I would argue the reason for the war is the final line of the movie I dont want to die. That is why he says thats good enough. The reason all these people are killing each other is because they themselves don't want to die. The moments where the camera most faces the audience is when they are talking to the audience same as " because they are shooting at us". When bombs rain from the sky and the key source of news ie journalist is gone what would people do?

Imagine the world right now with no tv and bombs rain from the sky that is reason enough for war there is no form of media

Kind of funny seeing some the reactionary takes calling Garland a “coward” for making this movie.

Like…how?

This movie was literally built to be a provocateur. I don’t understand how if the movie blatantly dunked on MAGA and right wing extremism that would suddenly make him “brave”.

SNL f***ing does that.

Even braver to make a movie that doesn’t say ANYTHING in a world where everything is so politically driven and divided . They just there to take pics

I thought that was referencing when Sammy said at the end they're all cowards and never live up to what you think, never meet your heroes. It'll be a good quote because it exposes the President for who he is.

Just left the theater
This was fire.

I work in News Television and a lot of the old heads got their start in covering wars.
Really dope that the film is from that prospective

Crunching on nachos during impeccable sound design... diabolical.

I’m a quiet eater pause

No such thing. People think we don't hear their stomach growling too but we hear it...we hear it.

Not during this, this s*** has BIG EXPLOSIONS GUN SOUNDS GUN SOUNDS BANG BANG BANGGGGGG

my minor crunches was a fart in the wind

My expectation for Civil War going in was totally different from what I got, and I cannot be happier about that. This film is less about the war itself and more about the journalists covering the war. The dangers they put themselves though in order to capture what they need and bring it to the people. There’s no side to root for, no overt political agenda, this film is just focused journalists.

Personally, I minored in journalism in college, so I have a huge appreciation for journalism.

I also love how they didn’t draw lines about why the war is happening or who is fighting for what exactly. This film also has striking visuals and some shots are even beautiful to look at. Some of the visuals are also very harrowing and downright scary in some aspects. There is one moment of the film where I definitely felt my anxiety through the roof.

I can see where people may not be able to relate to the characters, and that’s a fair assessment. For me, while character is an important aspect, I looked at some events as the natural perils of war journalism.

I’ve come away thinking very highly of this film. I’m short of calling anything a masterpiece after one viewing, but this could be in contention.

5/5

Mozzarella sticks and Chocolate Pretzels

It’s a bit of both it’s even the war criminal that is the reason for the war doesn’t have a true reason for it because no money in death . He put women in the fake car knowing they would be killed a coward til the end

Nachos slapped

lol if the world had no news right now what would happen ….

If the world had no world news or tv reporting it would descend into chaos

Which when something major in the story is misreported the fall of dc what happened

Yeah it did. Eating them s***s tense af lol

And 2 of the characters didn’t even take pics lmaoool

no joke that was one of the most intense experiences I ever had in an IMAX theater

fax I might need to rewatch that

where are you from?

..hong kong

Pay attention to who takes video vs pictures .