The fact that the president was in his third term did a good job of making me think for a second, especially since it was such a throwaway line, but overall I think it did a fantastic job of setting up that this story was about the photographers, not the politics, which I found scintillating.
As a writing choice, spending so little time on the why, emphasizing that it was merely a backdrop was… delicious. For me, personally.
I haven’t seen it yet but reading a few reviews suggests some people are having a hard time with the movie not taking a side. I think a lot of people thought the movie would be different based on the trailers, or they wanted it to be one thing but it’s a different thing and they’re confused.
My guess is a lot of people who went into it are politically conscious one way or another, they entertain the possibility of a US civil conflict in real life, and were expecting a gratification of their own views.
I know the gun community was basically wishing for an action movie wankfest where the based trad-cons drive out the Deep State and their liberal puppets. They particularly hated that journalists were the protagonists.
I don’t watch a lot of trailers… and I love being confused and surprised by a movie. It’s such a genuine emotional response I don’t get much from movies anymore.
Eh, Civil War doesn’t really address the specifics of the current moment save for one detour to say “btdubs killing minorities is bad y’all!”
Texas and California are in an alliance
That is not an america anyone today can relate to
The fact that the president was in his third term did a good job of making me think for a second, especially since it was such a throwaway line, but overall I think it did a fantastic job of setting up that this story was about the photographers, not the politics, which I found scintillating.
As a writing choice, spending so little time on the why, emphasizing that it was merely a backdrop was… delicious. For me, personally.
I haven’t seen it yet but reading a few reviews suggests some people are having a hard time with the movie not taking a side. I think a lot of people thought the movie would be different based on the trailers, or they wanted it to be one thing but it’s a different thing and they’re confused.
My guess is a lot of people who went into it are politically conscious one way or another, they entertain the possibility of a US civil conflict in real life, and were expecting a gratification of their own views.
I know the gun community was basically wishing for an action movie wankfest where the based trad-cons drive out the Deep State and their liberal puppets. They particularly hated that journalists were the protagonists.
I don’t watch a lot of trailers… and I love being confused and surprised by a movie. It’s such a genuine emotional response I don’t get much from movies anymore.
So I guess I was the target audience!