Civil War (A24 - Alex Garland, Spring 2024) • Page 15

The original actor was John Malkovich

 

He probably would have crushed it as well

 

It was actually Guy Fieri

 

I need your thoughts @Morrissey

 

see the movie and make up your own mind lol why are you living and dying on the word of a dude who only wears sandals and thinks jeans are for hicks

 

no disrespect of course

 

Jeans are for farmers*

 

That was mean. I like Jared.

 

I’ve already seen it, just curious about a wide range of views for any film.

 

Like I love Babylon and know @Morrissey hated it, I always find opposing views interesting and am curious if he liked this when I didn’t care for it or agrees; he also has well thought out reasons for his opinions … re: films, jeans/etc. are irrelevant, lol.

 

It is prom week so the earliest I'd see this is Sunday.

I haven't liked his movies and this is getting beat up but Malcom from the old forum really liked it so I'm curious.

 

He WHAT??? Tell him to come here and say it himself, that coward

(but srsly whered he go)

 

Tell him to make more music

 

Posted this in the movie review thread, gonna cross-post part of it here, too.

To me, the Jesse Plemmons scene is the lynchpin of the whole movie, and the clearest expression of Gardland’s thesis. He believes we’re at a point as a society where we simply cannot communicate with one another unless we know ahead of time that we are on the same “side.” Plemmons’ character obviously is the most extreme version of this—literally killing people on sight who aren’t the “right” kind of American—but our willingness to make political affiliation the first lens we evaluate people before engaging with them is destroying our ability to recognize the humanity in others. I think some people tripping up on why California and Texas would side with one another is proof of that. Our first impulse is to laugh at the idea of one of the bluest and one of the reddest states in the country joining forces. I think Garland is trying to say that’s a myopic view of the world because we’ve grown to see everything through politics. Every news story that mentions a politician puts an (R) or (D) next to their name that primes our response before we even read what they said or did.

I think the interviews Garland has given are doing the film a disservice. He valorizes the journalists, but they exist in a world where what they do has no effect. To them, getting the scoop or getting the shot is the goal, not part of a larger journalistic mission. If Garland hadn’t come out and said how he holds these characters in such high regard I think that would have come off as an interesting critique of the role journalists play in such a divided world. It’s obviously no longer enough to “let others decide what it means” or whatever Lee says because we’ve seen that anyone can twist anything to serve their needs.

 

these promo posters are cool. same goes for the imagery in the movie

 

Aren’t they AI?

 

Yes, fuck those and fuck the Netflix documentary using AI.

 

They are definitely AI because that one of Chicago is completely wrong. It just randomly placed the marina towers on different parts of the Chicago river, including putting one on a fictitious island or branching of the river.

 

I don’t care

 

AI “art” blows.

 

Posted this in another thread but those posters could’ve fed one or two people for a week so maybe you should care

 

idk what to tell ya this movie put silver apples and sturgill on the big screen, it fuckin rocked

 

Thought this was bad/ok? I actually love “Breakers Roar” but the digital photography in the forest scene and in DC just don’t do it for me, they look bad to my eyes. Liked how much of an unexpected road movie this was, and it’s an interesting way to mount the movie around photo journalism. Its apolitical nature wants to be provocative but also feels kind of limiting after a while, and like a cop out when all is said and done. Tedious, hamfisted and empty, with some great performances (Dunst, Spaeny, Plemmons). I’d also agree Spaeny’s arc doesn’t work for me.

I thought about Twister a lot??