I'm getting the sense that the old tv show Jericho handled the inevitable violent break-up of the United States about 14 times better than this new mess.

Saw Civil War last night, and since Dom reviewed in depth, I won't. Some will find the film confusing, if trying to figure out who is fighting whom (don't worry about it).

Stay for the credits. You'll see a washed out B&W still photograph fade into clarity. It should remind you of an earlier scene in the film when the aspiring photographer shows the pictures she has shot to Dunst's character.

We need journalists and photographers. I couldn't help but think of Robert Capa's famous Spanish Civil War photo of the falling soldier or photos from the Vietnam War.

Is Garland's film about the necessity of art? About the necessity of showing us what we don't want to see no matter how brutal?

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It could be that your last point might be Garland's point as well?

John, I do think the movie is saying something about journalism and how one has to give up a part of one's humanity in order to tell/shoe the truth of what's really happening.

You're not a participant. You're an observer with a job to do.

Kevin Carter faced criticism about his Pulitzer prize-winning photo of an Sudanese girl with a vulture behind her. Carter waited nearly a half hour to get the shot before chasing the vulture away.

After winning the Pulitzer, Carter committed suicide four months later.

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I remember that

A lot of cerebral movie watchers ITT. This post is not that!

I’m catching up on the academy award nominees for movie do the year.


The Holdovers

I thought it was fine. It felt somewhat predictable and not all that original.

Throughout the movie it felt a little like Dead Poet’s Society to me.

7.5/10

I don't know about cerebral. Hell, some of us go to see every Godzilla movie.

I liked The Holdovers. I see a part of me in Giamatti's character.

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Ha! I’m sort of looking forward to the Planet of the Apes.

I don't know how Soderbergh does it. I just watched Out of Sight. J-Lo and Clooney talk in a bar while snow falls outside. What a beautiful shot.

Soderbergh makes material that might fail in the hands of others exactly right.

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I considered breaking my rule of “Only Tarantino in the theater” to see Civil War. Not so much because of the film itself but back when Pulp Fiction came out, I saw it in a 30-40 seat indie theater on a fairly small screen on its premiere date. Saw it a few times there and eventually, it moved to the big theater.

I’m pretty out of the loop on certain entertainment things and part of me thought that Civil War was an indie film that started catching a lot of heat and moved up to possible blockbuster. But nope… I was quite wrong there. That makes me want to wait now but I do find the subject interesting and Garland can bring it when he does! Might have to break my rule anyway.

hey!

Soderberg is somehow still underrated.

Re: “cerebral”

One of my favorite film professors was this old British dude. Several of us were chatting about “capital F Films” with him after class one night. We students balked when he told us he watched the newest Resident Evil film over the weekend (I think it was Extinction? One of the really awful ones).

I’m paraphrasing, but he said something to the effect of, “Every film, even the lowest of the low, has something to be learned from it. Even if it’s only a singular sequence, or one shot framing, an editing or sound design choice— there is always some knowledge to be gained.”

His principle really altered the way I look at media as a whole. Definitely a major effect that still resonates with me today.

I'm pretty much the only cerebral one.

That's me! Except I call them Gojira movies in an otaku kinda way. That's what makes me cerebral!!!

Edited by the magnificent Anne V. Coates. I'm a real fan of this movie.

There is a Cerebral Brewing located in Denver, Co. check it out.

Brainy Brewing is the new Sexy!

Finally watched Oppenheimer.

I enjoyed it but I do have a couple of minor complaints.

There were so many players involved that I sort of lost track of who was who. That's really on me, though. My old brain struggles sometimes.

My beef with the actual movie was that there were so many short scenes and it jumped around too much. I think that added to me not being able to follow the characters well.

But, overall it was pretty good.

I sort of agree with this. Maybe it’s an older person problem.

Nah, you both are correct. Most of the characters are forgettable and blend together in a sea of bland faces.

I would say “pretty good” is a perfect judging of the movie. I find it baffling when people rate it higher.

there were a few times in the film i didn't realize it wasn't a new character, thought it was another character, and vice versa

I thought it was very average tbh, and im a big fan of Nolan's movies like Interstellar, TDK and Inception.
He tried to make a it to much mystery and twists, which is not needed in a biopic imo. It indeed jumped way to much and the big bomb scene was a big letdown.

Going to a couple of Nolan's this week... I went to a Theatrical release of The Dark knight last night and tonight is Interstellar @redrock... in iMax. Both were a single day releases.