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- ephix0
- My fav part of this trailer might just be the A24 logo.ephix
- 'antifa massacre'
'Portland Maoists'
Andy Ngo thanked in the credits
a war photographer called Lee
get the fuck out of here.face_melter - maga snowflake triggredneverscared
- so triggedcanoe
- Morning_star3
CIVIL WAR
It looks beautiful, like Magnum photos and I guess that’s the point. There are so many notable shots, camera moves, framing and compositions it’s worth watching for those alone. The soundtrack is unexpected in its attempts to sooth, like a smile from the executioner as your blindfold is put on. The sounds of war, the bullets, the explosions, the shouts and screams do some impressive heavy lifting, making a sonic soundscape that adds drama, texture and depth few films can match.
Civil War dances a precarious line between narrative progression and identifying political perspectives. The ambiguity has fucked off some viewers but I think that’s part of its success. It forces you to comprehend what war means for a country and its people without the ‘booyah’ that so often justifies inhuman behaviour in the name of a chosen cause.
By Alex Garlands own admission it takes influence from Apocalypse Now and that’s evident in its pacing and the way the acts progress. Like Apocalypse Now it’s a Road(River) Movie that happens to be set in the arena of war. It’s not about sides. It’s more about how individuals choose to act when faced with extreme circumstances that they’d never personally experience except through the monotonous spewing of fact-free news and partisan propaganda. What would you do when you discover a high school friend steeling food for his kids from your store? What would you do to ‘get the shot’ and how does the quest for that shot change the outcome because of your involvement. Is that truth?
If you go expecting obvious heroes and villains or Platoon, Glory or Gettysburg you will be disappointed. I could find very little to criticise, the performances are great. Particularly Jesse Plemons, whose just terrifying. I loved it, I think it’s a thought provoking, beautiful film that asks more questions than it answers, and that’s a good thing. Go and see it if you want.
- I felt the same. But also seeing someone I know in real life murdered was a trip and it stayed with me all weekend. I have issues with the ending thoshellie
- Do you know one of the actors. Ooo spill, which one? I did have some notes about how the 'ending' of one of the characters at the end could have been better.Morning_star
- What was your issue?Morning_star
- Nelson Lee played the guy from Hong Kong. My issue at the end was the role reversal. KD didn't need to go all childlike as she entered the final push inward.shellie
- But it was overall riveting. I couldn't look away and it's still on my mind. War movies hit different for Americans bc they're never on our turf.shellie
- There's usually nothing familiar — houses, roads, signage, make it all feel like it can't happen here. I thought painting the picture was interesting exercise.shellie
- I believe the theme stated was, "You were was about her age when you started. You have to start sometime." which was nebulous enough not to take sides butshellie
- I would have liked something like -- ending the cycle to start with embracing the truth. As members of the press, they bring the truth to the surface w/facts.shellie
- But overall, I think the movie serves its purpose to make Americans think -- not about sides but the true price of each side.shellie
- ekael4
- Great oneRamanisky2
- yup, loved itGardener
- Fantastic. I posted at the time, and am conceited enough to point that out.MrT
- I had no clue what it is about when I saw it in theatres and I still think about this 10 years later.Longcopylover
- That wedding story O_oRamanisky2
- A classicmort_
- nb7
Incredibly beautiful, remarkably watchable and eminently inspiring
- To me, this movie is a passionate plea to make art for art’s sake. And a clever muse. I will never tire of it.nb
- Isn’t this a show? I read the book many years ago. So good.monospaced
- I sweded my own booknb
- Totally forgot about this lol_niko
- Okay. When I comment earlier this was for Dark Matter. Now it’s for Be Kind Rewind. Weird!monospaced
- like most Gondry films... it was... 'cute'PonyBoy
- simpler timesmilfhunter
- Wordsworth0
That's right. New York. It's 1958. Anyway, for a few more minutes it is. Come midnight, it's gonna be 1959. A whole other feeling. The New Year. The future. Yeah, old Daddy Earth's fixin' to start one more trip round the sun. Everybody hopin' this ride-around be a little more giddy, a little more gay. Yep, all over town, champagne corks is a-poppin'. Over in the Waldorf, the big shots is dancin' to the strains of Guy Lombardo. Down in Times Square, the little folks is a-watchin' and waitin' for that big ball to drop. They're all trying to catch hold of one moment in time, to be able to say, "Right now, this is it, I got it." Of course by then, it'll be past. But they're all happy. Everybody havin' a good time. Well, almost everybody. There's a few lost souls floatin' around out there. Now, if y'all ain't from the city, we got somethin' here called the rat race. Got a way of chewin' folks up so that they don't want no celebratin'. Don't want no cheerin' up, don't care nothin' about no New Years. Out of hope, out of rope, out of time. This here's Norville Barnes. That office he's steppin' out of is the office of the president of Hudsucker Industries. It's his office. How'd he get so high? And why's he feelin' so low? Is he really gonna do it? Is Norville really gonna jelly-up the sidewalk? Well, the future, that's somethin' you can't never tell about.
But the past... That's another story.
- uan3
- webazoot0
This was really interesting/nicely unpredictable/really well shot.
Great first half. Kind of felt a bit short, would've been nice to see a third act. Better than too long tho.
- Ianbolton6
Watched this last night.
I forgot how good Keaton was at playing one of those ambiguously scatty characters. The whole films feels disjointed and somewhat confusing, a little like having dementia I guess, but the humour and intrigue carry it. Bit slow at times, but I really enjoyed it. 8/10- Looks good. Watched Pacific Heights recently and it's held up well.MrT
- It is shit. Had potential, but it's shit.crazyprick
- totally valid opinions as always crazyprickIanbolton
- Well, I'm a big, big Keaton fan. But this ain't it, chief.crazyprick
- let me guess - "it wasn't as good as you thought it was gonna be?"Ianbolton
- Wrong, dummy. It has a contrived plot, sluggish pacing, half-baked performances. Deal with it.crazyprick
- neverscared0
- phew...too intense nearlyneverscared
- yeah, this one is quite somethingscruffics
- neverscared2
- classic movie, so much better than the yt card suggestshans_glib
- Gardener12
- One of the bestcrazyprick
- YepWordsworth
- IndeedRamanisky2
- Only Jake Gyllenhall movie I liked!futurefood
- Still haven't seen this one yet.elahon
- ^ Really elahon? ...
damn bro, this movie is really good.Ramanisky2 - Jake is amazing but this character doesn’t have enough depth in the story it just doesn’t fitnb
- Donnie Darko??fooler
- Bro doesn’t even teleport at all in this flickprophetone
- Kind of crazy that this isn't in his top 5. Jarhead, Prisoners, Brothers, Zodiac, Darko.garbage
- ^ he was the best actor by miles in Roadhouse, but still couldn’t make it watchableIanbolton
- Add to list.palimpsest
- Oh right, Jarhead was good.
This and Jarhead are the only Jake Gyllenhaal films I likefuturefood - ^ ummm hello .. have we forgotten Zodiac ?!? One of the best.Ramanisky2
- webazoot8
Loved this.- Thanks for this, this is why I love qbn, I’m going to take the family to see this this weekend_niko
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- Going to watch this on saturday with my wife. Cheers for postingPhanLo
- Wonderful movie.crazyprick
- very very good!sandpipe
- Just saw it, loved it. My 17 yo son who was going through an existential depression thought it was fantastic, it made him so happy, which was my hope_niko
- Amazing film! Thank you :)rzu-rzu
- Finally watched it tonight, was a good one.PhanLo
- I love the way the titles of the tapes reflect these feelings, which are difficult to interpret at first. I loved itD4W33D
- neverscared3
- Damn, never seen this but domani. Thank you.Wordsworth
- Fantasticnb
- I read that they built all the sets and painted them entirely in grayscale. So the actors would feel like they were in the black and white era.nb
- far out ..neverscared
- I wonder if looking at another actor in that set would feel like that corny selective color photoshop effectnb
- nb1
- Poster designer was Word certifiedfuturefood
- It took my wife like two years to convince me that I would like this movie and to give it a chance.nb