In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
Rated 4.0 / 5 from 2 logs on Katalog
Every time I survived a war zone, I thought I was sending a warning home - "Don't do this". But here we are.I am honestly still shaken up. A bit confused about the political side of it (was it important though?), but I can't stop thinking about all those people living so close to danger and death to share a picture with the rest of the world. Photography and sound (and no sound) on point.
Assuming it's somewhat accurate, a great look into lives of war photographers and also a somewhat relevant commentary on the state of US politics, with minimal hand holding. I'm curious what's the concensus interpretation on the ending, I'm not sure if ||Lee was intentionally baited to be killed or not? Was it Spaenny characters plan all along? ||
A much misunderstood movie I was already interested when I saw Alex Garland's name and when I saw the premise. I was even more interested when I saw accusations that this film is apolitical. How can this be? It's called Civil War! Surely everything is political even if it's unaware too? Let me set the record straight dear reader, it's just not political in the way you expect. Civil War is essentially a roadtrip movie about a group of war journalists following the ongoing civil war in the United States between Nick Offerman's Government and two different seperatist factions, California and Texas one one side, Florida on the other. There are allusions to events such as the ambiguously named "Antifa Massacre" and the president's third term. Ambiguous enough that people can ascribe their own interpretation onto events. Such a setting of course has let people think that the film is apolitical. However I think it's a nimbly crafted setting so that the real focus of the store is brought
"Please, don't let them kill me", En virkelig smuk film med noget helt sublimt skuespil. Kirsten Dunst er perfekt castet, som den rå fotojournalist, der bare holder sig objektivt til hvad der sker omkring hende. Wagner Moura, som jeg bedst kender som Pablo Escobar fra Narcos, er cool som Dunst adrenalin hungrende partner. Men min favorit er dog Stephen McKinley Henderson, som den garvede veteranjournalist fra New York Times. Filmen består af en masse vignetter, og igennem 10-12 stykker får vi vist en fede masse situationer og scener, der skal vise noget om krig. Hver for sig er de virkelig fede. Især elsker jeg scenen med Jesse Plemons, som en hardcore ultranationalist. Problemet er bare at hele narrativt ikke rigtig hænger sammen. Det er en indholdsløs roadmovie, hvor der ikke er særlig meget sammenhæng mellem vignetterne. Jeg ved stadig ikke helt hvad pointen eller budskab er med filmen, udover at sige at krig er smukt og uundgåeligt. Eller det er i hvert fald det jeg tror
