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Civil war (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee to c/moviesandtv@lemm.ee

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I went to see it. It’s very non-political. If you are expecting a satire, it is not. If you want to see the other side owned. You won’t.

If you want to see how division is bad for the country, go see it. It’s a tense movie and well done.

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[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don’t want to spoil it but politics are never discussed. It isn’t about left or right politics. They never even talk about why the war started. There is one hint but that’s a bout it.

It’s not a satire.

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

That's still a political message though, it doesn't have to be about a specific political party. The idea of the film itself is political.

[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The preview I saw of it makes it look like shit. What is the justification at all? Why did the fighting start? Sounds like bullshit, feel free to spoil it for me, not going to watch it regardless. Just looks like some type of brainworm took over everyone and they started wanting violence indiscriminately.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

The why is not really important to the movie. The only mention of why is the president taking a third term and possibly also doing airstrikes on citizens before the start of the civil war. The film more focuses on the how of a possible civil war: the societal breakdown, the atrocities, how people are making it through, etc. There is not really a clearly good militant group in the movie and it is not clear that things are going to somehow be all good if/once the president is removed from office.

I think there were definitely some things that could have been added in like many more corrupt as fuck checkpoints blocking roads. They did show a checkpoint but the characters had no issues with it. Checkpoints are a very easy way for soldiers or locals to shake people down.

If you want something that goes more into why a civil war might happen, I recommend the beginning of the podcast series It Could Happen Here. It was made back in 2019 and foretold some of how things unfolded in 2020 and 2021.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

spoiler

The only real clue is the president is on his third term

Otherwise there is no justification and they never say why the fighting started.

I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would but it’s hard to watch

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Also bombing civilians?

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -3 points 7 months ago

I took that as after the war started.