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Alex Garland directs

Damn. Yeah, I'm on board. This looks great.

Good director and write, will check this out.

This is an American Rightwingers wet dream, where they get to live out their fantasy of shooting people.

Silent Master is cumming buckets

Originally posted by Robtard
Good director and write, will check this out.

This is an American Rightwingers wet dream, where they get to live out their fantasy of shooting people.

Of course, what other reason are they going to have to use all the insanely deadly weapons they've been hoarding?

Kristen Dunst is far away from here cheerleading days. But this looks interesting.

I think it's weird that California and Texas would team up they're two polar opposites

Originally posted by ShadowFyre
I think it's weird that California and Texas would team up they're two polar opposites

They definitely wouldn't. Looks like the director wanted to steer clear of any IRL political connotations, lol.

Which is a good choice to avoid some infantile Republican vs Democrat nonsense.

For pure storyline aspects they'd need one of the coastal states with one of the major oceanic naval fleets for the breakaway states to have any chance militarily and they probably chose Texas because...well...it's Texas.

Yeah California and Texas are definitely a good breakaway States. Both have a lot of military bases and just a lot of guns in civilian hands.

Hm.. shouldn't it be Civil War II? 🤔

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Now, yer a GOOD man for bumping this thread. I'm looking forward to seeing this.

Which is why I'm not watching anymore trailers.

This is to The Purge as Borderlands is to GoTG.

This is out this week.

American Rightist just collectively creamed their pants.

^ I'd be interested to hear some spoiler-free thoughts on this if either of you two ****-faces sees it...

It'll probably be a while before I'm able to get around to it.

Rob would stroke it to a film about Antifa busting caps in Trumpsters.

I probably would too tbh.

Originally posted by playa1258
Rob would stroke it to a film about Antifa busting caps in Trumpsters.

I probably would too tbh.

I honestly wouldn't. I would stroke it to them getting a clue and escaping their bubble of lies and manipulation.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I honestly wouldn't. I would stroke it to them getting a clue and escaping their bubble of lies and manipulation.

^This

Probably going to catch this on Friday

Was a decent film overall, a lot less warfare than I expected in a film about a fictional 2nd civil war. Acting was pretty solid all around, even though this didn't have any heavy hitters.

Nick Offerman played the demagogue dictator disguised as a populist really well. Just a handful of small scenes, but great.

Hm, I feel like you revealed a spoiler or two...

So, uh... just reassure me that it doesn't resolve with some Right Wing wet dream takeover where they own all the libs and install their strongman cult leader?

About the president? It's in the trailers. It's also revealed in very beginning of the film.

Concerning the separatist: The separatist are the good guys, they're fighting against the dictator to restore a democracy But again, it's said in the beginning.

I watched this and rather liked it. It's a hard watch at times. Very heavy and matter-of-fact with the violence. It largely avoids politics, probably smartly. The photojournalism route is a very interesting take.

Originally posted by Robtard
Concerning the separatist: The separatist are the good guys, they're fighting against the dictator to restore a democracy But again, it's said in the beginning.

Hm, I suspect you're probably right considering the President's rhetoric, but I didn't catch any dialogue that states that explicitly. (But then again I didn't understand every line of dialogue without subs, so maybe I missed something.) But I think they smartly kept it pretty vague.

My only issue was the sort of cheesy end with Kirsten Dunst saving the girl, dying, and then the movie doesn't even address her death?. That was weird, but otherwise a great movie. That scene with Jesse Plemons that you see a bit of in the trailer: goddamn.

I think this guy's take is pretty good...

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The man himself...

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Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I watched this and rather liked it. It's a hard watch at times. Very heavy and matter-of-fact with the violence. It largely avoids politics, probably smartly. The photojournalism route is a very interesting take.



Hm, I suspect you're probably right considering the President's rhetoric, but I didn't catch any dialogue that states that explicitly. (But then again I didn't understand every line of dialogue without subs, so maybe I missed something.) But I think they smartly kept it pretty vague.

My only issue was the sort of cheesy end with Kirsten Dunst saving the girl, dying, and then the movie doesn't even address her death?. That was weird, but otherwise a great movie. That scene with Jesse Plemons that you see a bit of in the trailer: goddamn.

I think this guy's take is pretty good...

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The old black reporter explicitly states/jokes that the President used force to go a 3rd term and has droned US civilians on American soil

Originally posted by Robtard
The old black reporter explicitly states/jokes that the President used force to go a 3rd term and has droned US civilians on American soil

I do vaguely remember the airstrikes on Americans portion.

I totally missed the 3rd term line. Though I heard others mention it in reviews I watched.


There are some elements that are a little odd, though, and I guess it's hard to make it all make sense in a film like this, but I'm assuming the oppressive military factions trying to suppress the WF and fight for the President would want to destroy all press and journalists without a second thought. Right? So why Jesse Plemons' character would even hesitate at all to just murder them all seems a bit odd. I would assume they wouldn't hold ANY reverence for the press and journalists. I guess you could say they were just dragging it out for a bit of 'fun'. But other battle sequences where they're avoiding hitting the press seems unlikely, except that you'd probably want to save ammunition for the ones shooting back at you.

But I loved the photo journalist aspect. It was great the way it gave you a weird, quasi-detached vantage point to everything going on. You were in it, but not entirely. Just going along for the 'ride.' So it provided a little different POV than other war movies.

Also... (BIG spoiler) it seems highly improbable that a scenario like this would end with the rebels hunting down and killing the President considering all the military and defense he would have at his disposal. But it certainly is a happy ending.

To me, Plemons character seemed to be doing his own thing afforded by the safety a war brings, he appeared to be your average Rightwing racist living out his murder-revenge fantasies, mostly on non-white people.. While he appeared to be part of the President's faction, I don't think he was acting specifically on behalf of any government. But maybe.

The story implied and then stated that the President was losing support and his own forces where surrenderingto the WF.

Garland explains the main purpose behind teaming California and Texas, and it's a good reason...

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Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Garland explains the main purpose behind teaming California and Texas, and it's a good reason...

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^^^Oldest reason in the book.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Eh, kinda. He was more making the point that rational people regardless of political views can all agree that fascism is bad and having a President who acts like a dictator is bad.

California and Texas also have the most active duty, plus coastal access for ships. Kinda needed the heavy hitters to join up in order to take on the rest.

Originally posted by Robtard
Eh, kinda. He was more making the point that rational people regardless of political views can all agree that fascism is bad and having a President who acts like a dictator is bad.

California and Texas also have the most active duty, plus coastal access for ships. Kinda needed the heavy hitters to join up in order to take on the rest.
^^^Which is a long winded way of saying what I said.

Originally posted by Robtard
He was more making the point that rational people regardless of political views can all agree that fascism is bad and having a President who acts like a dictator is bad.

Sadly that is proving to be untrue.

Originally posted by riv6672
^^^Which is a long winded way of saying what I said.

Originally posted by Robtard
Eh, kinda.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Sadly that is proving to be untrue.

Yup

Probably the first and only time I'll see a movie based on a real event that just hasn't happened yet. Looking forward to November to see it happen for real. 😂

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Probably the first and only time I'll see a movie based on a real event that just hasn't happened yet. Looking forward to November to see it happen for real. 😂

Good point. But I doubt it will play out the way it does in the movie. Probably won't be such a happy ending.

Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Probably the first and only time I'll see a movie based on a real event that just hasn't happened yet.
^^^What about MOONFALL?