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A House of Dynamite
2025 · Film · 112 min
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
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If you haven't, watch House of Dynamite.
Sadly, the Trump Administration concluded we should build exactly the defense capabilities described in the film.
They even cited it by name as a good roadmap for the Golden Dome, so I know they read the title. I guess their reading comprehension levels are extremely low.
I found it the 2nd best movie of the year, right behind House of Dynamite.
Brazil has so much to catch up compared to Argentina, which jailed most of the generals. This one tries it differently, not directing the blame directly, but one bystander who took advantage. Much better than I'm Still Here. But the Argentinian fascism era movie are much better still. El bunaerense, Crónica de una fuga,...
> Maybe they were new, or maybe they hadn't slept much because of a newborn baby
Reminds me of House of Dynamite, the movie about nuclear apocalypse that really revolves around these very human factors. This outage is a perfect example of why relying on anything humans have built is risky, which includes the entire nuclear apparatus. “I don’t understand why X wasn’t built in such a way that wouldn’t mean we live in an underground bunker now” is the sentence that comes to mind.
Why the hell is this flagged?
It's the 21st century. Schools, media, politicians, commentators remind us about multiple world wars, millions of "sacrifices" for "freedom". We have technology that was unimaginable to our parents and grandparents.
So what is going on in the world? Who is putting the brakes on human progress?
The UN is an empty shell. Prominent countries which historically created the conditions for endless conflict - let's call them out: the US, Russia, UK, France, China (coincidentally, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council) - are sitting back, diplomatically allowing atrocities and injustices to unfold.
Why is this being allowed to happen?
This isn't even a time to point fingers, assign blame. We need to hold ourselves to the highest ideals.
We already have tens, hundreds, thousands, of talented individuals - graduates from the top universities of the world, who know how to make the world a better place. They understand history, morality, and ethics to an excruciating degree. Where are they? Why are they not in top decision-making positions in governments?
Why are our political structures still struggling with basic competencies? A House of Dynamite was a perfect movie to follow on from Oppenheimer. Scientists created a superweapon; politicians ran with it, and blackmailed the world. It's pathetic and deplorable.
WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
All I ask is that if Chicago does get nuked, as threatened in the movie "House of Dynamite" that I be given sufficient time to get everyone outside in front of our house so that we can all go together and not be stuck watching each other die from radiation or starve over the subsequent months.
We collectively played Russian roulette electing Trump in 2016. Doing it a second time last November was astonishingly stupid. I don't see how our luck can possibly hold.
A House of Dynamite [2]. Everyone is looking to have more dynamite than the other next room, while living inside the house. All of this happening while the world gets more and more divisive. It's insanity. Are 12,000 nukes safer than zero? [1].
[1] https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/annie-jacobsen/ [2] https://www.netflix.com/title/81744537
I really recommend watching A House Of Dynamite, the new movie by Kathryn Bigelow, which provides a highly realistic view of just how insane the entire nuclear system is. All of us live in a constant state of enormous danger: we are just 20 minutes away from apocalypse at all times. Even if you believe that nuclear deterrence is what prevents great power conflict, there is no avoiding the fact that it would take just one mistake or one technical failure or one mentally ill submarine commander to end civilization. We have to fix this, not make it worse!
Watch Kathryn Bigelow's new movie, "A House of Dynamite".
https://www.netflix.com/title/81744537
Watch Kathryn Bigelow's new movie, "A House of Dynamite".
https://www.netflix.com/title/81744537
House of Dynamite on Netflix is a realistic (at least it feels realistic) look at the modern day equivalent. It’s fundamentally an exciting film but I also enjoyed learning how large scale human/technical systems operate during a nuclear crisis.