Kyle: A24's 'Civil War' Movie was TERRIBLE

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[@libertas_americana]

Alex Garland is from London. There was no way he could make a good civil war movie. He doesn’t understand America.

[@benguensche]

damn redcoat

[@magisterrleth3129]

Yeah, that was the worst part, was the total lack of awareness of what actually polarizes the American people, or what either side of a civil war would look like. It's like it was directed by a Martian who is pretty sure he understands the US well, just a few more Bruce Willis movies and episodes of The View.

[@AffectedArea]

Leftist and anti-white bigot so that was enough.

[@DopesickDonald]

Not hard to understand if you pay the slightest bit of attention. 😂

[@wil404]

It's not about American politics. It's about the inhumanity of war journalism.

[@TGODtHc]

“A love letter to journalism” is THE gayest thing I’ve ever heard

[@hunterbarnes9497]

That’s gayer than two men having sex

[@Ekdrink]

I can’t even think of a good journalist. Granted I’ve kinda just gave up on reading em

[@ngonzales3781]

​​@@Ekdrink Eva Bartlett

[@dejesusb8598]

Journalist would be the first ones against the wall, on either side.

[@fatbottomgirls]

😭😭😭

[@Moon-wn5rm]

Hutch is the kind of person to lecture you about media literacy on twitter

[@E46_wagonlover]

When I went to go see a civil war movie I expected to see a civil war movie not a story about reporters explaining why they are the bravest people on earth

[@Dante.-]

Then honestly, you’re just stupid Obviously reporters and what they do does having a major impact and value in our society, this movie was depicting that The Takeaway is that everything you see happened will not be remembered more than those black-and-white photos the young girl is taking Those photos are essentially like seeing “napalm girl” instead of seeing any Vietnam movie or long form documentary

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

Any war, The correspondent is usually pretty ballsy to begin with to go into a warzone. Look up what happened in balibo to Aussie journos who documented the invasion and warcrimes

[@E46_wagonlover]

@@NickTaylorRickPowers look I get what you’re trying to do here. I’m just commenting on how I didn’t like the movie.

[@williampoole1742]

YES! Dang I basically just commented the same thing lol if they showed the reporters lying as much as they tell the truth and blatantly taking sides (like they do in real life), it would have actually been pretty groundbreaking. A good twist would have been if the president actually was a good man that didn't do what he was accused of, but then you see the press/reporters lying and getting the ire of the people against him. Could have been an allegory to real life, but instead Garland just made this with the intention of d-riding the media because they hate Donald.

[@pickledpeckers7789]

@@NickTaylorRickPowersjournalist aren’t cool, they’re exploitative retards at best.

[@TurtleChad1]

Woody and Hutch would be on the losing side

[@kahner93]

How did the first Civil war go again?

[@BobRoberts-x6d]

Woody and Hutch should join forces to start the worst podcast ever made.

[@kahner93]

​@@BobRoberts-x6dbot comment

[@LimpDogma]

​@@kahner93democrats wanted to keep slaves so Republicans went to war and killed half the country ;)

[@faithless-games3893]

Men back in those days on both sides could say what a woman is, one side can't now and seem terrified of pew pews 😂​@@kahner93

[@kevinwalter2674]

Hutch: "Civil War was so good." Also Hutch: "Minority Report was trash." Such an unserious person...

[@ngonzales3781]

I dont think Hutch has ever been right about anything in his worthless life

[@ab-hx8qe]

In hutches defense, he made his money playing video games, he isn’t exactly a serious person.

[@carclain123]

Minority Report is a great story but everything else about that Tom Cruise version was pretty much awful. Set design is pretty bad. Horribly aged CGI and editing. Bad soundtrack. Weird cinematography that had conflicting tones with the scene. Shit the goddamn Collin Farrell remake is better.

[@kevinwalter2674]

@@carclain123 Bro, you just MUTILATED that movie...

[@johnfaker8424]

​@@carclain123you are confusing movies with each other

[@PepeSilvia01]

Hutch calls it an indie movie???? This was promoted everywhere, played in theatres, and A24 is a mainstream studio

[@OwenWithAHammer]

In preproduction it wasn't intended to have the budget it did, which was when it was written.

[@PepeSilvia01]

@ uhhh A24 announced they were going to be doing high budget action movies before this

[@wafflezyup5089]

@@PepeSilvia01right? Low budget lmao yeah maybe for a big ass studio that’s been established for years 💀

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Hutch's idea of an indie movie is the McDonald’s of Art films.

[@Stefano.C]

I never knew it existed until a friend of mine brought it to my attention a few months ago

[@seangalvin4582]

Taylor is certainly right in why it was Texas and Cal. It was the most implausible alliance so that it doesn't alienate anyone.

[@BaronFeydRautha]

It could be the ignorance of the British writer though. I don't think Garland understands America at all. The whole "but it was meant to be ridiculous" excuse is a cop out for his lack of writing ability and American political knowledge. I am pretty sure he didn't start using that excuse until people started complaining about it.

[@Dante.-]

Texas and California are not so different that they wouldn’t join sides in the face of a third term president bombing US citizens on US soil 😂

[@Dante.-]

@@BaronFeydRautha no it’s purposeful It’s to have it feel like this is not something that’s uniquely American, but it’s just another civil war that you see happening on earth This was meant to be a story that really could have taken place in any major nation

[@BaronFeydRautha]

@@Dante.- yeah, I'd use that same excuse to cover the complaints of my bad writing and lack of knowledge of the subject matter too.

[@Dante.-]

@@BaronFeydRautha simply you guys came in there looking for the wrong movie The story is about how in spite of all this fighting and conflict. The only actual important people in that story was that young girl taking photos at the right moment Everything that happens will be judged through those photos by future generations on this country.

[@joeblow1748]

Why is Hutch a regular here???

[@lil_tox69]

Cus funny clip farm

[@GoEasySonny]

not sure how old you are but hutch and woody go way back to the cod4 mw2 days.

[@Respawnz]

Yall take shit too seriously. It's content man, watch it or leave

[@Rockyrules1995]

He’s becoming an extra Liberal Woody. I hate his takes but it’s hilarious to even see woody disagree with him a lot

[@troncat8490]

​@@Respawnzall he did was ask a question 🙂

[@seangalvin4582]

It was a cool idea, but its barely a movie. Its a lazy execution on a good concept. It barely has a story and the characters are paper thin. He is/was a writer so im surprised the script was non existent. Im tired of this somewhat modern trend of making movies that have almost no structure.

[@taylormullis4942]

Civil war was shit

[@litorres4125]

The only remotely good scenes are where the military is taking the “center stage” more or less

[@moretoastedthanatoasterstr9773]

Texas would literally stand by itself and lose before it would Ally itself with california 😂 you know the saying "dont California my Texas"

[@-darrell]

California is just like any other state; it has lots of farmland, rednecks, and Trump flags.

[@williampoole1742]

Ehhh would you really say no to an ally that has that many people though? Think about it, America allied with China in WW2 and then 10 years later was fighting unending waves of Chinese soldiers in the Korean War. An alliance of convenience is what I'd call that team up.

[@moretoastedthanatoasterstr9773]

@williampoole1742 when Cali is so different to Texas ya, theyd to busy bickering what tactic is ethical or not if they'd join Texas 😂

[@moretoastedthanatoasterstr9773]

@@williampoole1742 honestly fair game you got me convinced, I mean we did ally with the soviets in ww2 just to have a cold war with them pretty soon after

[@williampoole1742]

@@moretoastedthanatoasterstr9773 See what I mean? Lol personal or national ethics or goals don't matter much in a war when you can have millions more men on your side. If they made a sequel, I could absolutely see it being the Western forces breaking apart and starting their own conflict, fighting over what's left of the previous government's territories.

[@noodle1665]

"Civil War was Innsaaane...." I groaned. This guy likes everything the corpos release, which is funny because he's been around for quite a while. How can you have experience and still be excited for everything like a teenager?

[@williampoole1742]

The tale of the bug man. Glasses, skinny fat, weak beard, left on every issue imaginable, white collar or a non-essential worker, no pride in his own actions and identity. Those are just off the top of my head and they all apply to Hutch, I feel bad for his ancestors.

[@jackblack9605]

To be fair, very early in the movie, they discuss how paper-thin the Texas-California alliance is, and they even expect them to go after each other once they take Washington and kill the President. It's just an alliance of convenience to take on the loyalist faction.

[@williampoole1742]

Yea I actually don't have an issue with that, it does kinda seem laughable, but at the same time, there's both the aspect of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", and then also the idea of politics being a circle and if two sides stray so far from eachother, then end up basically meeting on the other side of the circle and agreeing on major points. My complaint was the focus on the "benevolence" of journo's 🤢

[@kolbyquayle9920]

It’s hilarious how you can already guess everything hutch is gonna say before the clip even starts

[@afroman5531]

Was civil war that movie with dudes in guile suits with dyed hair and painted nails shooting at a house talking to someone from the press?

[@Stumme-40203]

Yep. The guy that looks like Sam Smith.

[@thekyleprojekt7996]

Such a stupid scene

[@afroman5531]

Yeah, that’s what I figured. Saw it walking past my tv, looked pretty stupid from what I saw

[@williampoole1742]

Because that's what snipers do, wear ghillie suits and find good concealment while wearing MAKEUP! 🤦🏼‍♂️ I heard there was some pro alphabet people subplot hidden in there, but at that point in the movie, all I cared about was the action.

[@thekyleprojekt7996]

@@williampoole1742 What action? All 3 minutes of the end?

[@smartsalmon1]

Woody liking it because it was a safe storyline that offended nobody and pushed no boundaries is funny.

[@Legitstuff23]

not a surprise hutch has terrible takes in politics and movies.

[@Frshcuko]

I first realized something was off about hutch back in 2019. I usually still liked watching him play games, seeing him play cod4 remastered and fortnite was still fun back then. He was talking about politics too and it was insufferable of course, but everybody was Trump bashing at the time so I assumed it was just a band wagon thing. But then, he made a long video where he explained why the game of thrones ending was good. Right then I knew his brain isn’t normal. Something is seriously wrong there if this guy genuinely believes the ending to game of thrones is good.

[@justme87999]

Civil War was good imo. First thing I've agreed with him on.

[@JakeLLFM]

Such a bad movie. I wouldn’t be surprised if whoever wrote it never shot a gun. When Hutch said that I laughed out loud mans is almost braindead from democrat brainwashing.

[@williampoole1742]

They all are, everyone on the left vocally holds the pretty much the same opinions on every issue because they're scared of the consequences of dissent, while right leaning people hold tons of conflicting opinions and are more than willing to discuss them with anyone, PKA and their guests have taught me that pretty clearly.

[@PunishedFred]

Still more watchable than Hutch

[@HumbleDirtMerchant]

A movie that's half "journalists good" and half "polarization bad" is a flawed idea from start. Because journalists are a huge factor in polarization.

[@TapetBart]

How is it positive of journalists? It seemed very condenming of war journalists by the end

[@HumbleDirtMerchant]

The director said it was a love letter to journalism.

[@danielthompson2661]

I thought the movie was pretty good. It wasnt about why the war started it was a backdrop to show what a modern civil war in america would look like on a small scale for day to day people. The journalists' story is them thinking they're very important but ultimately realizing that they are adrenaline junkies selfishly looking for their magnum opus. The journalists show themselves being cold-hearted in their chase for fame and recognition at the expense of the safety of other journalists and the soldiers they are attached to. The director also clearly didnt want to make the movie to be a part of the culture war which is why texas and california are allied. The idea being that despite huge political and cultural differences liberals and conservatives are ultimately both american and would ally to defeat a third more evil threat. It was purposeful, not some brit director not understanding american politics. The goal was to not piss either side off or label any specific group as the "bad guy" and yet everyone is mad that the group they dislike wasnt. Take the film for what it is, enjoy it or don't, but look Beyond the culture war and you'll probably enjoy it more.

[@williampoole1742]

But that's the thing, it didn't really show how everyday life was for the people because it focused on the journo's and their emo attitude on everything in the form of monologues for 75% of the movie. Every scene not focusing on them is actually fantastic in my opinion.

[@JustSomeGoy]

So many Californians now claim to be from Texas....weird

[@SilentCrayonZ]

From the guy that says End Game is one of the greatest movies ever made and Joker was middle of the road, I’ll not be taking any advice from Fatt Woodworth

[@Dj.MODÆO]

The movie seemed written by someone who had no clue what the different political factions of Americans really are. It’s like the information they used was the other faction’s hugely exaggerated propaganda of what the other factions are.

[@alvarez0daniel]

It’s so funny the reaction from people who went into this thinking it was going to be some sort of military fan fiction. It takes place during a fake conflict in a fake version of the US. The movie is about war journalism and the type of people who do it, not about Mark Abbots offensive in Tulsa. The movie seems like it’s written by someone with no clue about American political factions because the writer does not care about American political factions. It is not important and would probably be distracting to the story he is trying to tell. But hey, I didn’t love the movie either.

[@BaronFeydRautha]

Hutch liked civil war but thought Minority Report was trash. Good to know he has bad taste.

[@2riskis2live]

Hutch is the worst guest. He interrupts more than Woody.

[@Stumme-40203]

3:30 And Norm Macdonald gained a bunch of weight for Fargo season 2.

[@alexgrooms7467]

The whole movie was just the “both sides are bad” meme and thinks that that’s good enough for a story. I cared about nothing happening in any scene.

[@Dante.-]

Not a bad movie. I loved seeing photos of “napalm girl” or the Kent state tragedy when I was shown that type of photography in middle school So naturally I loved seeing the younger girl’s black and white photos and the realization those will be the shots that future generations judge the conflict by.

[@deeznutz3669]

wtf are you talking about?

[@williampoole1742]

Actually to your point, that's why we don't need journo's anymore, because everyone can take pictures of events, document what they see, and publish it online for the world to see. This could have been about how these people are becoming irrelevant and salty of that fact, but instead it was like a fluff piece about them

[@Dante.-]

@@williampoole1742 no not everyone can take pictures of these events. Would you or anyone you know had willingly gone into a war zone as an unarmed individual? Yes anyone could had taken a photo of the Kent state tragedy but would you had gone into a war zone to photograph napalm girl?

[@williampoole1742]

@@Dante.- I'm saying that because of phone cameras, nobody has to go into any situation/event/disaster, there are already people at ground zero of whatever happens that will voluntarily document it enough

[@Dante.-]

@@williampoole1742 yeah but the movie made it clear it takes a level of knowing what is the right photo You could had taken a picture of the student on the ground and walked away. But it wouldn’t have had the same effect as waiting for the teacher to be in the photo screaming over his body

[@dejesusb8598]

What Kyle said is 100% correct, if a civil war broke out tomorrow the alliances would almost mirror the first Civil War with a few exceptions. The alliances in that movie made no sense.

[@winstonsmith8482]

It wouldn't tho, look at election maps. The front / lines would be much more complicated, It would be more like mostly red rural areas vs mostly blue coastal urban cities.

[@ronk2307]

@@winstonsmith8482you can’t reason with these people, reality is lost in their endless culture war

[@dejesusb8598]

@@winstonsmith8482you should read the history of the Civil War. You’ll realize then why that doesn’t matter. You think Farmers in south western Pennsylvania were anti slavery ? They still fought in Gettysburg and marched to Virginia

[@is64611]

​@@dejesusb8598 yeah, farmers in the north were generally anti slavery

[@Jaybush-hy4mh]

​@@winstonsmith8482election maps are just racial demographic maps. It would be the union vs the south. It already is in a lot of ways.

[@ChipFreeSpace]

2:15 hutch is mad unlikable

[@saulsilver9786]

Jesse Plemons killed it in that movie, couple of other decent scenes/shots. But overall super disappointing movie, totally agree nick offerman was underutilised

[@charliejoel3272]

Nobody likes hutch

[@Stefano.C]

I never knew about him until now, and I don’t like him 😂 comes off like a wannabe contrarian

[@briancarroll6716]

Not to say it wasn't overall mid, but I kinda thought one of the themes was that it didn't matter how it started. It seemed like the scope of the movie was just to show THE THING happening, and what that would look like, which would look the same regardless of what political issue or whatever caused it in the first place

[@andrewroache3517]

Yeah mid movie but kind of funny how butthurt people got over it because it didn’t reaffirm any political beliefs lol

[@dotmadhack]

Civil War is like making a movie called Alien Invasion and only 10% of the movie is actual alien invasion.

[@gasco595]

Hutch describes It perfectly, It FEELS like an indie movie, while having a completely average 50m$ budget . . .

[@epia125]

Like most A24 films

[@theactualTVB]

It’s sad that this absolute shlock was from the same person that directed Dredd

[@gloriousapplebees]

Hold on.. Civil War was following journalists.... Literally who cares?! Lol

[@ganondorf66]

Anyone but Americans apparently.

[@Dante.-]

People who paid attention in school

[@Ekdrink]

@@ganondorf66huh? Is this movie liked overseas?

[@ganondorf66]

@@Ekdrink It's only really hated hated in the US

[@thekyleprojekt7996]

​@@ganondorf66because all the promotional material and commercials showed it as a modern day war movie shown through the lense of a journalist. Almost a documentary style, but found footage style or shot through a handheld camera. Instead it was some trash movie about a failed journalist. That's not how it was marketed

[@rustyshaklefurd4700]

I love how taylor perfectly describes the script writing decision making process and its just brushed off...

[@nickspence8897]

Civil war: a love letter to fence sitters.

[@tonyreyes3780]

If an n95 mask became human somehow, it’d be Hutch

[@richardchargingcloud6590]

that is a good movie, hutch woody dont like it, they make kyle dont like it and taylor not saying shit.

[@adamlowry8687]

I went in wanting to like it…it was sooooooo fucking bad

[@oddish3022]

its literally called "CIVIL WAR!"

[@rrrt01]

Woody and Hutch sittin' in a tree...

[@ClintEatswood]

Hitch stinks. "It was about hyper polarization in politics." Yeah...like what you do Hutch? Refuse to see the other side of the coin in anything.

[@stormygeo]

Of course woody loved it, because he himself sucks

[@mike2312p]

I second that.

[@collinb.8542]

Idk in comparison to Hutch he's bearable

[@undolf4097]

I agree the movie was boring in so far as it told a very specific story about the experience of journalism, like a story about journalists for journalists. HOWEVER THE THEME that is interesting is how war has a way of hardening hearts, and the main teenage girl this corrupted from being aghast at violence to recklessly and carelessly documenting violence which parallels all the violent participants we see during the movie. The movie is not political because it’s irrelevant to the story. The older woman is reminded of the time before the war and this causes her heart to soften and her final confrontation leading to her panic and death. So I think the theme is good but journalists don’t come across as sympathetic as much as foolhardy.

[@worldofdoom995]

I like some of the war scenes. But yeah big disappointment overall.

[@benguensche]

Most of the "combat" scenes were completely absurd

[@BIGBURT]

It was so bad, my friend and I were gonna see it in theaters but they had a heart attack and we didn’t, finally they got better and we watched it on max and we were like THANK GOD we didn’t waste our money on it also I’m a journalism major saying this

[@angriestbird3578]

That movie was terrible

[@DONGRAPER]

I always think the the guy in top left is Phil Hartman

[@william15zxt]

Dude with the red glasses is me fr fr

[@Lat-YuFrantu516]

Was only rooting for the dude who was in breaking bad with patry shades and an Eotech.

[@gingersaremad]

Of course Woody and hutch loved it.

[@SeniorLuther]

I thought that the layout of the country was stupid. But I enjoyed the characters and set pieces.

[@struckmatch3400]

Was really disappointed in this movie, it was decent for what it was but it was marketed as a nonstop action packed commentary about the current state of the states, and instead it was a road trip movie with some action sprinkled throughout.

[@williampoole1742]

If it wasn't focused on journalists and constantly making them out to be the good guys (both in the movie and in real life), I would have loved it, but the journalist aspect genuinely took the movie down two pegs for me, I would have given it an 8, but I give it a 6. The combat and atmosphere was pretty fantastic I thought and they made it look great and wide-scale considering it's an A24 movie, which is considered a very low budget production company.

[@shusterandy]

I thought some of the action and or battle scenes were intense and entertaining. But it just bothered me it had to be centered on journalists. I would if rather had it been from a regular soldiers perspective or other militants. Now journalists could've played a part in it for sure. I just didn't dig it being focused on them.

[@glassboxes]

does hutch have blackmail on the guys?

[@oddish3022]

journalist are the people you never trust.

[@MrJesusdoesntsave]

I thought it was alright. I'm not putting on any lists or anything, but it was a fun watch.

[@brendancane3227]

I hate to be that guy, but Kyle just doesnt get the movie. Its not about the specifics of the civil war itself, which was just the backdrop to the story. Its a movie about photojournalism, not even regualr journalism.

[@bobdylan9821]

Wkyk civil war on drugs was much better

[@dunedainranger]

The red glasses scene was so dumb. His character was obviously written and even dressed by a liberal who's afraid of right wing militias, but doesn't understand them at all. In addition, they didn't even have the balls to commit to the "conservatives bad" premise, even though that was obviously the subtext. Seriously, the costumer designer must have gone to one local airsoft event for research.

[@The-Host]

Didn't even hear about this movie...

[@Rebelnutt]

You're lucky.

[@BaronFeydRautha]

I envy you

[@winstonsmith8482]

It's a waste of time, don't bother.

[@BaronFeydRautha]

@@atomicboomstick2543 Basically what this guy said. That scene is literally the only thing interesting and intense in that movie.

[@Charles36.]

Hutch 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@Braindamagedcat]

I hated it too tbh

[@Olenh]

Man, hutch has fallen so far.

[@thekey1175]

The journos were the bad guy in the movie lmao

[@anneominous7172]

Hutch always looks like he smells musty...

[@FullerAbyss]

Wrong.

[@atothetapi77]

I want to like Kyle but I don’t trust him…

[@Diddy_claps_Meek_Mill]

Civil war movies was shit.

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Calling the A24 Civil War movie good is proof Hutch is the worst guest in PKA history.

[@wetodedproductionstm5421]

I thought the movie was hilarious because of how dumb it was. "What kind of american are you?"

[@Gamertillthegrave]

Of course hutch thinks civil war was good…

[@Dushmann_]

Hutch is so lame, oh my God

[@PlayerHaterOfTheYear]

Just here to say Hutch is Mega-gay.

[@alexreed4197]

game night was a better movie

[@chubbymoth9239]

Woody is the opie to PkA dude sucks

[@jacktrevino1108]

Jyews

[@sweetdudeicecream]

Umm civil war is for beta men😂😂😂

[@thekyleprojekt7996]

All the trailers made it seem like a sick war movie shot from the perspective of a journalist, but all those trailers were the only 3 minutes of action in the entire movie and it was at the very end. What the movie actually was, was Hollywood saying "veterans aren't heros, they are bad guys. Journalists are the real heros in war". The movie would've ended when they got caught by fat Matt daemon. He wouldn't have let them get away the way they did

[@overtblowfish4439]

A24 is overrated

[@MilkAndCreatine]

Civil war was actually so bad

[@Dante.-]

Because?

[@MilkAndCreatine]

@ their points in the video sum it up brother man.

[@Dante.-]

@@MilkAndCreatine they have dog shit reasons

[@MilkAndCreatine]

@ that’s stinky you think that

[@97paugasollakers]

Very Shit movie

[@sweetdudeicecream]

One of the worst movies

[@yuritesticoff1141]

⬇️ rising 🔄 would be 👌🏻

[@Halozocker104]

Yes, downarrow rising cycle would be something else 🙏🏻

[@Not_A_Federal_Agent]

I mean it was just boring