Absurdist or Satire

Rating: Null/10 (27 May 2017)

For those reviewers who fiercely wrote a 'thumbs down' review on this flick, how about this? It's just a so and so satire. Pitt would never be a bad actor and the director would never be a bad director. It's a gig. It's a farce. It's funny. And if any of you thought, for a moment or a second, the production was sincere and emulated a quote-unquote real war movie and depiction. . .come on. . .now who's kidding who? I mean I have read your comments and now you got me thinking it's you who are playing the game. Stop ruining a fun movie for a change by getting so serious. Where's your sense of levity? Pitt's strutting around like a high and mighty general, his stilted and well-practiced speeches, the poking fun at the POTUS, Congress, the lackeys playing both ends in the middle (the press, political pundits, ad nauseous). Remarkably, the writer is hitting on all the truths that have turned America's presence in this so-called war into a full-fledged farce. But that's neither here nor there. What is here is the fact it's an entertaining and informative flick that is neither great nor terrible. It's easy on the mind and easy on one's sense of humor IF one has a sense of humor. Not sure if the 60-million-dollar budget for the movie is accurate, but who cares? Anyway, this review is not a critical review. It's a response and a reminder to viewers or potential viewers of this film that it's prudent not to take the movie too seriously. Personally, anytime there's genuine and factual criticism against the government and the military it's worth the time to read, watch, or listen the narrative. One more thing. . .NETFLIX has created some rather epic movies over the years and the upper echelon that runs the show are not about to venture into a production that's branded silly, inane, or a waste of time. Hope this review, such that it is, was helpful, maybe even informative.