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@matthewcronin23258 ай бұрын
Sick hoodie where’d ya get it
@lesterwilliamsjr6498 ай бұрын
Would you be interested in discussing story titles and how they are neglected part of storytelling in general. As a writer I can honestly say there was a time where I just came a story after the main character and nowadays I make sure my story titles are unique and avoid using the names of characters.
@ThePresidentOFhasbinz8 ай бұрын
The shilling never ends 😂
@dafque34658 ай бұрын
Sad, I expect that someone who reviews movies would have courtesy to not advertise shit games (as it is a similar medium) for any money, I dont mind ads but this is just sad
@Totttty558 ай бұрын
@@dafque3465 Chris has entered full lolcow here. Been a long build up but it's certain now.
@anthonyring1238 ай бұрын
The thing that impressed me the most was the sound design. The fact that gunshots were loud and startling was fantastic. A film that depicts firearms sound signature realistically. When people were shooting, it WAS the loudest thing on screen. No normal ear friendly conversations, guns are loud. It made them loud.
@MK3848 ай бұрын
Glad somebody else noticed that. I jumped a few times and the cinema sounded like a gun range a few times.
@OneShotProduktions8 ай бұрын
Agreed. This movie needs to be seen in a theater just for the sound design alone. Incredible work.
@Prophetofthe8thLegion8 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure that shit is actually illegal.
@anthonyring1238 ай бұрын
@@Prophetofthe8thLegion What are you talking about?? You understand that is was still hearing safe right? It doesn't leave you with hearing loss or a ringing. Just the sound itself was an actual gunshot. Not some overlayed pop pop you get in every action film. And in contrast to everything else on screen, it was the loudest part. Like it should be, I highly doubt any production studio would release a film that literally hurts you. Any volume issue is going to be the theater itself. I myself saw it in IMAX and was amazing.
@MattBuild48 ай бұрын
Except the gunshots still sound fake. Zero zip no peripheral contact, no differentiation between round types.
@KeithBoleen8 ай бұрын
“Small towns have the most disturbing scenes.” Well, if we learned anything from Walking Dead, it’s not the zombies we have to be afraid of.
@diskonnekt13138 ай бұрын
Cities were/would be far more dangerous.
@EastlakeRasta78 ай бұрын
When the grid goes down a lot of people are going to die when winter hits no one's ever ready
@caseywrable8 ай бұрын
That’s funny. I’m pretty sure that cities would be a living nightmare before small towns fall into madness.
@EastlakeRasta78 ай бұрын
@@caseywrable everyone in the city wouldn't be ready for winter, in a matter of fact no one would be ready for winter especially when you consider where everyone gets their food and groceries
@FlameQwert8 ай бұрын
@@caseywrablein almost every civil conflict in history, cities may become sites of battle but they are still less likely to fall into "half the town lynches the other half and then fall into cannibalism" than villages, small towns, or even worse, modern suburbia where there is zero social cohesion and infrastructure. Those sparsely populated towns are prime pickings for marauding armies, or become brigand strongholds, and are hard for any stabilising force to restore peace and some semblance of the law
@blakew70898 ай бұрын
Perfect timing, just saw it last night. The whole audience here in Montreal laughed at Canadian money being worth a lot.
@bengirard19848 ай бұрын
Montrealer here! What's up! So for real? That's freaking funny hahaha Can't wait to see it actually.
@russell222228 ай бұрын
How could you see it if it is scheduled to begin on April 11th?
@DanielSalgadu8 ай бұрын
It happens when your nighbour country has instability. See Brazil and Argentina, for example. Argentina had a lot stronger economy before.
@anamakesthings8 ай бұрын
@@bengirard1984google says it released in Canada on the 8th (yesterday) There are usually a number of advanced screenings before its wide release, which would the 11th
@johnny1013johnny8 ай бұрын
Lol, as a Canadian, that's hilarious, and where did you get to see it early?
@direktive48 ай бұрын
'admire but never want to see again' - ah, the requiem for a dream category
@killer921738 ай бұрын
I guess I am the minor cuz I want to see it again!! Lol
@johnkoepke48078 ай бұрын
@@killer92173unless you have dementia, why would you want to watch Requiem again? Lol
@alhusseinfarah41948 ай бұрын
@@killer92173 It really triggered my anxiety I'm not. balanced enough to see that again lol.
@raw_dah8 ай бұрын
I remember watching it hesitantly because my friend suggested it, while thinking it's going to be some kind of sob story. But I was literally clenching my fists and biting down my jaw hard when the last scenes of descending into trauma happened, like when the mother gets shocked, girl gets mentally dissociated while selling her body,Jared and his friend scenes. One of the movies that changed my perspective towards cinema as a art more than entertainment. Gta 4 is a similar game that changed my perspectives on video games bring more than just entertainment. @@alhusseinfarah4194
@killer921738 ай бұрын
@johnkoepke4807 I was talking about Civil War...
@yoyo54418 ай бұрын
The last 20 minutes really brought the whole movie together for me , the sound design in IMAX for that was absolutely insane
@mt89568 ай бұрын
Honestly it was overkill with the helicopter and I found myself rooting for the underdog soldier at the gate fighting back against overwhelming odds. It was like 10 soldiers vs every one 😂 Sadly I didn’t see it on IMAX but on Cinemark XD with THX Certification. I do wanna see it on IMAX just for the action scenes
@ET2carbon8 ай бұрын
It was actually crappy
@DefenestrateYourself8 ай бұрын
@@ET2carbon sounds like you need an otolaryngologist
@ImMeandYouAreYou69428 ай бұрын
Still sucked.
@ET2carbon8 ай бұрын
@@DefenestrateYourself ok
@churibman8 ай бұрын
This is the funniest subject matter - advertiser combo ever
@thecodebrief8 ай бұрын
Probably intentional tbh
@PrimerCinePodcast8 ай бұрын
For real
@PantsaBear8 ай бұрын
Was very funny but also so wooden/scripted it feels unintentional. Probably couldve had at least a little fun with it but its whatever
@PrimerCinePodcast8 ай бұрын
@@PantsaBear Maybe he just didn´t feel like making a joke out of it
@lanceareadbhar8 ай бұрын
@thecodebrief Clearly on Chris's part. Not sure if you mean the new expansion is tied to the movie release, which I would guess is less likely at least in terms of the studio paying for it.
@treknobabble17018 ай бұрын
I'm more impressed we got a movie that looks incredible and didn't cost a ridiculous amount at a lean 50mil. This and Godzilla Minus One showing the major studios are suffering a serious bloat problem
@issyjas33098 ай бұрын
The creator too, shot for £80mil, been some serious fx companies on the make
@treknobabble17018 ай бұрын
@@issyjas3309 oh yes forgot about the creator. Keep meaning to watch it.
@issyjas33098 ай бұрын
@@treknobabble1701 it’s a decent watch, amazed it’s made for £80mil when you see rom coms asking for that kind of budget
@operationalbattlestation54778 ай бұрын
@@treknobabble1701it’s not good. It looks nice but the story and characters are really dull
@mightisright8 ай бұрын
$200 million plus movies also have expensive casts. Just think of the last Avengers movies and what those actors cost before one frame was shot. I'm guessing Kirsten didn't break the bank.
@ethanreaper8 ай бұрын
The character change makes more sense if you view it as 3 concurrent coming of age stories. You basically have 4 characters who are in different parts of their 'war journalism' careers. -Cailee Spaney (Jessie) has just started her career as a war journalist. -Wagner Moura (Joel) is in his prime. The job is exciting to him. He comes off as an adrenaline junkie, he is going the extra mile to get that shot that will make a name for himself. -Kirsten Dundst's character (Lee) essentially is at the end of her prime. She's made a name for herself, photographing conflict and has basically seen it all, but the this has taken a heavy toll on her. -Stephen McKinley (Sammy) is past his prime. He really has no place being in a war zone. He's too old to keep up but his passion for the career has kept him going past the stopping point. He isn't invincible like he was when he was younger. He can no longer hide the fact that he values his own life and those around him. This impairs his abilities as a war journalist as they need to be very stoic and cold in order to operate in this environment. *****Spoilers***** *********** *********** *********** *********** The toll of the career has basically worn Lee down to her limit. She is trying to hold face and maintain her presence, but the cracks are starting to show. Her and Joel both experience some extreme trauma within the film. Joel being in his prime is able to overcome it. Lee on the otherhand is at the end of her rope and finally just breaks down. At the start of the film, she implies, heartlessly, that if Jessie were to die, she'd photograph it. When Sammie is killed, she photographs him, but then deletes the photo. She can't keep up the stoicism required to be a war journalist any longer and she has developed into a parallel of Sammie. This happens right as they are thrust into the most intense combat. She is unable to function to her full potential as a journalist. She starts having a mental breakdown while in the middle of a battle. During this time, Jessie is starting to develope more into Joel. She has been through hell, but she feels alive. She's starting to hit her stride. She's excited to be in these situations and takes the risks needed to get the good shots. This nearly gets her killed, but Lee, now unshackled for the morbid stoicism of being a war-journalist saves her rather than taking a photo of her demise. This parallels to how Sammie saved the group earlier. Something he wouldn't have been able to do if he was still a cold blooded war journalist, as he'd have been in the same situation himself. Lee would likely have developed into a character very similar to Sammie if she hadn't gotten killed. Joel gets the big shot, he's going to make a name for himself, much like Lee had done when she documented the ANTIFA massacre (I think I recall this being her big scoop, but i could be misremembering). Jessie is now hooked on war-journalism. She will likely now develope into a character more similar to Joel. She captures a photo of Lee as she dies and is able to heartlessly move on even though she saved her life. It basically shows 4 different stages and evolutions of being a war journalist with the backdrop being an American civil war. Lee wasn't really acting out of character, it's more that her character 'came of age' at a really bad/(good?) time. I really feel like the short coming was not developing Sammie's character enough. I think if they had done more to establish how he got to where he is then drew parallels to how that same thing is happening to Lee, it would have made it more obvious what was happening to her, and it wouldn't be misinterpreted as being out of character.
@peanutdonut8 ай бұрын
Are you a writer by any chance? It's really impressive how you're able to dissect these characters while also being able to articulate it such that it's easy to understand for the laymen. Just finished the movie a few hours ago and reading your take has added an extra dimension to the film for me.
@the7percentsolution8 ай бұрын
I probably shouldn't have read all of that as I haven't seen the movie yet (yes I saw the spoiler warning) but I was too curious. That being said this is an excellent analysis and honestly it might enhance my viewing of the film whenever I get around to seeing it. Thank you for taking the time to share!
@sheggy54428 ай бұрын
Very very well said
@vincedurden64468 ай бұрын
Nicely said.
@adamprotz8 ай бұрын
I totally agree with this analysis and it's almost strange Chris didn't see this character development
@thebeardedgaymer48888 ай бұрын
I know which character you are vaguely talking about and I feel the photo they deleted, the car window, was an indication that everything had become too much for them to bear; too close to home. Notice how everything went downhill for that character after that; they were having panic attacks, crying, disconnected, etc. I do not think it was a betrayal of their character development because early in the movie, that character had flashbacks that seemed to foreshadow the mental fragility. Also, there was mention of "What's eating at you?" or "What's on your mind?" by their colleagues leading up to that. There was so much that made complete sense the second time I watched it. For instance, the President's speech in the beginning is completely different knowing what happens in the movie.
@JS1218 ай бұрын
Spot on I felt the same way about that character
@Fernando-zv9qn8 ай бұрын
@@JS121 me too
@Slacker_Becker8 ай бұрын
I agree, there were little signs pointing to that character's moment. The deleted photo was huge.
@ljohnblaze8 ай бұрын
I thought he was talking about the young girl car hopping out of the window and triggering that most disturbing sequence that followed. He even used “goes out of the window literally.”
@BlueLionsTVNiiNiiFC8 ай бұрын
Ooh this character? I didn’t think it was a betrayal of anything and it felt natural. Ultimately reviews are always subjective I guess In a perfect world, reviewers would watch films twice Once for the ride, 2nd time to review and accept the film for what it is, then you can contrast if it works
@handwichesArt8 ай бұрын
RE: the character "betrayal" It was a psychological response to successfully passing the torch. They felt comfortable enough to feel something, because they fully trusted another person to document. At least that's how I read it.
@chrisretzlaff28958 ай бұрын
If it what I'm thinking, I took it as, it was a point of utter cracking...super powerful, I was horrified and upset seeing them like that. But I like that take too
@jaylenbrown208 ай бұрын
Yeah you can clearly tell for the back half her heart wasn't in it anymore and they literally already set up that she was willing to put herself in danger to help Jessie and that other guy in the scene with Jesse Plemons earlier in the movie
@rams69928 ай бұрын
It didn’t not make sense
@damunzy8 ай бұрын
Yeah, Chris missed this one. I was completely onboard with her losing her way. It happened slowly over many scenes. He just missed it
@rams69928 ай бұрын
@@damunzy someone on Reddit mentioned how by that scene they had basically switched attitude/roles. On some annilhation shit.
@WebofShadows198 ай бұрын
I'm glad to see that Mary Jane finally got her Photo Journalist job!
@hevertonsiqueira5287 ай бұрын
E o capitão Nascimento virou zumbi 🤣 no meu ver parece uma mistura de Tropa de elite + the walkind dead no filme do tropa de elite o capitão Nascimento treina seu sucessor a líder de esquadrão pois queria se aposentar no meio só que isso no meio de um apocalipse zumbi 🤣🤦🤡🤭 na minha impressão americanos são meio malucos e frios mais a medida que vamos conhecendo tudo melhora abraço 👍🇧🇷😎
@trainingwithcj8 ай бұрын
when godzilla made an appearance… I was like holy hell this is awesome
@Makemsayahlex8 ай бұрын
I think you watched Godzilla X Kong 😂
@VenomtheOne8 ай бұрын
@@Makemsayahlex nani
@IARsmiley8 ай бұрын
Spoilers!!! Tf?
@Azav3128 ай бұрын
What side did he choose? Or was he still team japan
@DaGoook8 ай бұрын
@@Azav312 Godzilla showed up with those samurai mechs from Red Alert 3 to help usher the US factions into the Coalition of the Rising Sun.
@benm59708 ай бұрын
I find it ridiculous that the controversy surrounding this movie is because people wanted the movie to side with their specific political party and instead they didn’t side with any at all, like isn’t that a good thing? Isn’t it good that this movie wasn’t pro this or pro that? I mean this is a movie guys, not the news network that you watch
@kingkapybara99648 ай бұрын
It's funny how movies are less biased than the news nowadays
@NoName......8 ай бұрын
It seems silly to make a move about a future American Civil War then trying your best to make it apolitical.
@sultanofswing71988 ай бұрын
It is leftist biased throughout. It is not a political the president is clearly trump.
@raoulduke29248 ай бұрын
Its centrist nonsense. Just read some of the director's quotes about how he views the disputes over governance. He claims that its just two different views of how to govern, as if Republican policy doesn't directly affect the lives of LGBTQ+ people, as if Republican policy doesn't make life harder for the impoverished. Its mealy mouthed " war and divisiveness are bad" with very little real criticism going on.
@vauxvids8 ай бұрын
@@raoulduke2924if you blame the republicans than your already falling for the trap and your being manipulated. The republican and democrats are really no different. Both controlled by an elite.
@benjaminskylerhill82768 ай бұрын
Having nothing political to say doesn’t mean having nothing to say at all. I dont understand the people saying this movie “says nothing.” It has plenty to say from an anti-war lens, particularly the gross desensitisation and callousness that comes from choosing to constantly take in real-life horrific violence.
@Kueth4176 ай бұрын
This feels so obvious it hurts that so many people are missing the point.
@MS-ii1sv6 ай бұрын
Maybe it says that but it's still a painfully boring and shitty movie with piss poor dialogue.
@wembychan5 ай бұрын
@@MS-ii1svidiot take
@MS-ii1sv5 ай бұрын
@@wembychan What? I got around the accusation that anyone who doesn't like it doesn't understand it. So I'm an idiot because I think it's poorly executed? It looks like it was shot with a handycam. You have people having a conversation with a sniper team in the middle of a standoff. The military lets them tag along while they are involved in firefights. I can go on. It's a terrible movie.
@The_Rebeliate8 ай бұрын
The fact that people in the comments want a movie to take a side is exactly the point of the movie
@averageamericanjz8 ай бұрын
All every negative review I've read, this is always the main reason. It's irritating. I can't wait !
@Cognaxance8 ай бұрын
It's a brilliant move. It made me happy there wasn't any politics or current day's nutty topics mentioned at all. This is what immersion and escapism is.
@21krayzie8 ай бұрын
FENCE SITTER
@benm59708 ай бұрын
That’s what I’m saying, I feel like people’s positive or negative opinions of this movie aren’t being determined by the quality of the movie, it’s like they’re determining it based on what political side they’re on
@Digger-Nick8 ай бұрын
Its blatantly obvious who is destroying the country, "taking sides" isn't necessary.
@mrcheesemunch8 ай бұрын
Not sure the movie is for me but glad to see Kirsten Dunst getting some love. I hadn't seen her in anything for years and then last year I binged through Fargo and she was amazing in season 2.
@LuisSierra428 ай бұрын
She was in the oscar nominated power of the dog, just a few years ago
@Erasureeraser8 ай бұрын
She got her first Oscar nomination for The Power Of The Dog. So that's cool and I do think her Fargo season is still the best one
@mrcheesemunch8 ай бұрын
@@LuisSierra42Hadn't heard of that but lol looked at the cast there and thought "Wow Jesse Plemons is also in that, why are they in everything together" might have something to do with them being married huh...
@LuisSierra428 ай бұрын
@@mrcheesemunch Yeah, they are also together in Fargo S3
@gazorpazorp97988 ай бұрын
She was in hidden figures recently - good movie but she wasn’t a lead.
@Jonathan_Collins8 ай бұрын
"We never learn what started the civil war." - 3rd Term President
@RobertK19938 ай бұрын
FDR
@OGMillyMillz_8 ай бұрын
JFK
@senwal4228 ай бұрын
Jfk?
@anubusx8 ай бұрын
The plot sounds like a documentary about our future not long from now.
@RawbeardX8 ай бұрын
he should have asked the FBI. oh. wait.
@grantrogero45448 ай бұрын
The California Texas alliance is just crazy enough to be brilliant in its concept. Yes I know Blue and Red but (as a Californian) we have much in common. We are independent self governing states that do what we think is best for our interest, common or otherwise. Whether environmental, gun control or border politics we do as we see fit for our own best interests. Once a third term president or other power attempts to stifle that I feel common ground would be found. The combined economic, populous and military resources of the two states would be a force to be reckoned with on any stage.
@KnightsmanTaylors7 ай бұрын
It's possible that after they put Trump in jail to rig another election, that the maga movement in California and Texas would form the Western Forces Patriot Milita to close the borders.
@kingdavid31546 ай бұрын
Texas doesn't want any Unification with the People's Republic of California.....Oil and Water. If anything, these 2 States will be against each other
@richardhoehn99225 ай бұрын
I thought about this too. For the record, I live in Texas, and due to the politics of it all, I had one of those choke and spray out my beverage moments when I heard Texas and California "working together" in this war. Yeah right 🤨
@shap72963 ай бұрын
well that and almost half of calis pop is red or third party there’s no red vs blue states it’s city vs country always has been
@tenko85192 ай бұрын
@@shap7296Yeup, just like Oregon.
@antonioacvr1237 ай бұрын
In my reading, this film talks about the LACK OF EMPATHY regarding war. It is evident with journalists: Lee, experienced and successful, appears cruel when she photographs horrific scenes of violence. Meanwhile, Jessie, young and inexperienced, is affected by the war scenes. The idea of the narrative is to reverse the roles. To show how, as the film progresses, Lee becomes more empathetic and Jessie becomes colder. In the end, Jessie takes the iconic photos while Lee freaks out and is shot - a moment, in fact, photographed by Jessie. Going off script, the message for me as a viewer is: we are Jessie and Lee at the same time. Wars happen all the time, all over the world. At first, like Jessie, we were shocked, but eventually we got used to the horrific scenes of violence. We got used to war. We got colder. But we are also Lee. Our lack of empathy has a certain limit. How long can we endure it? And would we be able to handle it when it was with someone close to us? Lee has photographed countless people in deplorable situations, however, her breakdown came after seeing her colleagues in the same type of situation. Then, we come to the true meta of the film: you, Americans, bring war to the whole world. There are countries, right now, in situations IDENTICAL to those shown in the film. Do you care? Of course youu don't. It's not NY or Washington. For you, and for me, "war" is that thing that appears in the news.
@avigindratt76086 ай бұрын
Yeah that's what i got from it too, the cynicism. The way she didn't even seem to care that her hero was killed in the end
@Brickzie8 ай бұрын
Civil War: Happened Journalist: I missed the part where that's my problem.
@EmanuelAmaro8 ай бұрын
Ha. You win comment of the day 👏👏
@ruboxcube8 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣
@skyeplus8 ай бұрын
I'm gonna put a dirt in your eye.
@KnightsmanTaylors7 ай бұрын
You're obviously with the Libertarian party. If your candidate would win the election and become president...it would be worse the a civil war. We would have a national PURGE just like in the movies 🎥
@calvinsmediocrechannel81038 ай бұрын
Plemons is ALWAYS playing the most DIABOLICAL Dude. (I keep forgetting yall take everything literally... I know he's not always bad)
@travisspazz16248 ай бұрын
Except when he's in a movie or show with Dunst 😊
@drex51608 ай бұрын
@@travisspazz1624 isn't he with dunst in this movie? 👀
@travisspazz16248 ай бұрын
@@drex5160 the example isn't airtight.
@MrGruzefix8 ай бұрын
He was pretty loveable in Fargo Season 2.
@tamasproductions8 ай бұрын
In Fargo he plays a dunce
@samgrey24078 ай бұрын
it really is the year of cailee spaeny - priscilla, civil war and then the upcoming alien film?? girl is a star
@diamonddoggspuppy77558 ай бұрын
Yes she is
@deanharstad54048 ай бұрын
Alien film or a film about aliens? Like, within the Alien franchise?
@jonathansalazar11748 ай бұрын
@@deanharstad5404Alien franchise
@davidd46968 ай бұрын
priscilla was last year
@deanharstad54048 ай бұрын
@@jonathansalazar1174 Oh cool. I hope it’s good.
@yaajmane8 ай бұрын
I love the the part where Kirsten Dunst’s character reveals that her mentor was Frank West and tells Cailee Spaeny’s character she’s covered wars, ya know.
@bigdadybojangls92198 ай бұрын
10/10 meme
@middleagedbaldguy67748 ай бұрын
Im hearing alot of folks talk about how a civil war might be a "fun" or "good" thing. I did mission trips all over West Africa in the 90's. Ive been to and spent time in places where the system has completely broken down. I still have nightmares about what I saw almost 30 years ago.
@The_Isaiahnator8 ай бұрын
People romanticize dystopian and post-apocalyptic settings because they think it gives them the best chance to reinvent themselves as heroes in a world where hierarchical structures have collapsed and everyone is equally destitute. The truth (and the irony) is that such a world allows sociopaths and psychopaths to quickly seize positions of power and dominate those around them (usually through the use of extreme violence).
@pisceanbeauty25038 ай бұрын
“Civil War” is fun just like 9/11 and pandemic dystopia were fun.
@wolverineiscool71616 ай бұрын
cool story bro
@eldritchbidoof6 ай бұрын
those people must lead really dull and sad lives to literally want a CIVIL WAR to happen to "get the blood pumping", JFC......
@batman-cu1ep5 ай бұрын
Who told you this??
@Ameriguy998 ай бұрын
I enjoyed it. My only complaint is I wanted more world building. I want to know why the WF formed, what lead up to the war, how it began ect
@8johh7 ай бұрын
tyrannical president broke constitution and bombed US citizens
@antuanmoto89837 ай бұрын
Well, there is a theory that in the future the States of South of USA and the States of North Mexico will unite to form a new country, if they do not accept it, the way would be weapons, with civil war existing in both countries.
@WilliamHowell19914 ай бұрын
I definetly see what you're saying, but I don't think world building was what this film was about. You weren't really supposed to side with either "side", as in the end theyre both two halves of a bad whole. World building the sides more would have led to inherent biases within them, and I think keeping them vague helps more with the message the movie was trying to get across.
@adampellett49178 ай бұрын
A24 knows how to make Hollywood better even greater than before.
@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl8 ай бұрын
Same
@pumitriii61608 ай бұрын
me too
@Nova-fh2et8 ай бұрын
A24 has some gems but is way too much pretentious bullshit as well
@ryoku798 ай бұрын
A24 is OK. I like very few movies from it
@BB-ed4om8 ай бұрын
@@Nova-fh2etnot really. They just pick up movies that get a buzz at festivals and they also have produced some amazing movies. There are not many that I haven’t enjoyed.
@rogerbell84298 ай бұрын
It really captures what its like to be in the middle of gun battles. Some of the journalists get a real buzz out of it. The scenes with Jesse Plemons are riveting. The final gun battle is handled really well. Kirsten Dunst's reaction to what's going on gives it a whole other level that I have never seen before in that type of sequence.
@MS-ii1sv6 ай бұрын
Journalists don't go into the middle of firefights. They stage footage with guys shooting over a wall or around a corner at nothing.
@hoof318 ай бұрын
Chris Stuckman 2020 reviews: I give this move a B+ Chris Stuckman 2024 reviews: Its a Movie
@youfillmylifewithjello66618 ай бұрын
Yeah I started watching other movie reviewers
@brianschmeltzer76238 ай бұрын
he made a movie so now he does not want to critique them because of the work that goes into them even if they are not a good movie
@youfillmylifewithjello66618 ай бұрын
@@brianschmeltzer7623 yeah that makes me not wanna watch. He’s gone soft
@captainjakemerica45798 ай бұрын
@@youfillmylifewithjello6661 damn straight and is too hypocritical on his takes on movies especially MCU movies
@OlegInTheDark8 ай бұрын
making movies is hard, just like flying an airplane. thats why when my pilot crashes and burns i wont say anything bad (ill scream in panic while plummeting to the ground) edit:damn guys, sarcasm
@Hakman788 ай бұрын
Just saw this, and idk about you guys but my theater has the volume turned up to like 300% the gun fights were hella loud
@Angel-od1bt8 ай бұрын
I think that was an deliberate choice for the movie, rather than just your theatre.
@Hakman788 ай бұрын
@@Angel-od1bt I thought maybe that was the case, but I thought I was the only one
@dicekolev53608 ай бұрын
@@Angel-od1bt no, cinema hall managers are just that incompetent for years already and one of the many reasons I don't go to cinema anymore 😁
@Midwestemoisme8 ай бұрын
@@dicekolev5360still the shots were suppose to be loud, the fighting scenes were supposed to be to make you uncomfortable
@Angel-od1bt8 ай бұрын
@@dicekolev5360 so if you don’t go to the cinema, you don’t know what you’re talking about then.
@fabioalvesshow8 ай бұрын
I love that scene that Kirsten Dunst says 'Go get then tiger'
@mikejunior2118 ай бұрын
I prefer the part where she said " You'll be sorry for this, Jo March!!"
@RMD-uw5np8 ай бұрын
Also when President Nick Offerman was hanging upside down from his web and she kisses him.
@mhm68 ай бұрын
The upside down kiss scene was awesome
@barrowsarrow67617 ай бұрын
“Go get, them..” not then 🙄
@ethanmcfarland82408 ай бұрын
I hope this Movie doesn’t end up like Contagion where it inadvertently predicts the future
@dingo75648 ай бұрын
Contagion didn’t predict the future. That virus killed 1 out of 3 people…. with our pandemic, > 2% even showed symptoms and even less died. Not remotely comparable. Btw, it’s still out there. But the world moves on
@yamyampi368 ай бұрын
My wife is a nurse and had never seen contagion. We watched it together in may 2020. She was amazed how much of it was what she was being told to do at that time.
@TwistedReality138 ай бұрын
Lol they aren't predictions.. they're letting us know what they have planned. 😂
@yamyampi368 ай бұрын
@@TwistedReality13 it’s called expertise in what could happen
@zymosan1238 ай бұрын
call predictive programing dude.
@stephenandrew60878 ай бұрын
A review like this is exactly why I love your reviews Chris. You care about the same things I do while being a realist that some things have to make money. Plan on seeing the film with my wife here in the next couple of weeks and Austin, will report back.
@ulfingvar18 ай бұрын
Why is everyone leaving out 'Devs' when mentioning Garland's work? It is just as brilliant as everything else he's done.
@jackdavinci8 ай бұрын
It's not a film
@raymonds83548 ай бұрын
Good review as usual, although I believe that the arcs of both main characters Lee and Jessie perfectly fit the themes of the movie. Giving no spoilers, both arcs are foreshadowed by earlier scenes, like Jessie’s increasing recklessness and feeling “more alive” but less detached in getting the photos; and Lee’s full realization that all the times she thought her foreign war shots were a “warning” back home were ultimately futile as they did not stop the second American civil war… Lee and Jessie are so haunting to me when all is said and done…
@MrKangorilla8 ай бұрын
I think "that" character deleting "that" photo, was the signifier of the start of their change in the movie from that point onwards
@teee93848 ай бұрын
Stuckmann thinks he knows more about writing and consistent character choices than Alex Garland lol. Notes from Melanie is so incredibly inconsistent. Someone needs to remind him about zods snapped neck.
@andresguillen67508 ай бұрын
Deleting photos as a journalist is a HUGE no no. Pretty significant
@JessMatney8 ай бұрын
I had a small role in this one! Just hoping I made the cut and nice review!!
@Tomy_Yon8 ай бұрын
You didn't see it yet? 😊
@JessMatney8 ай бұрын
@@Tomy_YonUnfortunately not yet. I couldn’t do SXSW nor the early screening bc I’m filming but I have tickets for the 12th for an IMAX screening here in ATL. Mann I just hope I made the cut
@obe_5958 ай бұрын
What was your part?
@Tomy_Yon8 ай бұрын
@@JessMatney 🤞
@JessMatney8 ай бұрын
@@obe_595I was a checkpoint soldier. Just one scene not a ton of dialog 10 or so lines
@coolnerdlll60538 ай бұрын
This looks like the kind of movie that'll be really fun now and really depressing in about five years when it becomes accurate.
@thatreddude77008 ай бұрын
Kind of like Idiocracy
@ThisIsMyFullName8 ай бұрын
Nothing about this movie is fun. It feels very real.
@potato23878 ай бұрын
If Trump takes office this will be our future unfortunately.
@StratsRUs8 ай бұрын
Israel.Gaza ?
@doublecommenter51618 ай бұрын
Like Contagion?
@williamfawkes83798 ай бұрын
I saw it. I enjoyed it. I was surprised at how much order was still present, and how little crime was depicted. I would imagine that there would be a whole lot more fragmentation and disorder. There were examples of communities setting up aid stations, and policing their streets. That seems more likely to be the exception rather than the norm. I guess I was left feeling as though this movie was toothless, it didn't go far enough to depict what a true breakdown of services would be like. Empty shelves, empty gas tanks, the starvation of multitudes. When communication stops, we have no credit, no commerce, no transportation. Except for the government, and that would be busy fighting. I think it would look a lot worse.
@sudoPrivileges7 ай бұрын
If you enjoyed this piece of crap, I think you would enjoy a good movie it much more.
@williamfawkes83797 ай бұрын
@@sudoPrivileges Did you just say that you watched a piece of crap for 2 hours? That's kind of strange. You must really be a dedicated poop watcher. 💩
@williamfawkes83797 ай бұрын
@@sudoPrivileges I don't remember asking for your opinion on my opinion.
@scottmalone91618 ай бұрын
I will say that the I felt that the shift in the character you mention was actually really interesting. One thing I noticed was Garland started shooting some POV shots from their perspective where the focus was off with the light splitting into red, green, and blue around edges. I took that as a sign that they were cracking under the pressure especially after that moment where they pointed out how they were still failing to process that this war was happening in the US rather than all the various counties they had visited. That shift to cracking under the pressure at the 11th hour felt very real to me especially as a photojournalist who has built a career as someone who lives as this silent observer. This crack I believed was foreshadowed by the memories flashes seen in the early part of the movie. War is Hell, and I thought it really humanized the idea that as much as we can try to be impartial observers we still have to live with the impact of what we see/choose to do. Even when you believe the best/safest thing to do is to not intervene or "take a side" that doesn't stop us from the effects of the horrors of war
@playoffpaul69388 ай бұрын
Just saw this and I think most reviewers are missing things to an extent. First, for people who are REALLY that concerned with the political messaging, it gives you enough context to gather that the president is a tyrant (regardless of party) and two large states with divergent politics join up despite their differences (CA / TX). Also the things we see make the idea of this conflict unfathomably terrifying. No glorification and no pandering either. Garland handles the politics subtly CAUSE ITS NOT THE POINT. The film is most compelling and emotionally impactful by studying its characters as war photographers. A thrilling, twisted artistry that bites when showcasing the trauma involved. Finally, the action was nuts and the sound design was brilliantly horrifying.
@MS-ii1sv6 ай бұрын
So why have a white guy killing all the foreigners and dumping them in a pit? Why not blacks doing it to whites? That part really had nothing to do with the civil war itself so why put it in there? It's obvious the politics of the film maker.
@MisterListopher8 ай бұрын
As a recommendation for your next 'Feature Presentation', I think you should talk about Apocalypse Now. It's my, personal, all-time favorite movie. It's very similar to Civil War in that it shows some borderline horrific events hidden behind a war film. Some of the shots and imagery are branded into my subconsciousness. It's a beautifully haunting movie that I'm sure you've seen, just never talked about.
@flataffect8 ай бұрын
Full metal jacket too, surprisingly pretty disturbing
@MK3848 ай бұрын
It didn't dawn on me the similarities of Civil War to Apocalypse Now until a random dude next to me pointed it out. I think years from now this movie will be remembered as the Apocalypse now of this generation.
@radithramadhan84888 ай бұрын
Rides of the valkyries remains one of the best scene in history of cinema
@qasimmir71178 ай бұрын
@@MK384 I don’t think so because Apocalypse Now actually had something to say about the Vietnam War and the disillusionment of American doctrine.
@ThisIsMyFullName8 ай бұрын
I saw this yesterday and it was a shocking movie to me, like the road trip through hell. The sound design was insanely good, especially the gunfire was so loud it almost felt like gunfire was happening in the cinema. It's one of those film were I just had to sit a while afterwards and take it all in. A few people walked out during the film as well.
@mattcollins35918 ай бұрын
Why? I mean, I know it’s gritty, raw and violent.. but what were people expecting from a movie called “civil war”?
@StratsRUs8 ай бұрын
@@mattcollins3591Uncivil
@skoolynugenator18028 ай бұрын
Does it take sides politically the way they portray things? That’s my biggest fear.
@ryanbradshaw38138 ай бұрын
@@skoolynugenator1802it’s entire objective is to not have any political leaning. It really doesn’t have anything to do with that.
@ThisIsMyFullName8 ай бұрын
@@mattcollins3591 I don't think people were expecting it to be so raw, you know? There's a lot of real war going on in the world, a lot of images of real people in the news, so it would have been safer to make more of an action movie. There's a lot of real war/protests footage in between in the beginning of the film.
@Matticitt8 ай бұрын
Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura. That's all I need.
@OBC24-q8h8 ай бұрын
Should've added Tobey Maguire
@1474278 ай бұрын
Mary Jane and Pablo Escobar
@silashurd35978 ай бұрын
Mary Jane and Death
@freddiemossberg72048 ай бұрын
You don’t need much do you?
@TruthPrevails898 ай бұрын
All you need is two mediocre actors huh?
@kareningram60938 ай бұрын
I have always appreciated the fact that your reviews are spoiler-free. Even on the rare occasions when you do a review with spoilers, you have a spoiler-free counterpart and both are clearly labeled. Thank you.
@JtFontellio7 ай бұрын
I watched this movie as a photographer… visually stunning , gritty , beautiful framing and color grading
@kevinraper1148 ай бұрын
This movie depicts a US Civil War where California and Texas are on the same side? I guess that's good so from the start you know you're in an alternate reality.
@mrconfusion878 ай бұрын
It is Alex Garland's metaphorical way of saying the film is NOT intended to be a partisan film!
@imanoldurango82138 ай бұрын
@@mrconfusion87well if there’s one thing the entire country can probably agree on is: we don’t want a fkn dictatorship. That’s an easy stance to go against.
@BB-ed4om8 ай бұрын
@@imanoldurango8213is that what it’s about?
@wonderstuck-gg8 ай бұрын
@@BB-ed4omIt never says, that's kind of the point. It's about you deciding without the overall context if some choices and sacrifices are worth it. You don't know who is "wrong" we just know Cali and Texas are siding together because they're mad at the government. It could be for a lot of reasons.
@andrewlaxton508 ай бұрын
California and Texas are more similar than you think. Both big gun states
@padawanmage718 ай бұрын
Loved a movie that doesn’t spoon out what the ‘right way’ of something major going on, but it’s these people who are experiencing ALL the everythings as they appear!
@mrconfusion878 ай бұрын
THIS! In true Alex Garland fashion it subverts your expectations but NOT in a way it feels like a cop out! And it goes out of its way to avoid explicit partisanship! If there is any political message coming out of the film, it is do NOT take your liberties for granted and RESIST tyrants in your midst (REGARDLESS of the political colors they sport)!
@creshiell8 ай бұрын
"I love the way the movie doesn't shame me for having opinions I should be ashamed about", yes, yes, we know
@HoRiGa948 ай бұрын
"The most horrific road trip movie I have ever seen." Fuck me, that subgenre includes Book of Eli and The Road.
@KenTWOu8 ай бұрын
Book of Eli wasn't horrific, not in a slightest, but a good movie nonetheless.
@HELLO_KORO8 ай бұрын
What was scary about book off Eli, it's an action film
@jackskelington73778 ай бұрын
I think the Road is darker in comparison.
@filmsquirksbts11328 ай бұрын
Which character is Chris referring to at the end?
@quinndavis8 ай бұрын
Were you talking about when Spainee’s character just got up and walked away from her dead hero?
@Akame45147 ай бұрын
What a dumb scene lmao
@findyoufilms6 ай бұрын
Yeah such a disrespectful scene. Hey thanks for saving my life…only a day before I was puking my guts when you,,,saved my life the 3rd time - like Kirsten kept saving her life and this brat took no notes. Ps…she’s fired
@quinndavis6 ай бұрын
@@findyoufilms I guess the message was supposed to be like Neal McCauly, you know, be prepared to walk away in 30 seconds!
@seff65335 ай бұрын
@findyoufilms not really. She listened to her hero's lessons; harden yourself and don't think about it. She got involved in saving the girls life and it got her killed. They switched places mentally
@quinndavis5 ай бұрын
@@seff6533 I was asking Stuck but ok, yes, i agree with you i understood the key shift, and don’t have a problem with it. The end certainly made me on the fence for a day or two.
@mulleolsen8 ай бұрын
Watched the movie yesterday in IMAX. Walked out of the theater thoroughly shaken - absolutely engrossing and terrifying film.
@mulleolsen8 ай бұрын
kapitol007???
@mulleolsen8 ай бұрын
@kapitol007 Not all of us live in the US, you doofus
@mt89568 ай бұрын
I honestly liked the movie, I was secretly rooting for the 10 guys defending the gate against overwhelming odds. Some scenes took me by surprise but then I realized the movie was rated R.
@paakdisayaniyom8 ай бұрын
Considering the current state of the world and how mainstream audience has become disillusioned with Superhero movies, this movie could be the underdog of 2024...
@thomashauer68048 ай бұрын
yea nope it just disguised itself. the heroes work for reuters. the liberal overlord of mainstream media
@UndeadEggmiester8 ай бұрын
Honestly I'm glad this is a a-24 film because id rather a natural side flim instead of picking one side over the other.
@theninethrees80448 ай бұрын
As a Canadian, I died at the Canadian exchange rate in this movie 😂😂
@ChineduOpara2 ай бұрын
R.I.P. 😂
@toneriggz8 ай бұрын
I think they did develop that character’s turn somewhat with the use of flashbacks.
@MR3DDev8 ай бұрын
The most horrific road film? How about The Road?
@ZachBobBob8 ай бұрын
As soon as he said that I was like what this is worse than The Road?
@StratsRUs8 ай бұрын
Wizard Of Oz
@1ofmystories8 ай бұрын
I haven't seen The Road yet. But I imagine this is just as bleak if not bleaker.
@waverlyking60458 ай бұрын
Think of Civil War as a spiritual prequel to The Road.
@rubendacostaesilva84428 ай бұрын
I haven't managed to finish that movie yet. The "shoes and basement" scene, simply killed me inside.
@OGMillyMillz_8 ай бұрын
Chris grew up with Civil War
@Evan-nx9ng8 ай бұрын
Tell that to Bucky's snapped arm
@coolnerdlll60538 ай бұрын
Shut up.
@OGMillyMillz_8 ай бұрын
@@Evan-nx9ng lol
@ParisLawLess8 ай бұрын
That's racist
@gavinhenderson72508 ай бұрын
It's a dead joke. Dead
@interdimensionalsteve81728 ай бұрын
A24 rocks. I watched Saint Maude recently and adored it. They keep making hits!
@waverlyking60458 ай бұрын
A24 is a mixed bag. Sometimes, they release a masterpiece like Everything Everywhere All At Once and sometimes give us an utterly irredeemable turd like Spring Breakers.
@travisspazz16248 ай бұрын
@@waverlyking6045love both of those movies 😄
@interdimensionalsteve81728 ай бұрын
@@Elatenl oh, I know, but their name means something to the consumer and that's rare nowadays. Even if they don't FUND everything, they certainly know how to pick who to publish!
@amirgarcia5478 ай бұрын
I’d recommend checking out Love Lies Bleeding too, which’s really good. It’s from the same director as Saint Maude, and it just dropped last month.
@mhawang82048 ай бұрын
@@amirgarcia547 second this
@theregularlegobuilder92898 ай бұрын
I will say the end had the biggest impact. To see people laying down their lives and knowing it is over then seeing a shell of a powerful man as he is will stay with me. To see, as an Australian, an office we see daily as a sign of power and peace was impactful.
@thefearofg0ds7588 ай бұрын
Wagner Moura was giving me strong Pedro Pascal vibes in this movie, so much so that I had to look up if they were related in some way. His name being "Joel" in this movie only made the connection stronger to me lol
@Erasureeraser8 ай бұрын
Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny are excellent combo, i hope that someday Sofia Coppola could make a movie starring both of them
@mrconfusion878 ай бұрын
Cailee Spaeny rocks! She's gonna be a name you will hear about for many years to come!
@Erasureeraser8 ай бұрын
@@mrconfusion87 I hope so, she's really talented and very well spoken in interviews. I wish her the best
@elena_m198 ай бұрын
Dredd and Sunshine were his masterpieces. I hope this is good too.
@jeffcunningham03898 ай бұрын
Ex machina
@RossLeeson8 ай бұрын
Sunshine was Boyle
@elena_m198 ай бұрын
@@RossLeeson he wrote it
@benmcfee8 ай бұрын
_Sunshine_ was directed by Danny Boyle, but it _was_ written by Alex Garland.
@jeffcunningham03898 ай бұрын
@@benmcfee so therefore it cant be Garlands masterpiece since he didn’t direct it. That would be like calling Blade Runner Hampton Fanchers Masterpiece. Um no thats Ridley Scotts masterpiece
@lionheart44248 ай бұрын
28 Days Later is one of my favorite zombie movies and Ex Machina is phenomenal. I can't wait to watch this movie!
@alisterfolson7 ай бұрын
One of the few recent times a non-matinee movie audience was 95% quiet. I miss that.
@gideonhansen54858 ай бұрын
00:19 I feel like that’s the same abandoned highway they used in The Walking Dead season 2.
@leonardobraynen15248 ай бұрын
If it was filmed in Georgia then yeh most likely its the exact same set piece esp with the cars??
@darshies103 ай бұрын
It is!!! They were both filmed in Atlanta
@MsKassandraKotaku8 ай бұрын
I do not live in the US but was born and raised there. I saw the trailer for this in the cinema where I live. The entire audience seemed confused at the idea of it. I actually had a shiver down my spine. I don't want to see this movie until it seems a little less likely to happen.
@imanoldurango82138 ай бұрын
Civil war won’t happen in the US. There’s a reason why it only happens in third world countries nowadays.
@theirontyrant8 ай бұрын
I don't know if it's the safest route to tell a story. Nightcrawler tells the story that photo journalists can manipulate a scene before taking photos or video to make the story more intriguing and therefore more valuable to whoever gets the exclusive.
@TheSchaef478 ай бұрын
That film was a very clever exploration of incentive structures in media.
@ametora12318 ай бұрын
Nightcrawler was a much more interesting and better film than Civil War was.
@DefenestrateYourself8 ай бұрын
@@ametora1231apples and oranges
@MS-ii1sv6 ай бұрын
@@ametora1231Absolutely. Far better movie. It understood that it had to come off as surreal and a dark comedy or you wouldn't buy into it. This movie has too much implausibility to be taken seriously.
@jamesholmes53448 ай бұрын
Please Review Late night with the devil. It's definitely going to be one of your favourite horror in years 👿😉
@TexasFireMedic8 ай бұрын
He won’t review it
@ericmarx12888 ай бұрын
@@TexasFireMedicwhy
@rubendacostaesilva84428 ай бұрын
Maybe it's because there's no screening near where he lives.
@jamesholmes53448 ай бұрын
Jeremy Jahns reviewed it yesterday. And this is right up Chris's alley surely we can all see him wearing the T shirt. 😊🤣
@issaccmunoz7428 ай бұрын
I saw the movie tonight. What was the character shift?
@zengamer218 ай бұрын
I think that odd character moment can be explained by the effect that another character was having on them. They were being reminded of themselves at a younger age and that explains why they do what they do in the last moment. They were being "woken up" ' from their stoic trance, in a way.
@LBBProductions78 ай бұрын
The question “what kind of American?” from the trailer is literally so memorable, the film does not attempt to address that question from different perspectives, which I felt was a huge let down and missed opportunity
@mhawang82048 ай бұрын
The movie did address that question through the people the protagonists meet on their road trip.
@grumpymonkeyenterprises64138 ай бұрын
“The most horrific road trip movie I’ve ever seen” that is such a good way to describe this movie 😂
@paisan87668 ай бұрын
I feel this movie might bomb bc people are sick of being afraid of this kinda thing actually happening/the general toxic division that is sewn everywhere you look already. Very prescient. Too prescient maybe.
@fabolousjada50708 ай бұрын
Yup
@Gary_DeAfrique8 ай бұрын
Loved the movie, especially and most importantly for keeping it under 2 hours: 1h 49m in fact, for that alone it deserves an Oscar. Then secondly, beautifully shot, for a film about photojournalism, it’s a mesmerisingly beautiful display of photography. I think the strange editing choices and sudden cuts, which is not too dissimilar from other A24 movies keeps it sweet n short and interesting. I really appreciate it. Soundtrack was fantastic and I like that it’s ambiguous. It’s just about the group trying to get the ultimate interview and shot. It’s not for everyone, but I was so happy to get an A24 on IMAX.
@bridewar8 ай бұрын
I think that I know what you’re talking about at 6:01 , but I didn’t think there was a major switch. That character showed us who she was from the beginning and it came out more and more through this experience. (I’m trying to talk about it without spoilers😂 I hope that you understand what I’m saying.)
@vedantgaikwad46988 ай бұрын
ya which character i still didnt understood
@brandonthompson19953 ай бұрын
It’s the girl who was timid and scared the entire movie and then jumped out in front of the gunfire , and I disagree w his analysis
@user-th6rh8zp3t3 ай бұрын
no he's talking about Lee, who throughout the movie seems stoic and objective and then drops it all to save Jessie's life
@interestingusername3068 ай бұрын
I just googled the release date and no matter how many times I reload it, Chrome is trying and convince me the movie came out on the first of january 1AD.
@llLittleNicky8 ай бұрын
So a civil war movie with no political biases coming out of Hollywood? I’ve got to see this.
@boggers8 ай бұрын
The writer/director is English. I just saw it, and OK I'm not that well versed in US politics, but I couldn't tell if the president was "red team" or "blue team" and I think that was pretty deliberate. There are moments where I (and the protagonists) weren't sure what "side" someone was fighter for.
@azikkii8 ай бұрын
@@boggers If you were from here you'd be able to pick up on the subtle shots thrown towards a particular party. It's not even very obvious to someone who does live in the US that doesn't mess with politics at all, which is actually the majority of people in this country.
@Cund8 ай бұрын
@@azikkiilol, if you're referring to Trump's party, then that's kinda telling about the real life people who you strongly associate with that
@fabolousjada50708 ай бұрын
Oh yeah ? Notice the brutes wear red glasses the other guy has painted nails and make up on?
@boggers8 ай бұрын
@@fabolousjada5070 Yeah, that wasn't lost on me, for arguments sake let's assume the painted nails guys were antifa and the red glasses were boogaloo boys... What I meant was that to me it is not clear what side they are on within the context of the film, I knew the groups, but didn't know whether those groups were meant to be Loyalist, Western Forces, Florida Alliance or the other one - the film deliberately makes that unclear, I think. The fictional division that Garland makes, from my perspective, runs perpendicular to the actual divide in the US today.
@Johnny-ux7yi8 ай бұрын
As a recommendation for your next ''Feature presentation'', i would suggest Watchmen (the Director's Cut especially). Given how much of a wasteland the current landscape of Superhero has been, Watchmen has aged pretty well in my eyes and that's despite me not being a fan of Zack Snyder. Even Christopher Nolan said that it was ahead of it's time and it would have been even better if it was released Post-Avengers.
@argoth2318 ай бұрын
Still a better comic.
@bennett47898 ай бұрын
the movie was literally so faithful until it decided to change the ending of the comic so that it no longer makes sense or is impactful. just read the comic smh
@TheAmericanPrometheus8 ай бұрын
Ultimate Cut > Director's Cut
@Johnny-ux7yi8 ай бұрын
@@TheAmericanPrometheus the Ultimate Cut is decent but my issue is that the Black Freighter animated short pads the runtime, feels like a distraction from the main story of the film and ruins the pacing imo.
@bennett47898 ай бұрын
@@TheAmericanPrometheus COMIC >>>> all that shit
@ADavid428 ай бұрын
Years of Zombie Apocalypse and Super-heroes shenanigans have finally prepared us for this: What if _we_ are the bad guys, and no one's coming to save us?
@davidmcoleman84178 ай бұрын
I assume the road trip took a long way around to DC? Isn't NY to Washington only like 4 hours?
@issyjas33098 ай бұрын
Photo Journalists, makes me want to watch bang bang club again, as harrowing as that could be.
@mrgalactus72648 ай бұрын
I'm happy to hear this movie doesnt pick a side. I wouldnt want an alt left/alt right preachy hollywood crap like Crash.
@ZachEgbert8 ай бұрын
Just FYI, The Older Millennial on TikTok copied this review almost word for word on his page. Looks like he’s just copying your content
@PPsqueezer8 ай бұрын
Loved this movie so much. Really captured the horrors of war and the audio production was QUALITY! Audio was mixed so firefights and military vehicles were loud as hell. It was really immersive in IMAX.
@Marlo_Doh_Waldo427 ай бұрын
5:38 what character are you talking about. I’ve seen the movie twice and I still don’t know who your talking about ? 🤷♂️
@themtgdude4868 ай бұрын
Saw it last night. Fantastic film.
@toddpayton81978 ай бұрын
The president being in the White House during a civil war... There's many stupid things in this movie but if you're a fellow military vet, this is one hell of a comedy.
@Do0msday8 ай бұрын
It's sad that this movie looks like it's the most grounded/down to Earth/based in reality film to come out in a while. I watched Godzilla x Kong as a way to escape reality for a little while and just have fun, but 'Civil War' looks like more of a warning than a form of entertainment. I'll probably watch it eventually, but I usually have to be in a certain mood to watch a movie with a serious tone like this and I usually prefer those in the privacy of my own home instead of being in a movie theater. Much respect for A24 though -- love their outside the box approach to most films.
@modrell865 ай бұрын
I enjoyed that particular part you're talking about. It demonstrated that although they were journalists they had something in common with the soldiers, they were there to do a mission, they would deal with their emotions afterwards.
@quinnburck93817 ай бұрын
As a writer yourself, I was wondering your thoughts on "Sunshine." It was also written by Alex Garland and I think it's his crowning achievement. Trying super hard to be my favorite movie ever. The other being "Brick". Both are just so singular. I find Garlands writing to be the standout over Boyles direction, as magnificent as it is. Sunshine is way headier. But the themes man. So good.
@TMTLNETG6 ай бұрын
Ex Machina is in my top 5 movies of all time.
@NeverSaySandwich18 ай бұрын
Lol the advertisement 😂
@doghousemma78948 ай бұрын
Hey Chris great work, can you review Late Night with The Devil?
@PeeJayBrownJr8 ай бұрын
I am so hyped about seeing this movie. I've waited a long time and I am one who avoids any trailers after the first one is released if it is something I decide to see.
@COrraThereal0ne8 ай бұрын
Don't Andy Ngo has been credited for his role in stealing archival footage.
@Nathanatos228 ай бұрын
5:40 I’ve seen the movie now. I have no idea what character you’re talking about.
@THEYANKEES123567 ай бұрын
Which character was Chris talking about here?
@GoalieOfUnholy8 ай бұрын
My only complaint is that I wish it would've focused more on the media's actual impact on the progression of violence. Like, they coulda made it so the coverage itself, had an indirect influence on the escalation. It would've added a nice li'l touch of tragic irony, if the journalists were technically fueling the violence..
@MS-ii1sv6 ай бұрын
You just described the job of a journalist. What is in this movie is what journalists want people to think they are.
@vikthorcafe78 ай бұрын
Moura is so underrated
@cinemacrema23498 ай бұрын
Chris didn't even mentioned him =( Brazil even when it's on the map it still not really ...
@franug8 ай бұрын
he was so good in Narcos, even with his portuñol accent (lol), hope this means he gets more work in Hollywood
@priskilla54448 ай бұрын
I gotta say, I really do miss you grading movies.... that's how I would know for sure it was a movie I'd want to watch in the theater or not. I think we have the same taste in movies, and it was always very helpful. Is there any way that you would consider doing that again?
@NeverSaySandwich18 ай бұрын
Maybe if his movie fails and he doesn't want to be part of the movie making business anymore
@cuhhriss8 ай бұрын
what character is he hinting at? i watched the movie and still dont know what Stuckmann is referring to