Warfare (Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, 2025) Movie • Page 4

Thought this was really well made and intense, but I think I agree with the take that the behind the scenes stuff really undercuts the final moments of the movie.

 

Looking forward to seeing this on streaming soon.

 

A big part of the appeal of this movie was how great and near deafening the sound was in the theatre. Not gonna be as good on the small screen.

 

FRIDAY

 

First he makes a movie called Civil War and then does everything he can to remove any possible analogies to contemporary American politics, and here we have a war movie that has nothing to say about an almost quarter-century of American involvement in the Middle East. This is what Scorsese was talking about when he talked about current movies as amusement park rides.

 

If his intent from the outset was to give the audience a way to experience the intensity and anxieties of a modern US soldier during an urban firefight like that, and not to make a broader statement about the “global war on terror”, are we to fault him for that? IMO, no. Yeah he could have stuck in his lane and repeated what he did with Civil War, but he chose not to.

 

I mean Civil War was bad bad

 

I would think that if Garland wanted to tell an original story with meaning, he'd make his own? This is basically one of those "Based on a true story" movies, he's adapting someone else's (who also co wrote and directed the movie alongside him) first hand experiences.

Which is kinda what civil war is, and criticisms levied towards that are warranted so it makes sense. These are two completely different

 

There are moral responsibilities that come with making a war film. It isn't supposed to be a ride at Universal Studios or a Saw-like horror film.

If you don't want that level of scrutiny there are always stoner comedies or love triangle films. Marvel is always hiring as well.

 

I disagree with that, but to each his own