• BigFig@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The moment I heard “alliance between California and Texas” I was detached from the movie. That is literally the least likely alliance I could think of

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      2 months ago

      There are pluralities of leftist in Texas, and wrongists in California. There would probably be two alliances between them, one on each side.

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      2 months ago

      It was a bit much to work with, but once I realized that the civil war itself and the whys weren’t what the movie was about, I went with it. This scene was the most disturbing of them all. Maybe because it’s not that hard to imagine some people going this far. I’m sure there’s some veterans of various conflicts that would agree and saw it happen.

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      2 months ago

      The point of the film is to show how horrible war is in a context Americans can relate to. If they made a more realistic alliance, down some sort of real life right / left politics the message would be lost and it would be held up as some sort of propaganda film by one side of politics with the other side using it to justify why they’re correct.

      So, yes the “alliance between the California and Texas” is a very deliberate choice.