Civil War (2024)

[Alex...]

Title: Civil War (2024)

Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

Director: Alex Garland

Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Karl Glusman, Sonoya Mizuno, Jefferson White, Jared Shaw, Alexa Mansour, Justin Garza, Melissa Saint-Amand, Jojo T. Gibbs, Juani Feliz, Nelson Lee, Jeff Bosley, Brian Matney, James Yaegashi, Joe Manuel Gallegos Jr., Greg Hill, Justin James Boykin, Xavier Miles, Cora Maple Lindell, Brent Moorer Gaskins, Brian Philpot, Petey Nguyễn, Simeon Freeman, Christopher Cocke, Jess Matney, Tywaun Tornes, Ryan Austin Bryant, Lauren Marie Gordon, Kevin Howell, Robert Tinsley, Jaclyn White

Release: 2024-07-04

Plot: A new action epic set in a near-future America from Alex Garland.

 

[Alex...]

 

[TravisR]

They forgot to mention Men on the poster.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

They forgot to mention Men on the poster.

Well, they probably figure you should never mention films where a guy crawls out of another guys ass and especially when it happens more than once in that film. Birthing by bum can be done but not discussed later and certainly not put on a poster.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I should throw in, all jokes aside, I'm a huge fan of Garland and enjoyed Men and all it's weirdness. I look forward to this next film.

 

[TravisR]

Well, they probably figure you should never mention films where a guy crawls out of another guys ass and especially when it happens more than once in that film. Birthing by bum can be done but not discussed later and certainly not put on a poster.

Yeah, that could be it.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

eah, that could be it.

Kind of takes Walken's wristwatch scene in Pulp Fiction to all new visual heights.

 

[dpippel]

 

[Alex...]

 

[Joe Wong]

Looks good!

 

[Jeff Cooper]

TX and CA on the same side? Suspension of disbelief blown for this movie.

 

[Joe Wong]

It would be intriguing to see what caused the civil war and why CA and TX are on the same team.

Maybe the 2 states team up against a common enemy, like Godzilla and Kong did.

 

[dpippel]

I have no desire whatsoever to see this film.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

TX and CA on the same side? Suspension of disbelief blown for this movie.

Yeah, you can tell that Garland isn't American with that detail. In the case of the Union crumbling, Texas returning to being an independent republic seems the most probable outcome. But California and Texas on the same side is just about the least plausible outcome.

It would be intriguing to see what caused the civil war and why CA and TX are on the same team.

Maybe the 2 states team up against a common enemy, like Godzilla and Kong did.

Between the reference in the trailer to journalists being shot on sight in the District of Columbia and promotional materials referencing Nick Offerman's president as being in his third term, it seems likely that there is a fascist regime in the White House.

 

[TravisR]

I tend to think that the "California and Texas" thing will be explained in the movie because it's basically impossible that someone did not mention to Garland, if he did not know, that those states would be unlikely allies.

 

[Malcolm R]

Not to get into the weeds of forum rules here, but there are large swaths of CA that are pretty conservative. Their current reputation is mostly due to the large coastal cities and Hollywood. Maybe there's a major earthquake that drops the coast into the ocean leaving the more rural parts. Then it wouldn't be so far-fetched.

 

[Josh Dial]

A24 = Josh is there opening night.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Alex Garland always gets a ticket from me. I haven’t seen the trailer yet and I’m ok if I don’t - I don’t mind walking into his films with no idea of what to expect.

Last week @Sam Posten invited me onto his HTF podcast to talk about films we thought were under appreciated, and Sunshine (Garland’s script with Danny Boyle’s direction) was my pick, while @JohnRice selected another Garland screenplay, his adaptation of Never Let Me Go. That was a fun conversation and I’m glad we’ll soon have another film of his to discuss.

 

[Sam Posten]

I have no desire whatsoever to see this film.

That's fine. The mods are watching this for political statements tho. Tread lightly all. Even speculation on the motivations of 'traditionally' red and blue state teamups are probably off limits.

We mean it.

 

[Sam Posten]

Last week @Sam Posten invited me onto his HTF podcast to talk about films we thought were under appreciated, and Sunshine (Garland’s script with Danny Boyle’s direction) was my pick, while @JohnRice selected another Garland screenplay, his adaptation of Never Let Me Go. That was a fun conversation and I’m glad we’ll soon have another film of his to discuss.

I have an uneven appreciation for Garland, I like some of his stuff, and dig that he is up for going full weird. I saw this trailer this morning tho and immediately spider senses were alerted. I hope it doesn't attract the negative attention I fear, and I personally want to keep that drama far far far from HTF.