#A War

[justwhumpsposts]

[byneddiedingo]

Dar Salim and  Pilou Asbæk in A War (Tobias LIndholm, 2015)

Cast: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Tuva Novotny, Charlotte Munck, Dulfi Al-Jabouri. Screenplay: Tobias Lindholm. Cinematography: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck. Production design: Thomas Greve. Film editing: Adam Nielsen. Music: Sune Wagner. 

A solidly made if occasionally formulaic film, Tobias Lindholm's A War centers on Claus (Pilou Asbæk), a Danish officer, who while leading a detachment of his men in an assault on the Taliban, calls in an air strike on what he believes to be the source of the gunfire that has pinned them down and left one of his soldiers critically injured. Under cover of the bombing they are able to make it to the rescue helicopter, but Claus is later charged with a war crime: There is no evidence that the gunfire came from the village where the bombing killed civilians, women and children. At the trial, held back in Denmark, Claus is acquitted after one of his men perjures himself, claiming that he had seen a muzzle flash from the village, justifying Claus's decision. But it's not a "happy ending." The film has provided many emotional justifications for Claus's action: We earlier saw Lasse (Dulfi Al-Jabouri), the critically injured man whose life Claus saves by calling in the air strike, in extreme emotional distress after witnessing the death of one of his fellow soldiers who stepped on a landmine. Claus had comforted Lasse, but nevertheless insisted that he go on this near-fatal mission. Claus also struggles with guilt because he had turned away an Afghan family seeking refuge in the military compound: They had been threatened by the Taliban after they sought medical help for their little girl, suffering from a bad burn. Reconnoitering for the assault, Claus discovers that the Taliban had made good on their threat and slaughtered the family. Claus is also struggling with pressure from home, where his wife, Maria, is having trouble looking after their three small children. Writer-director Lindholm beautifully balances the combat scenes with those depicting Maria's difficulties at home. His acquittal comes at the expense of a witness's lie, and there are hints that Claus will never be free of the burden of guilt. Tucking in his own children at night, Claus carefully pulls the blanket over the exposed feet of one child. It's a moment that echoes the earlier scene in which Claus discovers the slaughtered Afghan family: A dead child's feet were similarly protruding  from the covers, a detail that Lindholm smartly trusts the audience to recall.

[cat-mermaid]

Wow i just found two new articles with headers that fucking completely misrepresent that wat Michael Moore's recent open letter said:

what the fuck man, are you expecting people not to actually read the rest of the article?

do you think people aren't going to read this part?

fuck off with that, the man is 100% cool with Luigi

[sayruq]

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[kidrat]

U can watch Star Wars so many times and it doesn’t prepare u for how dumb Star Wars is. For one thing I think we gloss over how kenobi (who has definitely been at the club. Please.) describes the mos eisley cantina as the worst most villainous place ever and then u get inside and it’s a pack of muppets vaping

[bird-prince-art]

friend made my birthday cake

[skinnyazn]

I didn’t do the cosplay just for the meme….

Flying to Italy and finding the exact field to recreate the picnic scene was pretty amazing. The costume took me a month to make 😮‍💨 it was so nice to shoot it in THE field!!

Edit: thank you guys SO MUCH for all the love on this cosplay! If you’d like to donate to support future cosplays, I’ve created a ko-fi account here! 💖 donate

[heartiella]

[bread-and-roses-too]

Not feminist as in "women should be included in the draft" but feminist as in "being drafted is a violation of bodily autonomy for any gender".

The draft should not exist. Drafting people into the military is a violation of human rights. You should not be able to force someone to risk their life. If you can't find enough people who care about a conflict to keep it going then it simply shouldn't keep going. You can't even force someone to donate a kidney using government power, why the fuck can you force them to donate their whole body and life to a cause they don't agree with or don't care about?

[nando161mando]

Remember Luigi is currently innocent

Couldn't Be Any Conflict

[lun-rk800]

They're trying so hard to make this a culture war thing instead of a class consciousness moment.

[dalekofchaos]

It was that simple

[devious-buffoon]

Shit man, this wizard war is fucked. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "the ten hells" or some similar shit, and every one around him turned inside out, had their tibia explode and then disappeared. The camera didn't even go onto him, that's how common shit like this is. My ass is casting frostbite and level 2 poison. I think I just heard "power word:scrunch" two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

[cat-mermaid]

GO APOLLO GO

SIC 'EM

EVERYONE LEND HIM YOUR STRENGTH!

[sayruq]

Palestinian girls and women are forced to use tents as pads. People boost. Donate if you can