Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-11 (Thursday)

On 4/15/2024 7:35 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

On Apr 12, 2024 at 10:12:56 AM PDT, "Arthur Lipscomb"
<arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
 

On 4/12/2024 7:28 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

  On 4/12/2024 5:49 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

>
  What did you watch?
>

  A 'How the Universe Works' rerun about dark matter and dark energy.
  Basically we haven't got a clue what either one actually is.

>
Civil War (theatrical) New war movie written and directed by Alex
Garland. The movie is set in the near future where the United States is
at the end of a brutal civil war. The plot follows 4 journalist as the
make their way from New York to D.C. for what they hope will be an
interview with the President. I went in not knowing what to expect
other than it was getting great reviews. I was taken aback by just how
intense this movie is. It's like the opening of Saving Private Ryan
mixed with the opening Farm House scene in Inglorious Basterds or pretty
much any Tarantino flick where you are on the edge of your seat waiting
to see who will die. This is almost non stop action and when the action
does stop, then it becomes an edge of your seat thriller. I think this
movie probably gave me PTSD! I also noticed, and I almost never notice
this, but the sound mix on this movie is one of the best I've ever heard
in a theater. This movie is definitely one for the theater, in the
biggest screen with the best sound possible.

 Saw this last night. It was a lot better than I was expecting, especially
given the protagonists were journalists. I was expecting long preachy
monologues about 'progressive' politics. There was literally none of that in
this movie and it was quite a refreshing change.
 It was also a lot more action-oriented than I expected. I figured there'd be a
few action set pieces but not the constant barrage from one scene to the
next.
 In the scene with the soldiers burying the bodies in a mass grave, couldn't
figure out why Dunst didn't just tell her husband to let them all go or he'd
be sleeping on the couch for a long time.
 

He was a last minute replacement when the original actor pulled out.  I had completely forgot the two were married until after the movie.

It's still weird seeing Ron Swanson as the head of the entire massive United
States bureaucracy.
 As for the ending, it was all very exciting and all, but completely
unrealistic.
 SPOILERS:
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