For something named Civil War, this film failed to deliver any sort of impact, be it emotional / commentary.
I wanted to like this movie. After Men , I was truly hoping to avoid another poorly-paced story with uninteresting characters and a message so tepid that it's laughable. Instead, I watched a film that ultimately had nothing to say but said it anyways. Any semblance of meaningful commentary was lukewarm and quickly glossed over: Why was there a civil war?…
A film that is at once powerfully uncomfortable to sit through and also a bit meandering...
I already didn't like Elvis due to his appropriation and stealing of black music, only to be heralded as the "King of Rock n Roll" for a genre he had no part in pioneering. However, this movie sheds a stunning light on his predatory and manipulative behavior, revealing him to be a bona fide creep and all-around piece of shit. This film sits in…
immensely disappointed in this film...
Some really fun sequences (beach fight scene, Will Ferrell's silly CEO) overshadowed by some incredibly preachy monologues bereft of any meaningful critique of patriarchy, sexism, capitalism, anything...
The production design was outstanding; the cinematography/lighting was great across the board; Ryan Gosling's performance was mesmerizing, too.
But all of these pale in comparison to the overwhelmingly tepid takes on society shoved in our faces by this movie. For what it's worth, Oppenheimer does a much much…
