• @Magnetar@feddit.de
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    151 year ago

    There a a saying that it’s impossible to make an anti-war movie, because they always end up glorifying war.

    • @emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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      211 year ago

      It’s actually quite easy. Just focus on the victims rather than the killers. Come and see, Grave of the Fireflies, Catch-22, All quiet on the Western Front, …

    • Echo Dot
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      141 year ago

      You just need to embrace the glorifying war aspect like how Starship Troopers does it, and just be so ridiculously over the top that it’s blatantly obvious how over the top it is.

        • @RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
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          41 year ago

          Yea, there’s a reason it’s a cult classic. Everyone thought it was support of fascism and glorifying violence when it was released

          • @mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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            41 year ago

            It’s a great example of media literacy, and specifically - thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.

            The first reading is, holy shit, is Doogie Horrible wearing an SS uniform? This is fascist propaganda.

            The second reading is, ah, everything goes terribly and nobody learns anything. This is an anti-fascist satire.

            The third reading is… how are you different from these characters? What do you know, that they don’t, that would stop you from wanting to know more? This is a movie about how fascism happens.

      • @dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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        151 year ago

        blatantly obvious how over the top it is.

        I don’t know how to break it to you, but Paul Verhoven’s satire pieces (e.g. Starship Troopers, Robocop) are a little too good. Far too many people miss the point, even today, with the entire film spoiled and then some.