captainsilverink

Sometimes I think that I don't like war movies, and then I watch one that's not an American Military Industrial complex wank and I enjoy myself

This was obviously not one of those times.

Not only is it boring and poorly paced, all of the characters are forgettable and look identical, which, I get it, military men. But there's nothing that makes me want to see these characters succeed

If this was a documentary, that would be fine, but this is a dramatisation and it's trying to make me feel for these characters that I just can't.

But yeah, most of the issue is that this movie is just boring. Maybe it was a game changer for 2001 (It wasn't, we already had Platoon, Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now) but I just don't see how this won an Oscar outside of the fact it was a post 9/11 Oscar show and they wanted to pump up the soldiers so they could go so more FREEDOM BANG BANG EAGLE SCREECH FIREWORKS FLAG BIKINI UNCLE SAM KILL THE POOR ETC.

This is a very well shot, well thought out and well planned series. I haven't seen many Polish movies or shows so I was pleasantly surprised, especially for five episodes to be so well done.

My only issue is that none of the characters are likeable whatsoever. I get that that's the idea, it just makes it a painful watch. None of these characters really have any redeeming qualities and they all go from horrible decision to horrible decision. I guess that's the idea though, right? That's just life as a football hooligan? It's just weird to me that I can find characters in all forms of movie or show (no matter how outlandish) to have some relatable qualities yet this grounded story has me struggling to find a single reason to care about any of these characters going throughout their lives.

All in all though, an okay watch.

The movie is fine, it was enjoyable I suppose.

It has moments of being funny.

However, there was a scene with Elon Musk in it for no reason and that really brought me out of it entirely. Audibly cringed. I know people liked him in 2016 or whatever but it aged poorly.

Otherwise, the movie is fine. Some of Franco's better comedic work. He does well at playing an aloof kind of guy.

I know some of the premise is "rich people are so silly and their excess is ridiculous" but trying to also make them likeable for it is a bit of a stretch.

Anyway, I don't know how a movie with Franco and Cranston in it slipped my radar. Not terrible. 5/10.