Quote:
Originally Posted by The Batlord
I don't really care about the propaganda aspect as I'm not going to miss a bombass movie out of protest, but any movie that elevates soldiers and war (even by portraying it as hell) furthers the mythology of humanity's warrior fetish. Anti-war movies don't just teach people that war is bad, they teach that war is a transcendent experience that you are sheltered without.
|
Kurt Vonnegut realised this, that's why Slaughterhouse Five is so great