#Civil War spoilers

[dgct2]

Civil War (2024)

Dir. Andrew Garland

[tempestaurora]

hahaha I love every review of civil war calling it cowardly for not taking a stance! you missed the fucking point! like it flew right over your head and you missed it! if it had taken a stance it would've discounted the entire point that these characters are fully disconnected from what's happening! they are trying trying to get the shot, get the quote, get the photo!

the entire time I was watching civil war, I wanted it to be a trilogy. I want the same movie again but from the perspective of one of the sides, and then the same movie again from the other side. I want two sequels with bias so the original hits all the harder.

both sides of the war toted exactly zero political ideologies that we got to know about. literally zero. its just war, buddy! and when you're in the warzone, it doesn't matter why people are shooting. it just matters that you don't get shot

[fiction-justanotherstateofmind]

[sersi]

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016) dir. Anthony and Joe Russo SECRET INVASION 1.02: Promises (2023) dir. Ali Selim

[alicent-archive]

Criston being promoted from what is essentially guard duty to the second most powerful person in the realm in under 30 seconds is truly the funniest thing to happen during the Aegon II administration.

[fulcrum-art-fox]

The fact that Mandalorians apparently do child fight clubs for training explains a lot about both Satine “extremist pacifist” Kryze and Bo-Katan “joined a terrorist group as a teen” Kryze

[therealdisneyfan2319]

And I OOP 👀

[alethiaii]

Aegon's heir options after B&C are an impulsive rogue brother and a toddler daughter. Back to square one.

Something something it mirrors and bla bla

[i-didnt-hate-it]

I didn't hate Civil War, but I wouldn't say I absolutely loved it, either. It is an amazing movie, but it was very hard to watch.

I would say it is best to watch Civil War knowing as little as possible, so please be warned for any potential spoilers below.

It is incredibly well written, directed, shot, and acted. I really appreciate the story, it gripped me from the beginning, with the unique sound design during the A24 title card.

But I also nearly got a panic attack in the first 5 minutes. This movie is definitely not for those with PTSD, especially combat and/or gun-related trauma. If any of those apply to you and you still want to see it, I wouldn't recommend IMAX. You will feel every shot fired. Otherwise, the biggest screen with the loudest speakers is the best way to watch Civil War.

The cast was fantastic. Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura felt so real, and Stephen McKinley Henderson just seems like an expansion of his Dune character, in the best way. I'll be honest, and again this is kind of a spoiler, but I was expecting more Jesse Plemons. He was great, the scene was fantasticly blood-pumping, but I just thought he might have a larger role. My real standout performance, though, is from Cailee Spaeny as Jessie. Last seeing her in Pacific Rim: Uprising helped to reinforce the idea that she's still "just a kid", but her performance as the story progresses really exemplifies the horror of war that turns bright-eyed kids into weary adults in an instant.

As much as people will try to figure out the politics of Civil War or just make up their own, this movie isn't about politics. There is a scene that really drives the message home, if you're paying attention (LAST SPOILER WARNING).

The scene at the winter wonderland is just a microcosm of the movie and the war. You have two sides shooting at each other, and all that matters to the other is that they shoot first. It doesn't matter who started or who is from where or who believes in what. That might've mattered at the beginning, but now all that matters is being the last one standing.

It doesn't matter who started the war or why, all that matters to either side is victory.

I am a pacifist, but I appreciate war films, because most of them are anti-war. Civil War was hard to watch, but I'm very glad I did.

[sunfire-shield]

“At least Karim would lead the people with some sense of certainty . . .” I think it’s really interesting that Janai focused so much on Karim’s certainty in this quote back in season four, while she was agonising over whether or not to fully embrace being queen, because yes, Karim is much more certain and decisive than his sister, but we see that is actually its own weakness. While Janai often hesitates and deliberates (I loved her not being able to choose out of just two flower options, and Amaya’s exasperation; that was funny and cute) that also means that she looks deeper, thinks longer, and more often comes to better conclusions than Karim, who often just confidently charges into the wrong decisions. It feeds into this thing with the sun seed, where Janai has the patience to wait for it to grow (a metaphor for guiding her people into a new era, a different world, a more accepting world) even if it will take multiple lifetimes, and Karim does not. He takes short cuts. He cuts corners. He makes sketchy deals with forces he doesn’t understand or fully control. He might have led the people with certainty, but to no good end. Janai’s thoughtfulness is ultimately a greater strength than Karim’s certainty

[tempestaurora]

civil war as a movie is so fucking good and compelling but what really punched me in the chest was joel.

let me explain, with spoilers.

we watch him for two hours be a friend, be a mentor, be a good guy who grieves and mourns and screams about the shit that he sees, about the things that hurt. and this whole time we're watching lee as a closed off mentor figure, as someone who has Seen Too Much and just wants the shot. does not intervene, as photojournalists never do, who just watches, captures, shares to let others do the thinking and feeling and talking and intervening. and we watch jessie learn from her, desperate for the shot. to prove herself. to capture the moment. she stops caring about her own safety in pursuit of the perfect photo.

but joel. we have watched him care and cry and be kind. but when it reaches his moment as a journalist, he kneels down and asks for a quote, and the quivering victim begs "don't let them kill me" and all he says is, thank you. thank you for the quote. thank you for making my career, my article. and he watches the soldiers shoot. and we are forced to look joel in the eye as he says thank you. forced to watch in slow motion as he stands, as the gun goes off, as he looks away with disinterest.

his friend is dead down the hall. he barely even stopped by the body. in pursuit of capturing the moment, he foregoes his humanity. its shocking even though we've seen it in everyone else already. lee started this way. jessie became this way. sammy was not this way, but sammy is dead and that's because he cared for others.

but joel. its shocking because its the one showing so much fucking feeling throughout. he's the one who does not care when the man is shot by his feet. because he got his quote.

[makorragal-312]

In my honest opinion...

I truly don't see Chris staying in Texas past the summer, let alone start the new school year there. This isn't even me being a Buclkey-Dia family truther or me being on my anti-Diaz parents vendetta, but just because...

...it's Texas.

[loki-quinn]

I present to you all!

Grumpy Bucky Bear!

[kazz-brekker]

me for the last 7 weeks whenever i saw people online complaining about how the show kept cutting to 2 random guys in king's landing living their lives when it didn't have anything to do with the overall plot

[thewickedkat]

great, an angel with ptsd

[daemon-in-my-head]

My ultimate rare pair is Lae'zel x Minthara but like, it just works.

These are Mintharas exact words when interacting with an astrolabe: "I read a story once of great fleets doing battle between the stars. I wish it were true." She would be so 10000% down for some gith civil war.

Also I'd imagine she'd love dragons

Minthy isn't safe in Faerûn, people may tolerate seldarine drow but she's lolth sworn, yet can't return to the underdark either after betraying lolth and the Baenre house

Also Baenre would probably search for her considering she's a noble female and they'd definitely stoop as low as employing Szarkai, so she isn't safe even if there's no drow around since even regular 'elves' could be out for her

Both are pragmatic as fuck

Both were betrayed by their niche goddess of tyranny (or pseudo goddess)

Lae'zel doesn't dislike murder but she's also not as down bad for it as Minthy, yet she could easily understand her points. Making her the perfect person to guide Minthara on a less murderous path

Both r loyal as fuck

Strength makes Lae'zel feral and Minthy is a beefy paladin

This is the perfect opportunity for Lae'zel to become a shining knight and for Minthara to become the princess for once (sry I love Minthy being allowed to let her duty rest)

I could go on for days but I think this gets my point across already. I love em your honor