I was recently sent, out of the blue, a copy of a film called
This Is War. Or at least it says
This Is War on the disc and on the DVD menu; when you get into the film it turns out it's called
Severe Clear. Presumably the person in charge of Branding Continuity was off sick that day.
It's a documentary in which US Marine First Lieutenant Mike Scotti films his time in Iraq during the early stages of military operations in 2003 with a camcorder, and it's sold as a true depiction of what it's like to be behind enemy lines.
In the first scene, Scotti is seen packing a bag. He puts on a gas mask and looms close to the camera, breathing heavily. I actually said out loud, to an empty room, "If he says 'Luke, I am your father' in a deep voice, I'm turning this off". Sure enough, he said "Luke, I am your father" in a deep voice. So I turned it off.
Let that be a lesson. There are rules, people.
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