• MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    25 days ago

    I’ve always really liked Alex Garland’s films even with their vaguely dubious politics, but Civil War was impressively shallow and dull.

    Especially considering he’d just made another movie with the structure of a group of people (with a heavy focus on female protagonists) venturing through increasingly dangerous and uncertain territory, Annihilation, in a quasi-warfare situation, in order to learn something about the world and themselves. And it was vastly superior.

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      13 days ago

      I know it’s a strange question and a week late. But are you talking about A24’s film?

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        13 days ago

        I’m not exactly sure what you’re asking, but…

        Alex Garland has made multiple films with A24. Warfare, Civil War, Men, Annihilation, & Ex Machina (in order of newest to oldest).

        This comment thread was talking about how poor Civil War was.

        I was also pointing out that he’d previously made a far superior film with similar themes and structure when he made Annihilation, which really demonstrates just how poor Civil War is even by comparison to his own work on similar ideas.

        (Also, in regard to your other comment, I have no idea what it is exactly that you “called”)