a visually gorgeous show, but Sonoya Mizuno - who I know was probably told to act that way, so not even her fault, it would be Garland's - just kinda let me down. I don't think it was a good choice to have the main character have very little in the way of personality.
i've heard the movie is very centrist. i'm tired of men trying to ~make a point~ but refusing to actually take a strong stance on anything. it's boring and spineless.
and working with nazis?????? yeah, no. i do not have high hopes for this movie.
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Alex Garland films are hit or miss to me and more miss cause I think he functions better as a writer than director. He likes to hold back a lot and wants people to form their own interpretations which is kinda of annoying because I think sometimes the scripts suffers as a result but idk.
I'll check out Civil War but I'm assuming it's a bit of a mess lol.
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About this movie, I feel like too many people have already decided to hate it because of the California-Texas thing, which is so stupid. It's fiction, people. I was actually pleasantly surprised now that I know the movie is more about the work of war journalists (considering what's happening in the world right know and how many have died trying to document atrocities), than just about American politics. I don't know if I have the stomach to watch it, though.
I watched 20 Days in Mariupol and I don't want to see anything remotely similar again.
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Yeah the focus being on journalists is a new revelations so let's see.
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by many accounts the most brutal war movie ever
Oh, never mind. It's a pass.
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I love the idea of Devs and it was a visually gorgeous show, but Sonoya Mizuno - who I know was probably told to act that way, so not even her fault, it would be Garland's - just kinda let me down. I don't think it was a good choice to have the main character have very little in the way of personality.
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i've heard the movie is very centrist. i'm tired of men trying to ~make a point~ but refusing to actually take a strong stance on anything. it's boring and spineless.
and working with nazis?????? yeah, no. i do not have high hopes for this movie.
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