‘Civil War’ left me asking why I didn’t like the film
Something about Alex Garland’s new film didn’t sit well with me. PLUS: ‘Monarch’ gets a second season, ‘Dawn of the Jedi’ adds an ‘Andor’ writer, and Conan O’Brien is everywhere.
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I didn’t like Civil War.
But I’m not sure why.
I spent the drive back from the theater on Thursday night going over the film in my head, and I did my best to dissect my thoughts for Caitlin when I got home.
I’d consider myself a fan of writer/director Alex Garland’s work. Ex Machina was a brilliant directorial debut. Annihilation, despite being an unfaithful adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s fantastic sci-fi novel, was unsettling in the best way. And Devs, his limited series on FX, had some very engaging ideas. (Garland’s most recent film, Men, didn’t spark my attention, and I skipped that one.)
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