• Stillhart@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s up there with Starship Troopers for “movies you didn’t realize were meant to be negative commentary when you were a teenager”.

    • Clocksstriking13@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      The movie might have been a satirical commentary against militarism but the book it’s based off of is arguably not. I loved that book as a kid but it definitely glorifies militarism and not really in a tongue in cheek way. There are literal scenes discussing civics and the necessity of war interspersed throughout the book.