Come and See

Rating: 9/10 (1 June 2012)

A very intense film about the Nazi invasion of Russia. Very disturbing opening sequence, which is the perfect setting for the tone of how the rest of the film is played out. This film definitely plays with all your senses, as a lot of the scenes are very intense, and almost makes you realize about what war may really be like, and may be the closest thing to experience it without having to enlist in the military. The film can be a bit unbearable at some points, not just graphically, but emotionally as well, as I stated before can almost put you right in the film itself. You can almost feel the intensity of the forest and the trees being blown up, and your ears blowing out and leaving them ringing (literally) for a while. For me, it's a great film if you want to know more about the Nazi invasion, and maybe get a taste of what war is like. But I am not much for war films, I understand the importance of not forgetting what happened in the past, and the fact that there are situations like this still going on, and the annihilation of villages and it's people still happening to this day. I appreciate the film, and think everyone should watch it, but definitely be aware of it's intensity as it may be too much, as it was for me.