• @[email protected]
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    158 months ago

    There a a saying that it’s impossible to make an anti-war movie, because they always end up glorifying war.

    • @[email protected]
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      228 months ago

      It’s actually quite easy. Just focus on the victims rather than the killers. Come and see, Grave of the Fireflies, Catch-22, All quiet on the Western Front, …

      • @[email protected]
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        58 months ago

        I’ve only watched Grave of the fireflies once. Can’t bring myself to watch it again.

      • Iceblade
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        48 months ago

        Band of Brothers is also a good one. War movies are so often the “moment of heroism” or tragedy, but in reality, it’s not a moment. It’s months, years on end of always being on full alert, where one false step one time is enough to die.

      • @WhoIsTheDrizzle
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        38 months ago

        Bump for Come and See. I believe it’s a government sponsored Belarusian anti-war film and it’s pure horror. Watch that if you believe all war films glorify war.

      • TheHarpyEagle
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        28 months ago

        Also Gundam: War in the Pocket. Great miniseries that zooms way into a small conflict to really focus on how war effects everyone.

    • Echo Dot
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      138 months ago

      You just need to embrace the glorifying war aspect like how Starship Troopers does it, and just be so ridiculously over the top that it’s blatantly obvious how over the top it is.

        • @RedAggroBest
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          48 months ago

          Yea, there’s a reason it’s a cult classic. Everyone thought it was support of fascism and glorifying violence when it was released

      • @dejected_warp_core
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        148 months ago

        blatantly obvious how over the top it is.

        I don’t know how to break it to you, but Paul Verhoven’s satire pieces (e.g. Starship Troopers, Robocop) are a little too good. Far too many people miss the point, even today, with the entire film spoiled and then some.

    • @Duamerthrax
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      78 months ago

      It would probably be easier if you didn’t use soldiers as your main characters.