War Machine (2017)

Very retrospective. Tells it like it is. Good ol USAs good intentions not always taken very well.

America is doing wrong by staying and fighting in Afghanistan - REALLY?!!!? This is a well-acted and well implemented movie, but the whole anti-war message it is trying to deliver, spoils the show.I agree that U.S. decision to invade Iraq, in the first place, was absolutely wrong and immoral and unethical. But, if someone says that US should stop fighting and leave the place, then in my view, that person is literally an idiot!With respect to Afghanistan(depicted in the movie), nothing is wrong or unethical or immoral. Fighting Bin Laden or Taliban are noble causes, without any doubt or debate, notwithstanding some other minor collateral intentions or causes, on the US side.I seriously think the director and the writer are idiots, when it comes to common-sense and general knowledge about the world. They should stick to film-making only, instead of trying to lecture on morality and international politics/relations.

Well if you know the song I'm referring, you know the answer. But setting that aside (and also acknowledging that it doesn't apply for all wars obviously), this movie is about "modern war" or rather USA "helping" other countries to rebuild their country. Now most do know that those attempts backfired ... and they backfired badly.Many countries started hating America because of that interference and the Americans going over there don't know why they are there and what they are supposed to do. Millitary personnel who has to wing it, but also plan ahead and stay put, but also be active. All things that do contradict each other. And while that seems to have a lot that a movie can exploit, watching it you can't help yourself but think, this would have been better served as a sketch or a short movie. While it still boasts a lot of star power (Brad Pitt is the lead but many more show up), the running time of 2 hours plus is way too long. The point it is trying to make is worthwhile ... the time you have to spent watching the point being made repeatedly might be wasted to an extent.

An idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuild operation in Afghanistan. Netflix's War Machine is a terrible and bland comedy that has Brad Pitt portraying a character that is simply made to praise "America" all around the globe and fails to deliver on all aspects also the narration was annoying and some cameos like from Ben Kingsley were so weird and terrible and the overall story that the film sells is not that interesting to be told. (0/10)