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Pierson posted:Like Godzilla the parts I liked about it were super good and enough to offset the things that I either disliked or were rough as hell. Loved the cinematography (some shots were just totally masturbatory but pulp as gently caress so I forgive them), loved the creature design, loved Reilly and Jackson. They totally nailed "this is not our island and we need to get the gently caress off". To the stuff you spoilered: Both work to undercut some of the mythology surrounding the greatness of the military, which is central to this movie and its themes. The guy who tries to sacrifice himself gets chumped because the giant skullcrawler represents [war, etc] and you can't stop war by doing heroic war things. You just end up dead in war. Similarly, it's important that the desire to leave no man behind is just a cover for revenge. It's a noble-sounding myth that Packard uses to get the rest of the soldiers (and the LANDSAT guy) to aid him in his quest for bloody revenge. And Packard is definitely a guy who wants eternal war.
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Pierson posted:Also I'm shocked I forgot to mention the best character, taken from us far too soon: Bobblehead Nixon. That guy needs more work. Upside down Bobblehead Nixon is the best shot in the film. Also I just remembered another detail about the guy who gets chumped. He's the guy who thought that the story about the mouse and the lion was that the mouse figured out a way to kill the lion. So, uh, I guess his wrongness is made kinda literal. Jenny Angel posted:What I'm trying to say here is, Good Ape Film Good Ape Film indeed
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Samuel Clemens posted:But the military would have won. The real lesson they learned is that the guerilla movement isn't their actual enemy. "Sometimes there isn't an enemy until you create one," or whatever. Contrasted with Marlow's comment that Gunpei and he stopped being enemies as soon as they took off their uniforms.
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