Some French man as soon as mentioned it’s unattainable to make an anti-war film, and to be honest, that was in 1973, so he hadn’t seen Apocalypse Now but. Nonetheless, he had some extent. It’s simply actually, actually arduous to make army motion not look sick as hell on movie, and that goes for absolutely anything you wish to depict as unhealthy. It’s going to be staged in essentially the most visually thrilling method doable, with a bitchin’ soundtrack, and there’s a contemporary character actor drought, so it’ll be carried out by extremely sizzling folks. It doesn’t matter what number of arms get blown off. We’ll simply reply, “Candy! That man’s arm received blown off!”
Which means any film whose level is “See this? Don’t do it!” goes to certain gleefully over the heads of an excellent chunk of the viewers, however even non-cautionary tales are nonetheless liable to get misinterpreted as a result of we’re simply, you understand, actually dumb generally. That’s why, when Redditor MikeyTheCarGuy lately requested r/AskReddit, “What’s a film most individuals utterly missed the purpose on?” it was doable to reply “Each film.” Fortunately, Reddit received particular anyway.