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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9465231" data-attributes="member: 4348">So, I saw this movie differently than many others.If they wanted a movie with a strong statement, they could have decisively chosen one side of the political spectrum or not.  As it is, and how it begins and how it ends I suspect that in the original script, it was just that.  However, someone higher up said...this may not be a good idea to alienate half of your audience (a cue which others probably could take a hint from in some arenas of media, especially when they wonder why they are losing money and audiences on things they make and wonder why that is).  Instead, they then tried to make it so undeterminable that at times, you do not really understand what is happening.  There is no message in looking at the film in that manner.Others see it as a warning to Americans, particularly those in the states about the horrors of war and whether we should be seeming so eager for one to occur.I see it differently than either.  I see it as a movie about War Journalism.  It is saying...you cannot get emotional about this.  YOU CANNOT get invested in this.  You cannot get invested in one side or the other.  The second you get invested...you die.So...what follows is massive spoilers...[SPOILER="Civil War - Don't get emotionally attached"] The main journalist that we follow starts off the film emotionally neutral.  They are just there to take pictures and get the story.  They know what to expect.  However, we see the first moment of weakness as they save a bystander/hopeful photographer.  This young photographer grows from being emotional (as we see throughout the first part of the film) to getting more and more hardened against the state of things.  At the same time, the main character gets more and more invested and more and more emotional until near the end she cannot even move at one point due to what is happening around her.  You see as one gets more emotional and invested in others, they get hurt and die.  Those who do not, or keep their neutral stance to simply be journalists...survive[/SPOILER]I think if others see this message, this is most likely to be the most longstanding film of those listed as it could become a standard film for some journalist classes.</blockquote>

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