Matt Christman on Blowback: Iraq War in Film

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Matt Christman on Blowback: Iraq War in Film

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From August 2020: S1 Bonus - "Iraqi Horror Picture Show feat. Matt Christman"

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@Praaguematic 2 жыл бұрын

in the loop is by far the best Iraq War movie

@PurushaDesa Жыл бұрын

I saw it in a lovely little traditional cinema, absolutely packed and audience members howling with laughter - which stopped dead when Malcolm Tucker threatens the government minister with "hounding you to an assisted suicide." And I was thinking about that going, "Oh man. We never fucking talk about that part." One of the darkest Weinstein-like chapters of the war and it just fell out of our collective consciousness.

@damianalejandro6959 2 жыл бұрын

Shooter is the best Iraq war movie

@BarackLesnar 2 жыл бұрын

Best movie

@billywiththebulgingbaloonb5105 7 ай бұрын

Jarhead 1 was marketed so aggressively as a "war movie without war" that it's utterly hilarious to see how quickly the sequels degenerated into brainless, jerk-off action.

@jordanhodder8481 Жыл бұрын

That is an absolutely insane alex jones impression wtf

@Sneezes_LoL 2 жыл бұрын

"I guess it only takes one hand to push someone away". What a fucking parting shot lmao.

@larsfinlay7325 2 жыл бұрын

the steel helmet is my favorite war movie that i've watched in the last 6 months, honestly I can't think of any Iraq war movies that are better.

@levigilchrist3686 Жыл бұрын

The Guest is so fucking good.

@subversivelysurreal3645 Жыл бұрын

I want to know what Vietnam era movie was actually, ‘We shouldn’t be here killing all of these people-‘ ??? Perhaps ‘Born on the Fourth of July’, but most of them never go anywhere near questioning the war, either. Do they? See ‘Paths of Glory’ if you want to see an actual *antiwar movie, by Stanley Kubrick*

@grumpusbumpus Жыл бұрын

Full Metal Jacket? ("How can you shoot women and children?" "EASY, YOU DON'T LEAD 'EM AS MUCH!") Also a Stanley Kubrick flick, of course. Deer Hunter? Heaven and Earth?

@heyreallygiger 10 ай бұрын

There’s M*A*S*H too

@EgonSupreme 8 ай бұрын

@@grumpusbumpus Deer Hunter is definitely not one such movie. FMJ kinda is, but by accident.

@CommonScentsAintSoCommonNow 8 күн бұрын

Not Vietnam but WWII - Thin Red Line is an antiwar movie. It even comes close to showing the point of view that the enemy are human beings too.

@zainmudassir2964 2 жыл бұрын

I now want jarhead 3 starring Matt

@icarusearthbound 2 жыл бұрын

I’d watch that

@thomasgiles2876 2 жыл бұрын

I want Jarhead 4: The Informant 2 about Felix's Lying Guy going State's witness, with him accurately blowing the whistle on atrocities while also stealing valor.

@dontforgethisname 2 жыл бұрын

Squibs only on set, NO CGI bullets

@FOUL_TROUBLE 2 жыл бұрын

@@dontforgethisname squibs in every shot

@Erwin.Clayton Жыл бұрын

Honestly, the HBO show Generation Kill

@adamtherock2008 2 жыл бұрын

For anyone wondering, they discuss: The Hurt Locker Zero Dark 30 Green Zone American Sniper Fair Game Stop-Loss Home of the Brave Transformers movies The Guest Southland Tales

@emersonpage5384 Жыл бұрын

I was looking for a list like this so badly, thank you! Saved me listening to the whole episode again with pen and paper taking notes lmao

@jj947 10 ай бұрын

My favorite movie was the one where the guy said “it’s stopping time” and stop-lost all over the army

@RIP_Greedo 2 жыл бұрын

The Hurt Locker is pretty ridiculous as an attempt at an Important War Movie (tm). But it does have some good suspense in its setpieces, such as when the crew is responding to a bomb threat there are people filming them. Are they filming bc they know a bomb is about to blow up these Americans? Or are they filming because the Americans doing an op in your street is a spectacle worth recording? That sort of uncomfortable alienation from the locals is well depicted. The movie is full of nonsense scenes (such as the EOD guys also being expert snipers?) and anachronisms (wrong uniforms for the depicted year; soldiers are playing Xbox 360 when it wasn’t even released yet). No a terrifically detailed film. It’s purely a suspense action movie with mixed success.

@TSmith-yy3cc Жыл бұрын

The best thing about Hurt Locker is that they blast Ministry at the end.

@MrCantStopTheRobot Жыл бұрын

I thought Hurt Locker was ridiculous schlok before enlisting, and then it escalated to secondhand embarrassment after the fact. Most war movies should never have been made, all so wrong, and in so many ways...

@OrinLinwe 9 ай бұрын

Chad Michael Murray is like an in-universe tv-celebrity in the Sims.

@Backinblackbunny009 6 ай бұрын

Lived on bragg for almost 20yrs and the only one of these films I've seen was transformers (don't judge, my son was 5 and loved airplanes).

@thelaughingmanhadtherighti5256 2 ай бұрын

Phil-i-peh, Brandon. Phil-i-peh.

@jeanlucdiscard Жыл бұрын

No mention of Redacted, bummer. I don't remember much of the film other than that it pissed off neo-cons and other ghouls. Bill O'Reilly was foaming at the mouth daily over it.

@dickdingus775 5 ай бұрын

Stop loss

@user-jz2yd9qj3y 8 ай бұрын

Not about the second but three kings is an excellent take of a war film. I also liked shooter and jar head and yes even the borne identity. The last mostly because it shows how top secret ops are rip for abuse and overreach of the intelligence.

@user-jz2yd9qj3y 8 ай бұрын

They need a dogville style theatre style movie of an Iraq war narrative at least then they could criticize the military.

@highecuador1873 Жыл бұрын

tfw no one remembers buffalo soldiers

@PurushaDesa Жыл бұрын

Aww man! I really liked Green Zone! At the time I was just happy to see a "They lied!' movie since there were surprisingly few. Been years since I've seen it, mind. I'm significantly more leftist than I was in 2010.

@pizzacheeseman2854 8 ай бұрын

I did too because it was one of the first films made as Hollywood was finally turning the corner on iraq war bad, but it doesn’t hold up. Also it stole the title of a really, really good book that it has nothing to with other than it mostly takes place in Baghdad.