I didn't get my britches in a bunch when Fargo mentioned Trump, but I do like that Garland is capable of letting viewers know his point of view without overtly stating it. The first rule you learn about screenwriting is to scour your pages for on-the-nose dialog. Garland is my favorite director (Annihilation is my favorite movie), and although he isn't perfect, he generally handles nuance pretty well. I think he tends to look at most scenes and see if he can pull things back a little. He's still pointing out things in his previous films that people didn't get. It's actually one of the reasons I think he hasn't really had broad mainstream success yet, but I imagine after Civil War he will be offered a lot more budget, if he ever decides to direct again (for now, he says no). I hope he sticks to what he does best. Moorhead & Benson got lured into the Marvel universe and I think it took away from the amazing stuff they were doing in the indie scene.
I wholeheartedly agree. The message of the senselessness of war would not have hit as hard if either blue or red team members had to move past cognitive dissonance to hear it.
Funny I read a review saying they disliked it for similar reasons, but this movie sounds intriguing to me. I trust Garland with his track record too.
I didn't get my britches in a bunch when Fargo mentioned Trump, but I do like that Garland is capable of letting viewers know his point of view without overtly stating it. The first rule you learn about screenwriting is to scour your pages for on-the-nose dialog. Garland is my favorite director (Annihilation is my favorite movie), and although he isn't perfect, he generally handles nuance pretty well. I think he tends to look at most scenes and see if he can pull things back a little. He's still pointing out things in his previous films that people didn't get. It's actually one of the reasons I think he hasn't really had broad mainstream success yet, but I imagine after Civil War he will be offered a lot more budget, if he ever decides to direct again (for now, he says no). I hope he sticks to what he does best. Moorhead & Benson got lured into the Marvel universe and I think it took away from the amazing stuff they were doing in the indie scene.
I wholeheartedly agree. The message of the senselessness of war would not have hit as hard if either blue or red team members had to move past cognitive dissonance to hear it.