The only thing massively standing out to me is Carter. The new actor is fine with what little he's had so far, but he just doesn't look like only 9 ish months has passed, he looks at least a couple of years older.
Stunning. Alex Garland take a bow. Nods to Black Hawk Down and Deliverance. Right up there with Apocalypse Now. I look forward to watching this again and again.
Just saw the trailer and I had no idea Jesse Plemons is in it, I jumped out of the seat when he appeared. It's crazy how criminally underrated Jesse Plemons is as an actor, every time this man is on screen I get chills.
While exiting the theater, my brother commented that the trailers for this movie were misleading, as he thought it would explore more of the details, perhaps even the origin, of the titular civil war. Instead, the civil war is simply a back drop for a deep character study and a sequence of well acted and incredibly well shot vignettes that explore the small scale affects of the war while sweeping the practical details under the rug. Interestingly, it even feels like the underlying politics behind the division are kept intentionally out of focus. Luckily, I don't watch trailers, so I didn't experience this disconnect and could appreciate the movie for what it is - and what it is, is great.
First, I want to call out the technical filmmaking. As I already mentioned, this movie is incredibly well shot, and though I didn't see it in IMAX, I can safely say that it is deserving of the format. Perhaps even more impressive though was the sound, as the action sequences were explosive, with every gun shot feeling far more powerful than I've come to expect out of recent films. Combine that with the chaotic mix of shouting soldiers, helicopters overhead, and cleverly leveraged silence, and you get an Oscar worthy sound design. This sound also heavily contributes to the film's successful use of tension, which was near constant throughout.
When it comes to the writing, this movie is actually incredibly simple. In a lot of ways, it plays like a zombie road trip (which the director is no stranger to, having written 28 days/weeks later), except instead of zombies it's random militia encounters. But the key point is that each sequence is largely stand alone, with the throughline being only the characters. But because the characters are complex/compelling and each sequence offers some unique obstacle or idea, the vignette structure is a success despite lacking some narrative connective tissue. On top of that, the moment to moment dialogue is fantastic. I think it also helps that the film keeps its length reasonable, as this structure might have outstayed its welcome at 2+ hours.
Finally, I've got to call out the performances, which are all fantastic. I'm sure Kirsten Dunst and Caille Spaeny will get plenty of deserved praise, but Wagner Moura's performance might have been my favorite. Jesse Plemons also deserves a shoutout for nailing his disturbing role.
Generally I think this could be a great show but introducing what felt like 100 characters in different scenarios over the first 30 minutes alone might have been a bit too ambitious and made it rather hard to figure out what is going on with whom and where…
Absolutely boggles my mind that people were actually EXCITED to go to war back then. Brilliant film.
better then tyreke and kane's show ,they series was foo foo, aint no power without Ghost and Tommy
I don't know why I keep watching these spin-offs... I am fed up, but can't stop... is there a Walking Dead Anonymous meeting I can attend?! :person_shrugging_tone1:♂:person_facepalming_tone1:♂
To be honest this was boring.
Nearly three hours of fighting is too long. JW total speech time on screen is less than 15 minutes. Some fighting scenes seem to be performed in rallenty.
Perhaps should have stopped with JW 2.
Man likes dogs, shooting guns, and friends. He faces an old enemy, stairs.
I haven't read the books. I don't know much about this series at all other than its a scifi. I like most scifi so long as the story is well told, acted okay, and generally not get too ridiculously stupid. The mystery is (over the first two episodes) well paced and it's giving us just the right amount of hooks to keep us going.
My question is why do they go out in protective suits? My first thought would be to provide a nice cocktail of hallucinogens and poison, but that's too obvious and predictable.
Then of course the are other major questions that arise like obtaining raw resources, but I guess things like that may get answered as we go along. But I guess Gilligan's Island went for quite a while without answering some major sticking points... but that's another story.
Ridiculous episode. They may have jumped the shark with this one :persevere:
Really not enjoying the nuclear bomb story. Everyone would leave the area yet they all seem to hang around
