CIVIL WAR (Spoiler Review) - Journalism Circle Jerk

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3 ай бұрын

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Civil War is upon us in Alex Garland's dystopian fantasy film about a group of infallible journalists that just want to be inpartial. Join us as we discuss what Civil War got right and what it got left.
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@MerchantOfClicks 3 ай бұрын

I can't believe the girl in the film is supposed to be like 23. She looks 13, maybe 14, and she's only like 3-4 years younger than me (I'm 30). Am I just completely disconnected on what people look at that age? It's just surreal to see what looks to be a child being escorted around a gunfight, almost laughable.

@hardcutreviews 3 ай бұрын

Same. After 30 you lose all orientation of how old kids look. That girl looked like a sophomore in high school at best.

@GaudiaCertaminisGaming 3 ай бұрын

Perhaps it was ‘Take your daughter to the battle’ day.

@tdrewman 3 ай бұрын

In real life she's 25 years old, when she did film this movie about a couple years ago she was 23

@MerchantOfClicks 3 ай бұрын

@@tdrewman yeah, I saw she was born in 97 or 98 and I was born in 94, ergo why I said she was 3-4 years younger than me, but fair enough. Still looks super young to me.

@MerchantOfClicks 3 ай бұрын

@@hardcutreviews glad it’s not just me. Feeling out of touch with reality lmao. Great job on the review, guys!

@whitworth5s248 3 ай бұрын

The original War of the Worlds novel also pushed the war itself to the background too, I think.

@OffTheCover 3 ай бұрын

Lol, mini boss Jesse Plemons 😂 Great review guys! Totally didn't notice the technical element with the filter.

@hardcutreviews 3 ай бұрын

They should have given Plemons more screen time. He was great.

@Stress-Free-K 2 ай бұрын

I think the main media journalist or news presenters we see on tv do have boy scouts attitude about their job. But they have producers. For instance, I could not watch Don Lemon on CNN but now on his podcast he's seems legitimately sincere. And his interview style allows for engaging viewing. But good war movies always have a why. Because wars are all about the why. Vietnam, WWII, the real US Civil War, the US Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crusades. The why is what matters most in history. Otherwise, that's why we never learn from them. Because we forget how it started in the first place.

@wowsew 19 сағат бұрын

how the fuck am i finding this channel now, y'all rule.

@timstark3312 3 ай бұрын

Is it more like _Full Metal Jacket_ meets _The Year of Living Dangerously_ (a/o _Salvador_)? Both of those "journalist-centric" movies are heavy-lefty but lack the non-reflective, self-righteous pretentiousness of assumed/presumed heroic integrity of the journos described here (and glaringly overplayed in the trailers & clips). Maybe?

@TheChadTI Ай бұрын

Journalism hasn't been like that since...the early 70' maybe?

@Vineyardfrat 2 ай бұрын

Review boy kills world!! I bet you two would really enjoy that film no bs just balls to the wall action

@maskedman1980 3 ай бұрын

Great review. I’ve been torn about seeing this movie. As soon as I heard anything about it, I immediately thought it was as would just be more leftist propaganda. I might give it a watch just out of curiosity. I look forward to seeing more reviews from you gentlemen.

@BoomTribeEntertainment 3 ай бұрын

Wait isn’t Obama the one who is a 3rd term president

@ravissary79 3 ай бұрын

Shhh. You're not supposed to notice.

@guygadbois3010 3 ай бұрын

"Heroic journalist" or even "ethical journalist" seems too much like an oxymoron or an anachronism for me to credibly endure it for an entire movie. If I want a TED Talk on "Journalists are Cool, Hmmkkay" then I'll go watch an actual TED Talk. And someone should take Dunst's cigars away while she still has some voice box left.

@hardcutreviews 3 ай бұрын

Dunst looks like she’s 41 going on 61.

@GoonerVen 3 ай бұрын

Good stuff as always guys. What happened with the Snyder live stream? Saw it in the queue but it fell through, obviously. Happening soon?

@hardcutreviews 3 ай бұрын

Yeah we had an issue with our audio mixer and couldn’t get the guests audio to come through. Once we fix it we’ll reschedule.

@Lestat21500 3 ай бұрын

Leftoid. LOOOL! About as funny as soy based entity. Another fantastic episode folks.

@hardcutreviews 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

@johnaslover 3 ай бұрын

LOL, I never would’ve made the connection to Almost Famous, but that’s pretty spot on. I was pretty middle-of-the-road on this. I’m an Alex Garland fan (especially his early Danny Boyle collabs like The Beach and Sunshine), and I might be Kirsten Dunst’s biggest fan, so I was very excited about this. I went to an early IMAX screening, and I left just totally underwhelmed. I thought the whole ending seemed so far fetched- like, all these people are just waltzing into the White House and the President is just in there alone? Idk, I had a real hard time buying that. It was too easy for them to get to him. Regardless, it was still an impressive set piece. I do set design and I was in awe of the siege on the White House in that regard. A little more lore and scope overall would’ve been nice, but I do respect the attempt to remain neutral. Also Karl Glusman was woefully underutilized.

@rachelhines7818 3 ай бұрын

Great review! I considered watching it because the trailer looked good but SO sick of Hollywood injecting their bull💩.

@hardcutreviews 3 ай бұрын

It’s definitely a well made film and has some great moments in it, but you have to put aside your feelings about modern journalism and Hollywood to fully enjoy it. Proceed accordingly, haha.

@rachelhines7818 Ай бұрын

@hardcutreviews I got around to watch it and this review is spot on! Wasn't total leftoid propaganda like I thought, I stand corrected. Pretty good movie, wish they explored the actual background war a little more but I liked it. 👍🏼

@hardcutreviews Ай бұрын

@@rachelhines7818 Glad you liked it. The film dabbles in lefty propaganda but it’s not as bad as some might say.

@sunshinestate28 3 ай бұрын

plemons is probably the only great thing about this movie.

@matane2465 3 ай бұрын

The film maker played the Spider-man games and really liked the MJ missions so he made an MJ mission movie.

@randomrey6568 3 ай бұрын

Nice

@MrDman21 3 ай бұрын

Only civil war I liked was the Marvel one. Make that movie again.😄

@hardcutreviews 3 ай бұрын

Sign us up. Marvel’s best.

@haitch2676 3 ай бұрын

War, huh? What is it good for?

@leonwoodley99 3 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this movie.

@arminb101 3 ай бұрын

I took the setting as the hook. It's not really about the war, but the setting really only gives them a chance to put these characters into situations to reveal things about themselves. So who and why is really not the point.