Okay, this one truly blows you !!!

Rating: 9/10 (18 June 2007)

Let me tell it straight- One of the greatest war movies ever created (well, read it like - greatest war movies i have ever seen).There is everything that one expects from a war movie, everything in the right mix, and of course we have somethings that many other movies don't have. The most authentic style of story telling is one among that prominent highlights. You will see that solider hit with a bullet at the most unexpected time and in the most realistic manner. And this style helps to make that emotions of the cinema go deeper into you.
That wonderful script forms the strong base, in the building up of this classic. To write a screenplay upon a true WAR incident like this one, is no easy job. Well ken Nolan has done it flawlessly. And to make a movie out of it is still harder and uh... Ridely Scott has done an awesome work. The whole complexity of a military raid, involving many different troops and hundreds of soldiers,is told with great clarity (with no confusion) and simplicity. Hats off to that. The background score also worth a mentioning- it is in some unknown language (somalian?) but still sounds meaningful! The emotion, the pain, the uncertainty, the fear everything connected with a war finds a place in the movie. The emotional side to the story is also worked up quiet nicely.
By the end, while the troops are shown retrieving, you see an old man crossing the roads, holding a dead kid in his hands. There is no emotion to be seen in his face. You hear a music at the background. And with the single scene you are convinced about the brutality of a war. This single scene discloses the greatness of the cinema,reveals the talents of a film maker and greatness of an art form.