It will educate and blow your mind.

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2009)

Not only did this movie educate me on history and war, but it also detached me from my own reality and taken me somewhere I have never been. I have seen similar movies, such as Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, and Defiance, but what made it more compelling is the main character and his point of view and growth within the movie. The movie primarily focuses on the main character, Florya and his growth within the war. The filmmaker highlights Florya's 5 senses to leave a mark with the audiences on the actualities of the tragic event. At the end we are left with the feeling we have been through what Florya has been through. What affects me the most was the ending, when an old looking Florya shoots the picture of Adolph Hitler and the jump shots of Hitler from his recent times moving backwards till he was a baby. What I understood from this scene was that with every shot he fires we see Hitler's image move backwards in time, I understand that Hitler began as an innocent child with no education of war, which mirrors Florya from the beginning of the movie, when his mom says that he is only a child. I also noticed that the filmmaker also stresses images of children and babies throughout the war, in mind that we children symbolizes life and innocence. This movie will blow your mind.