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Anyway I tried to give a simple review, didn’t think it deserved much more than that. If the movie wanted discussion it would have injected something of substance into a pretty sensitive subject right now but it didn’t. So like what you like.

 

Alex Garland just isn't very good.

 

That’s horse shit.

(Okay I haven’t seen Men or Civil War but Deus Ex Machina and Annihilation both rip)

 

Yeah it's a fine movie

 

I don't know if he will ever top the guy surviving in the middle of space and turning Sunshine into a slasher movie, but the detour into Jesse Plemons and his nativist army is close. He always grabs at all of these different ideas but never finds a way to conclude them.

 

Sunshine is great

 

Annihilation was fun. Men was pretty bad imo. Civil War is just a baffling movie to make

 

Sunshine rules.

 

I liked Ex Machina and Annihilation, but hated Men. I haven't seen Civil War yet, so I thought Men was just a fluke, but maybe it's the other way around

 

What I personally took away from the film and found much more effective than the actual details of the war, which I feel is just a backdrop for this messaging, is the dangers of apathy during a heightened political climate, which is an actual feeling I've been dealing with since Biden became the candidate for the 2020 election. I would never attempt to explain the war itself or how the territories are divided or why because literally none of that matters imo. I also felt like @angrycandy before I saw the film (trailers looked so on the nose that you could not pay me to see it), so not only was I pleasantly surprised that the film mostly avoided politics (though there are obviously crumbs if you're looking for them), but shocked when what it DID present me with was a very relevant and human lesson about the dangers of not taking a side (or, rather, the importance of standing up for something). It actually impacted me emotionally, which I never anticipated in a million years, but I can understand that if that's not a message you felt like you needed to hear, or if you were more focused on the ins and outs of the fictional political situation in the film, it probably wouldn't land for you like that.

 

Im sorry but you can’t remove all context and details from the political climate and make a point about apathy. I felt apathy because there was no substance to the war

 

one I still need to see but I’ve always heard great things about. maybe I’ll check it out today

 

To me, this is simply not seeing the forest through the trees. It is not a blockbuster action film about a modern civil war in the U.S.; it's a dramatic action film that uses that premise/setting as a springboard for the characters we encounter. It's obviously okay to dislike the film, I just think this assessment is missing the point

 

And I disagree! The point your making doesn’t work for me in the context of the film, and I have no idea what in my criticism would make you think I want a blockbuster war film. Drop Kirsten’s character into Vietnam or Afghanistan and I think it works. But the war here is so dumb and nonsensical and dehumanizes and de-contextualizas every side of the war on purpose to the point where I can’t see their apathetic coverage of it as anything moving. If the point is to show the effect of apathy in war or in a dangerous political climate it wasn’t made well at all

 

I get your point Aaron but the characters were terrible and the writing was god awful.

 

On that, we simply disagree

 

I agree

 

Like I said before, all movies are bad.

 

The Departed (2006, Martin Scorsese) - 8/10

One of those "must sees" I just never saw until last night. Great film. Damon and DiCaprio don't miss in this, and Baldwin is great too. Gritty, well-paced and with a lot of the dialogue being the main driver in the vein of Reservoir Dogs. Loved all the confrontation scenes throughout, and the use of 'Shipping Up To Boston'. A movie I'll definitely revisit every few years I think.

The Union (2024, Julian Farino) - 5/10

An okay, well-paced popcorn action movie. Netflix churn these out pretty often, and it was a good way to turn the brain off and watch some mindless and silly action for an hour and a half. J.K Simmons has some funny moments and it's not a deep plot, and the chases and gunfights are cool enough.

 

The Departed is one of those movies that is very easy to take for granted because of how great Scorsese has been, but it really is thrilling the first time you watch it. It is far and away his best film in that era.

 

I'm only 18 years late to the party but glad I got there regardless.

 

I agree with Civil War just being...weird? Like everyone seemed apathetic, even the people fighting the war at times. It just didn't make a lot of sense to me. And the confusing politics of it made it even more weird to me, TBH. Trying to figure out who was fighting for what side during some of hte scenes was just confusing

 

Everyone makes fun of Mark Wahlberg and he is a pretty limited actor but he is so good in it.

 

Marky Mark is one of those actors where you know what to expect and when you get it, you get it. Good at what he does if you don't expect anything outside of it.

Funnily enough, his chops were good in The Union over Halle Berry's. She wasn't great in it. I remember her being better circa X-Men and her early 2000's era.

 

Inside Out 2 - 8/10