ech@ is right. I threw that reference in there for no good reason.
Yet, that Jesse Plemons scene (spoiler!) is feeling pretty chilling to some. But that’s all. For now. I had Kyle Rittenhouse vibes off of that. Linked article reminds us, he was acquitted.
But for whatever an answer to the question is worth: It’s a solid 6.5/10 movie. I’ve not felt the need for a second viewing. Watching America tear itself apart in real-time is a little more pertinent.
:::spoiler Movie premise spoiler(?)
The movie’s real focus is ethics in wartime journalism. They could’ve been documenting any war and the plot would remain largely the same, including radical local groups taking advantage of the chaos to inflict harm and death. The closest it comes to being vaguely relevant is the suggestion that such a conflict could happen at all in the US. No part of the movie really focuses on the why or how of the conflict - just typical war-torn country stuff.
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I’m not going to argue the utility of the comment.
I said, didn’t I?, it was a throwaway line — vaguely connected for a 7-minute, TikTok-friendly scene with a cameo by a pretty solid character actor. Anything to keep 10% of readers interested for one more paragraph — this attention economy is the pits.
You seem like a film/media purist. What consumable, catchy, full-length film helps you to make sense of Mr. Toad’s wild ride into authoritarianism?
ech@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
It’s fine. Not nearly as pertinent as OP is making it seem, though.
eightpix@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not pertinent.
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Yet.
ech@ is right. I threw that reference in there for no good reason.
Yet, that Jesse Plemons scene (spoiler!) is feeling pretty chilling to some. But that’s all. For now. I had Kyle Rittenhouse vibes off of that. Linked article reminds us, he was acquitted.
But for whatever an answer to the question is worth: It’s a solid 6.5/10 movie. I’ve not felt the need for a second viewing. Watching America tear itself apart in real-time is a little more pertinent.
ech@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Not ever, really.
:::spoiler Movie premise spoiler(?) The movie’s real focus is ethics in wartime journalism. They could’ve been documenting any war and the plot would remain largely the same, including radical local groups taking advantage of the chaos to inflict harm and death. The closest it comes to being vaguely relevant is the suggestion that such a conflict could happen at all in the US. No part of the movie really focuses on the why or how of the conflict - just typical war-torn country stuff. :::
eightpix@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m not going to argue the utility of the comment.
I said, didn’t I?, it was a throwaway line — vaguely connected for a 7-minute, TikTok-friendly scene with a cameo by a pretty solid character actor. Anything to keep 10% of readers interested for one more paragraph — this attention economy is the pits.
You seem like a film/media purist. What consumable, catchy, full-length film helps you to make sense of Mr. Toad’s wild ride into authoritarianism?