Watch it with good subtitles (the slang is dense) and an open mind. You won’t feel patriotic after; you’ll feel exhausted, informed, and strangely grateful for the Marines who actually lived through this nonsense.
Here’s a review for Generation Kill , written as if recommending it to someone looking to “nonton” (watch) a powerful, realistic war series. If you go into Generation Kill expecting the non-stop heroics of Band of Brothers or the melodrama of a Hollywood blockbuster, you’ll be disoriented. And that’s exactly the point. Nonton Generation Kill
This 2008 HBO miniseries (7 episodes) comes from the makers of The Wire (David Simon and Ed Burns) and follows the U.S. Marine Corps’ 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. There are no grand speeches, no clear villains, and no tidy character arcs. Instead, you get a grimy, fly-on-the-wall look at modern war: chaotic, boring, terrifying, and absurd. Watch it with good subtitles (the slang is