#makesyouthink

[eric-sadahire]

Remember when something goes wrong at the circus, they send in the clowns to distract the audience?

Well, something has gone very wrong with this circus and there are clowns everywhere!

#clowns #thecircus #distractions #sendthemin #somethingswrong #politics #makesyouthink #verywrong #sadbuttrue #obviously #everywhere #irony #dailyartwork #acrylic #flomm #kunst #artwork #artoftheday #flommist #beercoaster #lowbrowart #outsiderart #painting #beermat

[cotansansofundertalegaming]

do you think im a bot ;m;

the real question is do YOU think youre a bot.... #mindblown

#crazy #awesome #baller #makesyouthink

[mysiph]

fun fact: a rectangle is basically a square if you hit it enough

#shapes #makesyouthink

[nolaholder]

#takeabreath #wow #makesyouthink ##makesyouthinktwice #relax #peace #peaceofmind #letitgo #meditate #meditation #mindfulness (at Biloxi Back Bay) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg9ZW6ELxlI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#takeabreath #wow #makesyouthink #makesyouthinktwice #relax #peace #peaceofmind #letitgo #meditate #meditation #mindfulness

[cavallofinejewelry]

Art OMI. Ghent, NY Oh my!! 120 acres of surprises around every corner! #art #outside #sculpture #walkingtrails #lush #exciting #introspective #makesyouthink #go https://www.instagram.com/p/CeBJsy5ugwX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#art #outside #sculpture #walkingtrails #lush #exciting #introspective #makesyouthink #go

[megatronfangirl]

Why is it always “I want to spike you”, and never, “I want to valve you”? #makesyouthink

[steampunkforever]

Almost every American has thought about the prospect of a second Civil War. Considering the man hiding pipe bombs around DC last election year, it becomes clear why this would come to mind. Which is why this election season is the perfect opportunity to release a movie about a modern civil war written by an Englishman who quite apparently doesn't know anything about American culture, politics, or small unit tactics.

Alex Garland's Civil War is a movie about the fall of democracy as the US is shattered by a violent military conflict as its fascist President violates the constitution in order to retain power, but it actually wants to be a movie about a cozy witch in a small German village in the alps. Ok not really. This is a movie that promises to be about political violence in America but is really about War Journalism. It tries to do both and does none of them well. But first and foremost it's a showcase of regrettable AR furniture and trite culture war references.

After January 6th, 2021, I was discussing the Capitol riots with some right-voting blue-collar workers, and the most memorable takeaway from that conversation was being told "it was our turn." This one sentence told me everything about American cultural rage that this film completely misunderstands.

Every now and then I come across a film that's very good from a visual and structural standpoint but completely falls apart thematically. This is Civil War. Alex Garland knows how to make movies, and this is a solid film that knows how to position needle drops and position the camera to really Say Something About America. Except it doesn't do that last thing.

Politically, this is a film you could make if you fed the AI bot that writes Nancy Pelosi's campaign donation emails ten thousand hours of January Sixth footage and asked it to write an article for The New Republic. Close readings reveal that this is a film about Covid, particularly journalism, but Garland shoehorns the story he wants to tell about journo ethics Cloverfield-style into a much more complicated narrative. It's simply intellectual laziness to make a movie about a morally and politically complicated war and then handwave it away with a simple "it doesn't matter." You're releasing this on an election year! This is a movie that needs a spine! How does Micheal Bay have a more biting criticism of American presidential candidates in his movies than you do?

The movie isn't politically neutral necessarily. Nick Offerman looks exactly like a certain 45th president of the United States (he even dissolves the FBI). There's a proud boy/boogaloo boy militia committing war crimes. One of the main battles we see is fought in Charlottesville, a city that saw little fighting during the actual Civil War but is infamous for the 2017 murder of a counterprotestor at a confederate statue rally. And let us not forget the film's much-quoted "what kind of American are you?" segment so prominently displayed in the trailers. The movie displays the prototypical NPR host handwringing, and this level of political commentary only serves to make the film feel even more out of touch, made all the more lukewarm at the film's halfhearted play at neutrality in the pursuit of something that #makesyouthink.

The film is like Apocalypse Now! if Coppola really wanted to shoehorn in a thematically irrelevant main plot and never answer any of the questions raised by the much more interesting events that make up the movie's backdrop. It's like Children of Men if the director didn't really care about the atrocities his characters were witnessing as much as he just wanted to make a roadtrip movie. It's not bad, it's lazy, and this makes me angrier.

This is a movie that reminded me about Greta Gerwig's Barbie. A very well shot film with a solid director, great cinematography, and no idea what its message is. Except Garland didn't have a feel good montage at the end to save the movie for him. Just underwhelming combat. The only thing this film got remotely right about a modern American Civil War 2 is the fact that the Ford Excursion is the perfect vehicle to take into a war zone.

No matter how gorgeous the cinematography, don't let this movie fool you.

The White House isn't so cartoonishly simple to storm. Attack Helicopters would not be performing air support roles that close to buildings. M4 pattern rifles have a much sharper report. An abandoned JC Penny doesn't mean that America has fallen, it just reminds you that the Shopping Mall was never a sustainable business practice. The sniper scene is really good, I'll admit, but also not how any of this works.

This movie lacks the spine and the conviction to say anything real about the American Condition in any meaningful way other than "they own guns and experience cultural polarization," a take much too bland to be worth the price of tickets + popcorn.

#civil war #alex garland #filmposting #a24 #jesse plemons #kirsten dunst #film

[ilovetodrinkwater]

first day at new job was good. i’m so fucking good at wiping things off like i wish that was a full time situation. the guy who trained me was cute and friendly but then at the end he was like Also I’m going to the military forever tomorrow. #America… #MakesYouThink

[hellkitepriest]

tracy chapman fast car is just kevin’s car

#MakesYouThink

#i heard fast car on the radio #pondered

[lowpolypaws]

if I had a little spinny clay thing I could make a replica of the cup dororo uses with his little symbol on it and everything #MAKESYOUTHINK

#pawprints #never been otherwise interested in pottery but if i can make something autism related well...heh...

[blahandwhatever]

4/4

Sometimes... sometimes you're sitting in your car with nothing but a slice of pizza for company. And before you know it, the pizza is gone... it's just you and the car. And you realize... you know what... This is all I really need. This is enough.

#quotes #wordstoliveby #inspiration #deep #makesyouthink #loneliness #life #gratitude #pizza

[testosteronefag]

this says a lot about society #makesyouthink

#fox yaps

[nolaholder]

#takeabreath ##wow #makesyouthink #makesyouthinktwice #relax #peace #peaceofmind #letitgo #meditation #meditate #mindfulness (at Biloxi Back Bay) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg9YfXEO29M/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#takeabreath #wow #makesyouthink #makesyouthinktwice #relax #peace #peaceofmind #letitgo #meditation #meditate #mindfulness

[cube-cumb3r]

theres nothing that makes me die inside more than when people refer to stuff as brand names instead of what it actually is. the corporations have invaded your brain....

#showerthoughts #makesyouthink #deep #tragic #q-rambl3

[missfliss88]

Spotted this in a recent “Ideas” magazine and it made me smile.

#seenwhilereading #email #meetings #makesyouthink #mademesmile #slowliving #peopleandfood #ideasmagazine

[barbecutie]

🤔💭

#makesyouthink #damaged