Apart from some treacly bits and a Hollywood vibe, both of which I found surprising from Garland and/or A24, I liked it. Not Crap. Not much of a war film guy, but the action sequences were great, and Jesse Plemon's turn was intense. I can sorta understand the film's ambiguity but there were also scenes that felt to me like Garland was tipping his hand. Why not just go for it?
Not a bad way to spend at a matinee. Almost saw it in IMAX due to a user error ticketing snafu. Sometimes I miss the days of human/clerk interactions.
Re: Movie: Civil War
2I thought it was a pretty big bummer. Set in a world with a pretty interesting story to tell but instead it told a pretty boilerplate, pass the torch, burned out old vet story I've seen many times before. Other than a few cool scenes I thought it was pretty boring. Stating Nick Offerman is in the film is almost false advertising. When the young girl showed up again in the second scene, Heather leaned over and said "Man I hope she doesn't tag along!" but she does, and she sucks. Ending was phoned in about halfway through... final scene super sucked.
Thumbs down, BOOOOO!
Thumbs down, BOOOOO!
Re: Movie: Civil War
3A NC from me. I’d read a few spoiler free reviews, so expected the slow burn first two acts.
I thought the ideological ambiguity was good, although Garland makes it clear the President is a Trumpian dickhead straight off the bat. It was obviously a right wing loon had started a war by doing something stupid, likely by declaring a third term without constitutional amendments etc.
The final combat scenes were fantastic. By no stretch a great film, but very solid.
I thought the ideological ambiguity was good, although Garland makes it clear the President is a Trumpian dickhead straight off the bat. It was obviously a right wing loon had started a war by doing something stupid, likely by declaring a third term without constitutional amendments etc.
The final combat scenes were fantastic. By no stretch a great film, but very solid.
clocker bob may 30, 2006 wrote:I think the possibility of interbreeding between an earthly species and an extraterrestrial species is as believable as any other explanation for the existence of George W. Bush.