| sapphi_snake said: @d21 lewis War movies don't have to be about politics, logic, or what have you. It's pretty hard for a war movie to not be political, as wars themselves are political. Soldiers often don't question what they're going into (not publicly, anyway). They just perform. SO they're esentially tools, right? Ask anybody that's been in the military for any amount of time. They may be reluctant to tell you but many (including me) will tell you about times where they jump up in the middle of the night and stand at attention by their bedside. No one made you join. He looks like a fucking teddybear but when he tells the stories about the first person he killed (most guys won't talk about their experiences), he turns into a different person. So esentially he's a psychopath? It showed good and bad on both sides No it didn't. It esentially reduced one side to a couple of individuals (to make it easier for the audience to emapthise) and portrayed the other side as the danger threatening the individuals (the US). |
Wooooah! Calm down there little buck-a-roo. Take a deep breath. Now, relax.
