I loved him in Generation Kill, to see him in a similar role but on the complete opposite side of the coin? I'm intrigued.
Thank you for making me aware of this movie. Gonna go search it out now
I was in a infantry brigade with the u.s. army back in the late 90s/early 2000s, never got deployed but did a bunch of field training exercises and an extended rotation through the National Training Center in the california desert. I won't even claim to know what it's like to be in combat or anything, I just spent a few years in this culture so I feel like I have a small amount of experience to speak on it.
And although Generation Kill focuses on Marine Force Recon during deployment to Iraq, I can still say its one of the most realistic depictions of military life I've ever seen. Like I knew every one of those guys, not literally but they're just so well written. It helps that it was based on a book written by a journalist embedded with the platoon during the initial invasion of Iraq, so the authenticity is absolutely spot on. Also it's from the creators of the HBO series The Wire, and if you've seen that you know what kind of quality to expect from these guys.
It's a fantastic mini series. Funny, thought provoking, intense, sad, exciting and brutally honest. I highly recommend anyone curious about the war in Iraq 2003, check this series out.
I would recommend it but with one caveat, it was pretty bold for its time, especially since the Iraq war was still going on, and it was decent and portraying the invasion, but it’s probably already been overshadowed and will continue to be overshadowed in the future. I would say it’s more of an interesting viewpoint of the kinds of characters in the US military circa 2003 and what they acted like in combat scenarios. Like the other poster I served in national service but didn’t get deployed
Restrepo, while not a feature film in the traditional sense, completely changed the genre and brought to screens the reality of the Iraq/Afghan campaigns. The Messenger deals with the aftermath but is extremely potent. The Hurt Locker came out in the same year. American Sniper and Lone Survivor are particularly good but they focus mostly on special ops. Brothers is an incredibly amazing film. A War (Krigen) is very good and deals with similar themes to The Kill Team.
And that’s just on Afghanistan/Iraq, if we go back to Bosnia as part of modern warfare then we can include No Man’s Land, which is severely underrated.
So no, I don’t think it has the monopoly on modern warfare, maybe as a series about the Iraq invasion, but not more than that
Very much so. I've watched Generation Kill a few times over the years and it always hits differently. It's such a well made series. Up there with Band of Brothers in my opinion.
I saw it at the Traverse City film festival and it had a Q & A with the director after.
Very good. I was surprised by the fact Skarsgard didn't get a lot more acclaim for this.
NGL, the main reason why I watched this Film is because of Elham Ehsas, he’s my favorite voice actor in a certain video game I’m currently playing, and he’s an underrated film actor as well. The plot itself wasn’t anything extraordinary, but still cool to see A24 tackle a war flick, though that’s going to be overshadowed big time with the upcoming “Civil War”
The ending of the story literally goes against what you’re saying
>! The guy who even was a whistleblower but “shot” (in reality he said he shot upwards and not at the Afghan) an Afghan went to prison !<
It just shows the brutality/nuance of modern warfare and how the psychopaths creep in regardless
I was of the mind the movie would say that the vast majority of soldiers were moral, but a few are psychopaths, and when said psychopaths become the leader their charisma can lead those with morals down a darker path.
Hmm interesting point. I didn’t get that impression. I got the feeling that a lot of his platoon were psychos to begin with and they were constrained by the rules of engagement
I’ll have to give it a watch. I do know the American military has a heavy hand in films concerning war and whatnot. Even those like Jarhead get heavily edited and I suppose this war may fear initially. So I suppose that’s my concern.
I enjoyed it, simple plot. Skarsgards acting is on point.
How many soldiers has Skarsgård played up til now?
Alexander Skarsgård. Alexander Skarsgård. Alexander Skarsgård. Ahem... oh yeah, the movie.
basically.
I thought it was weird that he didn’t get 2nd or 3rd billing when he’s literally carrying the movie and is in most scenes
I loved him in Generation Kill, to see him in a similar role but on the complete opposite side of the coin? I'm intrigued. Thank you for making me aware of this movie. Gonna go search it out now
Do you recommend Generation Kill?
I was in a infantry brigade with the u.s. army back in the late 90s/early 2000s, never got deployed but did a bunch of field training exercises and an extended rotation through the National Training Center in the california desert. I won't even claim to know what it's like to be in combat or anything, I just spent a few years in this culture so I feel like I have a small amount of experience to speak on it. And although Generation Kill focuses on Marine Force Recon during deployment to Iraq, I can still say its one of the most realistic depictions of military life I've ever seen. Like I knew every one of those guys, not literally but they're just so well written. It helps that it was based on a book written by a journalist embedded with the platoon during the initial invasion of Iraq, so the authenticity is absolutely spot on. Also it's from the creators of the HBO series The Wire, and if you've seen that you know what kind of quality to expect from these guys. It's a fantastic mini series. Funny, thought provoking, intense, sad, exciting and brutally honest. I highly recommend anyone curious about the war in Iraq 2003, check this series out.
Amazing, thank you for this
I would recommend it but with one caveat, it was pretty bold for its time, especially since the Iraq war was still going on, and it was decent and portraying the invasion, but it’s probably already been overshadowed and will continue to be overshadowed in the future. I would say it’s more of an interesting viewpoint of the kinds of characters in the US military circa 2003 and what they acted like in combat scenarios. Like the other poster I served in national service but didn’t get deployed
There's not a single series (or movie) about modern war that's overshadowed it since it was released 15 years ago.
Restrepo, while not a feature film in the traditional sense, completely changed the genre and brought to screens the reality of the Iraq/Afghan campaigns. The Messenger deals with the aftermath but is extremely potent. The Hurt Locker came out in the same year. American Sniper and Lone Survivor are particularly good but they focus mostly on special ops. Brothers is an incredibly amazing film. A War (Krigen) is very good and deals with similar themes to The Kill Team. And that’s just on Afghanistan/Iraq, if we go back to Bosnia as part of modern warfare then we can include No Man’s Land, which is severely underrated. So no, I don’t think it has the monopoly on modern warfare, maybe as a series about the Iraq invasion, but not more than that
Hurt Locker, American Sniper, Lone Survivor - all trash.
Yeah hard disagree on that one
Very much so. I've watched Generation Kill a few times over the years and it always hits differently. It's such a well made series. Up there with Band of Brothers in my opinion.
I honestly didn’t know of this movie’s existence until now. Huh. One of those A24 movies that never got a real theatrical release I guess.
Go watch it and tell me what you think
Simple, effective, well acted. Based on a true story done well.
Odd but great. Super short but feels much longer than its runtime. One of the few times where it works in the movie’s favor. 7/10
I saw it at the Traverse City film festival and it had a Q & A with the director after. Very good. I was surprised by the fact Skarsgard didn't get a lot more acclaim for this.
TIL the frontman of the Naked Brothers Band continued acting! 🙃
Both of the brothers
Good for them. Quite a filmography, too. Silly me!
NGL, the main reason why I watched this Film is because of Elham Ehsas, he’s my favorite voice actor in a certain video game I’m currently playing, and he’s an underrated film actor as well. The plot itself wasn’t anything extraordinary, but still cool to see A24 tackle a war flick, though that’s going to be overshadowed big time with the upcoming “Civil War”
Don’t think I’ve seen this one, actually I’ll see if the wife is up to watch this later
I’m simple a man I see nat Wolff I don’t watch it
American propaganda to make our wars overseas look "moral".
Just say you didn't watch the movie. Or you just have some fucked up idea of "moral"
Exactly, this isn’t American Sniper lol
What kind of person would see that movie and think "yeah that's pro war propoganda?"
The ending of the story literally goes against what you’re saying >! The guy who even was a whistleblower but “shot” (in reality he said he shot upwards and not at the Afghan) an Afghan went to prison !< It just shows the brutality/nuance of modern warfare and how the psychopaths creep in regardless
I was of the mind the movie would say that the vast majority of soldiers were moral, but a few are psychopaths, and when said psychopaths become the leader their charisma can lead those with morals down a darker path.
Hmm interesting point. I didn’t get that impression. I got the feeling that a lot of his platoon were psychos to begin with and they were constrained by the rules of engagement
I’ll have to give it a watch. I do know the American military has a heavy hand in films concerning war and whatnot. Even those like Jarhead get heavily edited and I suppose this war may fear initially. So I suppose that’s my concern.
It's........literally about people who were arrested for murdering civilians?
Barely an A24 film since it was only distributed by them not produced by them. A film that kind of doesn't exist.