re: Is Civil War any good?

I didn’t think it went too far in that direction. They were sort of just “people that want to watch the world burn”, like when Joel (? Pablo guy) said the sound and sights of mortar fire on American soil got him rock hard.

They would have done better with another established female in the younger girl role.

Tin foil hat time: the movie is conditioning the people to not shoot journalists when they show up to your civil war party irl.

Tin foil hat time 2: I’ll probably shoot journalists first.

Tin foil hat time (off).

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probably shoot journalists first.

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Definitely the most mentally stable poster

I’ll add you to the list of guys who haven’t watched the movie

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Do they do a realistic job of addressing why the military is not involved? I haven't seen it yet but plan to, and assume if there is an actual Civil War then the military is not in the picture otherwise it would be over in 48 hours.

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The military is involved and makes sense in the context of the plot . But if you’re going into it expecting questions like these to be answered, then you will leave unsatisfied. The movie isn’t focused at all on those type of details on the war.

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Is it journalist-hero propaganda?

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Not really, because the reporter characters aren’t really interesting enough to make them seem heroic.

It’s basically a road trip movie.

What sucks is that there was such an awesome story to tell which is what I thought I’d get. I thought I’d get a back story on why Texas and California teamed up or at least the major causes of the conflict. What had people to the point where something like this could happen.

Many of us believe we are heading down a dangerous road with the division we see and that wasn’t addressed. Nothing was addressed.

I haven’t been this disappointed in a movie since Prometheus.

That being said I’d rather spend my money on Civil War than any modern remake of a classic, another cash grab using an established franchise, or a superhero movie.

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From what I’ve heard is that most people want more background on why Texas and Cali teamed up.

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Yeah, that goes WAY beyond suspension of disbelief and the reason I doubt I'll ever watch this one. Just a horrible premise to start with.

I think this will be a pretty honest assessment.

Is it what the trailers portrayed it to be? Absolutely not. I went into the theater thinking it was going to be an action movie. It was not. With that, I was disappointed. It is very much an artsy type of movie. The director, Alex Garland, cared most about how a scene looked and felt. If you are going into it looking for something like that, than this is a great movie. Reminiscent of A Thin Red Line by Terrence Malik. Very artsy, not bad, but if you were looking for Band of Brothers action in Guadalcanal, it just quite didn't hit the spot.

This movie is all about your expectations. If you go in expecting what the trailers are promising, you will be greatly disappointed. If you go in, already knowing and wanting this to be an artsy movie, than I think you will like it. It is a movie about journalists with a few battle and other tense scenes mixed in.

I will say, Garland did a great job removing politics from it. You actually have no idea, politically and factionally speaking, who are the good guys and who are the bad guys.

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What scenes, exactly, did you get this from?

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None. The politards hated this movie from the beginning. When it's been shown time after time that they were wrong, they still lash out, even when they haven't watched the movie