War Machine (2017)

Watched in 2019: Movies (187 movies items)

"An entertaining enough modern war film that felt more like a long episode of a show. In the end I'm not really sure what the filmmmakers' intentions were."

BradWesley123's Movie Journal- July 2017 (29 movies items)

" Netflix- 2hrs. 2min. First Viewing There are some great individual scenes featured in War Machine; some funny, some insightful, some thrilling, some perceptive. Trouble is, none of them ever really feel like they should be in the same movie. This thing is a tonal mess, sometimes playing scenes for over-the-top yucks, others for sobering historical drama. This tonal frenzy extends to the lead as well; Brad Pitt gives the oddest, most stilted (though it seems intentionally so), tick-heavy perform"

An average movie

“I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since I have a weak spot for Brad Pitt, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, eventually, to be honest, it wasn't really good, I'm afraid. The biggest issue, in my opinion, is that it wasn't really a great story to start with. They did try to cover this fact with a rather pretentious voice-over, obviously, to make it sound more clever than it actually was but they didn't fool me. I mean, I do like a smart satirical black comedy but I wonder if it might not have better worked with a more straightforward approach. I also didn't really get how they handled the main character. I mean, one minute, they portrayed him as a very efficient and successful career soldier but, then, the minute after, they would make him look like a complete id” read more

Movie Diary 2017 (64 movies items)

"15.10 Cast Brad Pitt 122min"