*** CIVIL WAR *** (Kirsten Dunst, dir. Alex Garland)

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Trailer I saw before Dune was terrifying. Hoping it manages political aspects well enough that the "my secession" people realize how terrible an actual war would be when we have it very good right now.
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All that said...

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But to what end? Civil War offers a lot of food for thought on the surface, yet you're never quite sure what you're tasting or why, exactly. No one wants a PSA or easy finger-pointing here, any more than you would have wanted Garland's previous film Men as unnerving and nauseating a film about rampant toxic masculinity as you'll ever come across to simply scream "Harvey Weinstein!" at you.<<<<<possibly slight spoiler snipped just in case >>>> Yet you'll find yourself going back to that "explore or exploit" conundrum a lot during the movie's near-two-hour running time. It's feeding into a dystopian vision that's already running in our heads. Things fall apart, the center cannot hold, etc. So why does this just feel like more of the same white noise pitched at a slightly higher frequency?
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"Left me shaking". Why do these nerds talk like this? I can't take any review like this seriously because they are always so dramatic and overblown.
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I need Kevin Smith to post a crying selfie before I truly believe it's good
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Captain Winky said:

"Left me shaking". Why do these nerds talk like this? I can't take any review like this seriously because they are always so dramatic and overblown.

I hear you, and agree that it's dramatic/overblown/cringe. That said, there are people out there who genuinely react like this. And they probably think it's just as weird how hard we root for/get worked up over sportstball. In fact, I see just as much cringe on Premium every week. This is simply how some people process the things they love.
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Or think they are supposed to. Same thing really
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I am looking forward to this. I think Alex Garland had a lot to make up for with Men as it seemed to really sour a lot of people on him. I think that the praise it is getting is probably legitimate
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all those tweets talking about how they feel this is an accurate portrayal of things to come, probly the first to dismiss "predictive programming" as some conspiracy theory
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Captain Winky said:

"Left me shaking". Why do these nerds talk like this? I can't take any review like this seriously because they are always so dramatic and overblown.
I think it's turned into part of the cultural jargon. Like someone starting a reddit post with "Hear me out" or a home description always saying that the house is in this or that "sought after" subdivision. I don't even think they think about it.
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That trailer looks great!
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Reviews for this are off the charts.
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Don't waste your money…this movie sucked.
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vettmaster99 said:

Don't waste your money…this movie sucked.
But there's two whole pages of tweets talking about how life changing this movie is…you've gotta be wrong!
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Maybe try the other thread, where the vast majority of the board liked it…

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3454231
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Saw it last night.

I had high hopes for it and it let me down in almost every way. It was painfully slow in parts and failed to really explain what the civil war was even about. It had vague references to a third term president and his policies but it left a lot to be desired.

The final 10ish minutes were a lot of fun and then it ended horribly. The ending was cheesy and thrown together.

4/10

Would not recommend. I don't mind unique or artsy movies. But this movie was not entertaining to me.
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Super late here. Watched this last night.

Pros:
- Reminded me of a hybrid of The Last of Us and Station Eleven; a combo of OG characters guiding a youngster through an apocalyptic landscape (TLOU) while trying to remain true to what brings them value in life (photojournalism, in this case)
- The cast is solid; speaking of The Last of Us, Cailee Spaeny would've made for a great Ellie
- Sturgill Simpson needle drop out of nowhere for a montage and it hit good
- Apolitical

Cons:
- Apolitical sure, but taking that approach did leave some glaring plot holes for motivations
- Power of the press was exaggerated greatly; the idea that a press photog would have ANY say in, uh, tactical command was hilarious to me...especially at the end
- Not enough evil Matt Damon (Jesse Plemons) screen time
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Saw it only a couple weeks back as well... very "meh" on it.

It was interesting seeing ideas on minor conflicts everywhere and what they would be like. Overall, I never felt any real connection to the characters and the actual military conflict seemed to be very miniscule for something as crucial as half the country waging war on the other half.

I thought the only good character was that of Sammy. All the others just lost me.

I'd give it a 5/10
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Saw this movie a couple months back and it was honestly one of the worst movies I've ever seen
there were skittles in there!
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Surprised at the amount of dislike. I may have been disappointed if I'd only watched the trailer before viewing, but I thankfully read enough to know it was a different type of movie than the trailer seemed to indicate. We really liked it.
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Nope; not good. Complete waste of time.
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It was crap, but at least it gave us the "what kind of _______ are you?" meme template, and for that I give thanks.
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Civil War is streaming now for those that didn't catch it in theaters. I watched last night and thought it was a good watch as a pure war action thriller. Some more hashing out of the backstory would have been great because they only make little allusions to the things that embroiled the country in a Civil War. I would have liked to have known more about the President and what he did to become a despot but maybe the filmmaker didn't want to get the film mired down in politics and decided to just make a"what if" scenario action film.
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Tried to get through the movie several times on my flight home from Rome last week - never even finished it. Just bad.
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phatpat21 said:

Saw this movie a couple months back and it was honestly one of the worst movies I've ever seen
It is crazy, I enjoyed it on the big screen when it first came out. Tried to rewatch the other wknd and finished it but couldn't believe I liked it so much the first time. I think the edible and homemade mai tai that I smuggled into the theater might have been a factor.

Maybe try ingesting these toxins first? IDK
 
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