{"id":6305,"date":"2017-05-18T20:51:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T00:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=6305"},"modified":"2017-10-09T00:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T04:20:47","slug":"brad-pitts-war-machine-coming-to-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/brad-pitts-war-machine-coming-to-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt&#8217;s WAR MACHINE Coming to Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Avid Maldonado<\/p>\n<p>As this preview was in the works, President Donald Trump ordered an armada to the shores of North Korea and even though it was eventually broadcast around the world that the fleet was seen sailing in the wrong direction, the militaristic macho posturing couldn&#8217;t be ignored. The U.S. military also dropped the Mother of All (non-nuclear) Bombs, an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GBU-43\/B_MOAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GBU-43\/B MOAB<\/a> on an enemy site in Afghanistan in late April.<\/p>\n<p>And if that wasn&#8217;t enough (for the people who want peace and the people who want war) &#8230; uh oh &#8230; Brad Pitt is saber rattling again.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OmV_j1yEvCY?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Being released globally exclusively to Netflix subscribers on May 26, is WAR MACHINE with General Pitt (as General Glen McMahon) leading his troops in an unconventional manner, stating that they are there to \u201csupport the civilian population and you must avoid killing it at all costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collateral Damage can be a bummer, that&#8217;s for sure. America apologizes, offers financial compensation and, yes, sometimes, expresses guilt. Again. And again. And again. But for the families and friends and neighbors of the victims killed and maimed, the collateral damage is on a psychic and metaphysical plane that only they and people with similar experiences can empathize.<\/p>\n<p>WAR MACHINE, directed by David Mich\u00f4d, appears to be a comedic and parodic take on a general\u2019s experiences at war. I believe it is incredibly insensitiveto release such a film, especially with another war of significant magnitude on the horizons. The real saber rattling has been about attacking Iran or attacking North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>As this preview was in the works, President Donald Trump ordered an armada to the shores of North Korea and even though it was eventually broadcast around the world that the fleet was seen sailing in the wrong direction, the militaristic macho posturing couldn&#8217;t be ignored. The U.S. military also dropped the Mother of All (non-nuclear) Bombs, an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GBU-43\/B_MOAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GBU-43\/B MOAB<\/a> on an enemy site in Afghanistan in late April.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OmV_j1yEvCY?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Being released globally exclusively to Netflix subscribers on May 26, is WAR MACHINE with General Pitt (as General Glen McMahon) leading his troops in an unconventional manner, stating that they are there to \u201csupport the civilian population and you must avoid killing it at all costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collateral Damage can be a bummer, that&#8217;s for sure. America apologizes, offers financial compensation and, yes, sometimes, expresses guilt. Again. And again. And again. But for the families and friends and neighbors of the victims killed and maimed, the collateral damage is on a psychic and metaphysical plane that only they and people with similar experiences can empathize.<\/p>\n<p>WAR MACHINE, directed by David Mich\u00f4d, appears to be a comedic and parodic take on a general\u2019s experiences at war. I believe it is incredibly insensitive to release such a film in these times, especially with another war of significant magnitude on the horizons. The real saber rattling has been about attacking Iran or attacking North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Mich\u00f4d is an award-winning writer and film director. His 2010 film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YNszOl14AWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ANIMAL KINGDOM,<\/a>\u00a0 brought him acclaim and was also turned into an American TV series.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YNszOl14AWg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>The film won eight of 15 nominations at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.Brad Pitt&#8217;s most recent awards include an Oscar for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2024544\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">12 YEARS A SLAVE<\/a> and a Producer Guild Award for THE BIG SHORT.<\/p>\n<p>In WAR MACHINE, U.S. General Glenn McMahon\u2019s career is showcased as he goes through a roller coaster ride. Part of the film is based on true events and part is ruthless distortion.Also appearing Mich\u00f4d&#8217;s latest is a myriad of actors including Emory Cohen, RJ Cyler, Topher Grace, Anthony Michael Hall, Anthony Hayes, John Magaro, Scoot McNairy, Will Poulter, Alan Ruck, Lakeith Stanfield, Josh Stewart, Meg Tilly, Tilda Swinton and Sir Ben Kingsley.<\/p>\n<p>After being at war for eight years, Gen. McMahon is called upon to dive into action and \u201cget the job done\u201d by not winning the war, but by cleaning up the mess in Afghanistan. It is a story about the politics of war unlike typical war movies such as Pitt\u2019s past two, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2713180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FURY<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0361748\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INGLORIOUS BASTARDS.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Avid Maldonado can be reached at <span class=\"rwRRO\">avidmal@gmail.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAR MACHINE, directed by David Mich\u00f4d, appears to be a comedic and parodic take on a general\u2019s war experiences. Nevertheless, do we really need a picture like this now?<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/brad-pitts-war-machine-coming-to-netflix\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6305"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7536,"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions\/7536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}