War Machine (2017)

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"Points of anticipation: Netflix is having a pretty good record with high profile movies and they enlisted another solid director in David Michod. Result: #79 on "Best Movies of 2017" list. Trailer: "

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"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"

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" Director: David Michôd Cinematographer: Dariusz Wolski Other Images "

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BAMF's May 2017 Cinejourney (42 movies items)

" Familiar Actors: Brad Pitt Anthony Hayes John Magaro Anthony Michael Hall Emory Cohen Topher Grace Aymen Hamdouchi RJ Cyler Alan Ruck Will Poulter Keith Stanfield Ben Kingsley Meg Tilly Griffin Dunne Josh Stewart Hopper Penn Scoot McNairy Tilda Swinton Kick Gurry and Lasco Atkins Cameo: Russell Crowe True Rating: 6/10 With this being from Netflix and "

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2018 Oscar Contenders - Best Picture (40 movies items)

" Director: David Michôd Writer: David Michôd Cast: Brad Pitt, Topher Grace, Emory Cohen, Will Poulter, Tilda Swinton, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Michael Hall, John Magaro Release Date: May 26th Plot Synopsis: An absurdist war story for our times, writer-director David Michôd recreates a U.S. General's roller-coaster rise and fall as part reality, part savage parody - raising the specter of just where the line between them lies today. His is an exploration of a born leader's ultra-confident march"