I'll watch anything, doesn't even have to be heavy into fiction but the more unique the better. Also non English films are fine if it has subs. I really need to make a letterboxd account one of these days so I can track what I watch better.

Cheers.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forever_War

    Near the end it gets a bit antiquated with its views on homosexuality, but it's such an amazing book. General relativity dictates an interstellar war, so while a full military career feels like a couple years the distance travelled means you're 20+ years ahead of Earth. The protagonist tries to reintegrate into a new society before rejoining the military and repeating the process to rise through the ranks. All the while centuries passing instead of years means nobody remembers what the war is for.

    edit: I'd also consider it the antiwar version of Starship Troopers. It's generally pretty similar in how it covers a combat squad against a hated enemy, but Haldeman wrote it after coming home from the Vietnam War and becoming disillusioned.