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Can I just talk about how Jesse Plemons, despite being in literally one scene where he's credited as an unnamed soldier (although I suspect he and his crew are more opportunists wearing gear than actual soldiers in any of the armies, same deal with the gas station guys), also made it the most memorable scene in the movie and fucking nailed it out of the park

bsp77 posted...

we rarely even know whose "side" most of the characters are on. It doesn't matter.

I'm remembering that one scene with the snipers vs the crazed sniper near the abandoned christmas village, and when Joel's asking questions about what's going on and who they're for in the army, they're basically like "we don't fucking know dude, we just know he's shooting at us and if we don't shoot back at him we're dead"

Zikten posted...

I'm disappointed that it sounds like they don't go into the backstory of the war. Damnit

Yeah that was a bit of an issue for me, the closest we get to an inciting incident is mentions is that the president (who was compared to people like Gaddafi in one scene by one of the main characters) essentially repealed the 22nd amendment and disbanded the FBI, but I feel like there would be more if you get the US split up the way it is in the movie. They also mention drone strikes on civvies, but I assume that would serve to inflame things after the war already started, not a cause before.