Soldiers Watch an Oscar-Winning War Movie

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Soldiers who had an incredible amount of fun in combat watching as the edgy 30 year old makes a Oscar-winning movie using their deaths to vilify war:

What it means

Soldiers who enjoyed combat watch an edgy 30-year-old filmmaker make an Oscar-winning anti-war movie using their deaths. The joke mocks young filmmakers who romanticize or condemn war through the suffering of people who experienced it firsthand, paired with Patrick Bateman’s blank, unsettling stare as a reaction to absurd moralizing. EN: Soldiers who enjoyed combat watch an edgy 30-year-old filmmaker make an Oscar-winning anti-war movie using their deaths. The joke mocks young filmmakers who romanticize or condemn war through the suffering of people who experienced it firsthand, paired with Patrick Bateman’s blank, unsettling stare as a reaction to absurd moralizing.

Who

Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)Christian Bale

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close-up of a man / крупный план мужчины slicked-back dark hair / зачёсанные назад тёмные волосы pale face / бледное лицо black shirt / чёрная рубашка serious expression / серьёзное выражение лица staring eyes / пристальный взгляд film caption / подпись о фильме black redaction marks / чёрные замазанные фрагменты