Alex Garlands "Civil War" thanks Andy Ngo in credits lol (hexbear.net)

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[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 23 points 7 months ago

Disappointing that Alex Garland made this movie, too. I like a bit of his older stuff, now I'll just look at it like kombucha-disgust

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 24 points 7 months ago

Same, Dredd, Annihilation, Ex Machina, all really good but this looks like shit.

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago

Wait this was made by the guy who made Annihilation? That’s one of my favorite movies the fuck happened here

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago

the fuck happened here

Maybe a bit of the boomerification of Gen X mixed with proof that auteur theory is bunk lol

[-] theposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

Why do you expect someone who is capable of crafting a narrative about personal trauma and the nature of creative work to also necessarily have interesting thoughts about politics?

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

I’ll be honest I wasn’t thinking any further than “People who make good movies make good movies”

[-] Sons_of_Ferrix@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah we really need to drop this whole "only leftists are creative" shit. People with crap politics can make good art, and on the flip side leftists can be artistically incompetent, look at me! I couldn't write a short story good enough to impress a cockroach!

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

you might like the book even more, check it out. I read it and the two books that follow it before I saw the movie and they have a really unique atmosphere