I feel like so many critics are angry about the Civil War movie 'not taking a stand' but I think that misses the point. This was not gonna be a movie about "this side good, that side bad". On the ground, war is hardly political. The 'looters' being strung up ("knew him in high school, he barely talked to me, now he does"), the two soldiers pinned down by a sniper with christmas background music, Jesse Plemons' character picking them off one by one, the Global Relief Fund camp, etc. This wasn't necessarily about (American) politics, why the civil war broke out, or how the various alliances came about. This was about war on the ground, on the streets, the role of journalists in showing that, are they complicit or not, how much must you sacrifice for the money shot, is there a 'right' meaning we can draw from their images?
To me it was actually a very effective and thought-provoking anti-war movie. (Also the cast and cinematography were both phenomenal.)
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kirsten dunst, jesse plemons, swann arlaud and justine triet please let me smoke with you backstage at the oscars please i’m on my knees
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Jesse Plemons the meme king.
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Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, 96th Academy Awards, 10/3/2024
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kirsten dunst, jesse plemons, swann arlaud, and justine triet at the oscars, 2024
(dream blunt rotation)
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I have not spent enough time talking about Swann Arlund, the hot lawyer from Anatomy of a Fall.
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Jesse Plemons getting a role in Civil War because Kirsten Dunst suggested casting him after the original actor dropped out is a rare example of Hollywood nepotism gone occasionally right?
No, but most reviews I have read about this film say he is absolutely best thing in it.
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