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I just saw the trailer for this and immediately thought that it would be an interesting discussion topic, both for the community and for the Warrior Poet Society channel. This trailer was apparently dropped seven days ago. I am very curious as to other peoples' opinions on it, so here is mine. (Note: I ended up writing a lot, so I split it up into sections. I have a my summarized opinion at the end if you want to just skip to that.)

The Story. The movie is about two or three groups of people: a warzone photographer and her partner, a family, and I think this group that centers around this older man that at first I thought was with the photographer. The latter two groups appear to be simply trying to survive, while the photographer wants to capture what is going on on the ground. The main plot is that California and Florida (and maybe Texas and a couple other states according to a map they show) have broken from the Union and appear to be trying to take more territory and ultimately strike at Washington, DC. There are somewhat obvious hints, from my initial observation, that the sitting President (who I believe is played by Nick Offerman from parks and rec) and the US Government are the true "bad guy" of this movie, like the fact that the President is on his third term of office and that he is giving an obviously false speech of surety of victory over the rebellious forces throughout the entire trailer (obviously in that shots appearing to show the opposite play after he says this). There are also shots of jets and choppers dropping bombs and shooting rockets into civilian occupied territory. I won't summarize the whole trailer, but those were the main beats I picked up on. Summary: Appears to be more thriller than action and may turn out to be a dud, but I am still very interested to see the full story unfold as initially presented.

The Message. In my opinion, having only watched it once, it looks interesting but has the potential to be a propaganda movie for one side or the other of the political aisle. On one side it could push the idea that if one side is in power the Government will be completely taken over and used to oppress the people, while on the other it could push the idea that civilians having the power to fight back against their Government will only bring harm to those not involved and such a conflict will only end with needless loss of life because the US Military is very powerful and is willing to use its full military might against any form of rebellion. I don't trust trailers to show us the true "moral" or message of the movie right away, so I will reserve judgment until further information is put forth. That said, this movie also has the potential to be a very insightful look at what a war-torn USA might look like, what could end up happening if we keep concentrating on those things that make us different, though maybe this would be an extreme example for shock value (which is a valid way of sending a message in media, though abused). Summary: It could turn out to be quite nuanced and show the war from different perspectives in a fairly honest light (as honest as any movie can be), but it could also turn out to be a propagandistic dud that plays on peoples' fears and reinforces their biases against those who disagree with them.

The Art. I have not studied the trailer in detail, but my initial thoughts on the filmmaking side of the trailer lean towards the idea that this is a fairly well shot and written movie, with intention behind the camera placement and proper limitation of visual effects. The combat shots don't appear to be totally CGI but look like they were shot in a physical place with actual people in the backgrounds and foregrounds. The explosions are well made, though possibly copied from a visual effects resource site, especially that one shot of the explosion that is implied to be a bomb dropped by a squad of jets. The crowd shots might be partially or fully CGI as far as the number of people, but its hard to tell. The shot of the chopper going through DC is obviously CGI, but even so it looks real, with good lighting that actually has an origin point and smoke that isn't just copy pasted from a resource site. The actors speak their lines with proper intention and emotion, though some of the lines in the trailer seemed a bit out of place (but that's just an editing thing). Summary: Looks promising, well put together, cutting of corners only where necessary and treating the movie as a work of art that must be properly shaped and shaded and not as a money making machine.

Final thoughts. I am very interested to see where this movie may go as it appears to be the work of people who actually care about making a good movie, but I have grown cautious when counting my chickens these days. I pray that at the very least it is well made and well written by people who actually care about the story they are trying to tell, even if I end up not liking it.

Seen trailer also !first thought was about movie Day After ! About Nuclear ☢️ strike !Unreal !

It looks like predictive programming to scare Dems into voting (committing voter fraud) harder in 2024.

Looks to have decent production values, but using my "Movie Preview 6th Sense", I predict it will be a terrible film with far too much wokeness.

Female lead. No adult white male protagonist. The little girl will probably be a bigger man than any male in the film. And CA & Texas alliance? Not unless Lex Luthor had made the CA coast fall into the sea first.

No matter what the terrible plot is, evil white people of course will be the villains.

I will not pay to see it, and I might not go when my brother offers free admission either.

Actually had a possibility occur to me:

that DC is run by 3rd TERM DRUMPH and the white dude w/ the red glasses works for the bad guy incumbents.

That's why CA and Texas "united to save the world". Then they win because the movie companies know that the future doesn't want white people around.

I am not hopeful about the movie.

But maybe they teamed up Cali and Texas in an effort to remain neutral and not pin just one side as the revolutionist.

I might pay to see it. It will depend on the full reviews once it's out and if the story deserves to be promoted.

I haven't watched the movie. With thousands of Venezuelan and Chinese soldiers likely here already, how much of a civil war will it be? Will we invite the United Nation 'Peace Keepers' to 'help' us? The motivated, armed Three Percent amounts to about 10 million. Our military is about 2.5 million worldwide, many of whom are support/non-combat and not motivated. To those who are not buying my logic then think how our almighty army lost both the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars of about 20 years each. I agree with what JFK said about Minutemen. Read The Minute Men by Gen. John Galvin. Done right irregular warfare is superior to conventional warfare by a long shot. We should be getting prepared into teams and familiarizing ourselves with our mountain ranges. I read some of our mountains are already being occupied by foreigners.

Interesting thoughts on a fedgov run amok:

https://monsterhunternation.com/2018/11/19/the-2nd-amendment-is-obsolete-says-congressman-who-wants-to-nuke-omaha/

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I think it's going to be an awesome movie to watch—politics aside, it should be great for war gaming / preparedness planning.

That said, I'm more excited about Homestead also coming out this year. It's based on the Black Autumn series by Jeff Kirkham and should be more realistic and instructive than Civil War. Hopefully they can pull a Sound of Freedom in theaters and upset the big studios again. Trailer link:

Have real , bad feelings ! about timeing and reason for ? Day after ! was same ! Thought was at time , good maybe have some good information on survival things ! No all bull stuff ! Told people to do opposite of what shown ! and read and study actual ways ! You might have chance with ! I understand movies are entertainment ! but same helpful things would be nice 👍! For the tryers of survival?

I don't have warm fuzzies about this movie. Too much garbage comes out of Hollywood. But some things do seem to be an honest representation of how awful another civil war would be. One is the shop girl who "just wants to stay out of it." Large parts of the civilian population wanted to "stay out of it" in the first Civil War. Up to 1/3rd of them did during the Revolution. This had mixed results.

Of all things I think Elton John in multi cams is the best representation of what a civil war looks like. During the Civil War Missouri had its' own mini civil war between older settlers and German immigrants The older settlers generally sided with the South; the immigrants (who had no truck with slaves) sided with their new homeland. Though even that wasn't a clean break. The state drafted an entire unit of Confederates that defected and even fought in one battle siding with Union troops while wearing Confederate grey. The mini war came down to a handful of families on each side that fought Hatfield and McCoy style feuds. Partisans would wait in the bushes and call out to lone travelers if "Yew with X family or Y family?" or "Union or Succesh?" The wrong answer earned a bullet. It's where we got the term "Bushwhacked." What kind of American indeed.

The downside is we're no longer a relatively isolated continent that other nations have only passing interest in. We have a long list of enemies and potential rivals with a long wish list of wants and to-do's. China wants the Panama Canal - and maybe some of California. Russia wants Alaska back. Iran wants us out of the Middle East so they can expand their Caliphate over the obstinate Shia. We may find some of our allies circling around too. Or "helping" in unhelpful ways. Canada might be straight up invited into north eastern cities to "maintain order." We might be able to threaten nuclear war to keep nations neutral. But there's no guarantee a divided nation would be taken seriously as logistical support and personnel resources get stripped from bomber wings, submarines, and carrier fleets to fight the war.

The national debt fighting such a war will prove astronomical. It's already bad enough under Jotato. If the federal government "wins" it may regret it as it will be stuck with the bill. A new government can declare the previous debts null and void and might even succeed in doing so.

Another prediction is that the war will be a smoldering affair like some of the countries down in South America. Small groups trading blows between the countryside and the cities over years or even decades.