April 12, 2024

“Civil War” leaves one in a state of deep reflection and asking a lot of hard questions, real and hypothetical. What would I do if I found myself in the same situations as the characters? How close are we to the near-future the film depicts? Is the movie “entertaining” in the traditional sense? How did we get to a point in our country, our politics, our humanity where “Civil War” is one filmmaker’s (understandable) reaction to the current culture temperature? Can things turn around? Is it worth it to still care about the world not in terms of winners and losers, or good triumphing over evil, and have faith in a narrative in which opposing sides can come together and talk?

I could go on.