Yeah, I remember being underwhelmed with the lack of a coherent plot.
My armchair critique is; It didn’t make any political prescriptions, or communicate any sincere analysis of real life shit. That’s me being insufferable, though.
I think the only message I took away from it was some sort of commentary on war journalists and maybe by extension the people who watch their coverage for conflict voyeurism. The main lady called their purpose showing the world so they can make decisions, but you can tell that’s not really sitting right in her head throughout the movie, and the other two are riding an adrenaline high like it’s all just exciting.
The only reason it would need to be set in America would be that if it was a war in Africa, we’d be even less inclined to see the detachment of the journalists as an issue to examine. There wasn’t even all that much American on American action. The antagonists are either faceless or implied to be clinging to a lost cause on the wrong side.
The most humanized antagonist... (spoiler).
The most humanized antagonist might be the brief close up on the young female suicide bomber at the start of the movie.
Yeah, I remember being underwhelmed with the lack of a coherent plot.
My armchair critique is; It didn’t make any political prescriptions, or communicate any sincere analysis of real life shit. That’s me being insufferable, though.
I think the only message I took away from it was some sort of commentary on war journalists and maybe by extension the people who watch their coverage for conflict voyeurism. The main lady called their purpose showing the world so they can make decisions, but you can tell that’s not really sitting right in her head throughout the movie, and the other two are riding an adrenaline high like it’s all just exciting.
The only reason it would need to be set in America would be that if it was a war in Africa, we’d be even less inclined to see the detachment of the journalists as an issue to examine. There wasn’t even all that much American on American action. The antagonists are either faceless or implied to be clinging to a lost cause on the wrong side.
The most humanized antagonist... (spoiler).
The most humanized antagonist might be the brief close up on the young female suicide bomber at the start of the movie.