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Relentlessly negative, cynical, & not at all an effective anti-war film

posted 8 years ago by sfrmiw
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Just because there is a general war background to everything does not mean that putting a bunch of cynicism and negativity in the foreground will effectively make it an "anti-war" film. There is not a single pro-war person who had their mind changed by this film. Also, not very funny, sorry.

[–] michaelward15 8 years ago

Didn't Altman himself say it wasn't an anti-war film?

[–] Rinn13 (167) 2 years ago

As I'm sure someone else may have pointed out, this is not, nor was it intended to BE an "anti-war film".

It was a film about people living and surviving IN a warzone, during war time.