• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I mean, the easy answer is all Hollywood action movies contain gratuitous destruction for the sake of visual interest.

    It was honestly my first thought as a kid: “Oh my god! That guy’s food stall was completely destroyed by that car! What will he do now? Is there anyone he can call to get it replaced?”

    The simpler answer is to accept cinema violence is a childish thoughtless moment anyway, and we shouldn’t compare it too much to real life. But in Gadot’s case, I suppose gratuitous destruction fits very much with her home country’s philosophy.

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      15 hours ago

      I think that’s the one thing they got right unfortunately, in real life armies (usually) don’t risk soldiers trying to locate and kill a sniper, they just use things like artillery, missiles, or tanks.

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      18 hours ago

      “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”

      But as I’m learning lately as I get settled in on Lemmy, some people here will take any opportunity to stretch things to their soapbox.

      Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to defend myself against the accusation from a mod that I’m anti-socialist because I said the USSR wasn’t perfect.