War Machine (2017)

Thanks for the memories!

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I had to watch this in two parts. Started out great. Some hilarious parody and some not so obvious shots at US military and foreign policy.Then it just became repetitive. Okay, we get it. Move on. There are only so many things you can ridicule without sounding like a skipping record.Some decent acting. At times I thought Pitt was just mailing it in and at others I thought he was brilliant.

This film not only criticizes the war in Afghanistan but the interference of the US in other countries as a whole. Not many Americans will like this one. Unless you are ready to accept someone showing your mistakes. This film is about mankind failing in general. It is about our failure. President Kazai is shown as a joke. War is brutal. Civilians are killed. Europeans are trying to be diplomatic but failing hard at it - they are not with the US on this war but also not against it. Humor is very well inserted and on a high level. Contains a lot of references to real events so if you are not politically up to date you will not get the joke. It is also sad and show as our helplessness at the same time.

I can see what this film is trying to do, its trying to be the war version of martin scorsese films like Wolf of wall street or Goodfellas in its narrative style but stops woefully short of that. The charecters are not beliveable and its seems the film makers are trying to make a political point but totaly skipping any historical facts.It seems the post production didnt do much research and had not much knowledge of the afgan war. For example there is one seen when nato generals are have a meeting about the general situation of the afgan war, one british general recommends leaving helmand province as its a lost cause, This just simply didnt happen in fact it was both the US and UK forces agreed on expanding in the area with more US troops being stationed in Helmand. A satire should most importantly be based on some sort of fact when it comes to a historical advent other wise its just pretentious nonsense, which is what this film is.

An idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuild operation in Afghanistan. Netflix's War Machine is a terrible and bland comedy that has Brad Pitt portraying a character that is simply made to praise "America" all around the globe and fails to deliver on all aspects also the narration was annoying and some cameos like from Ben Kingsley were so weird and terrible and the overall story that the film sells is not that interesting to be told. (0/10)