Heavy Hitting

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2012)

I have never really been a fan of older movies, but at no surprise to me now, "Come and See" has made it's way to the top of my All-Time Favorites List. This movie is psychologically mind-blowing, shocking, disturbing, disgusting, and it will make you cringe as you're sitting on the edge of your seat. It is one thing to know the facts about history, but it is an entirely different thing to see it, as realistically as you can in the form of a film or as realistically as you can without actually experiencing it - though after watching this film, it is debatable as to whether or not I was actually there experiencing the same trauma. After watching this film, I felt an overwhelming crush of defeat, as if all the problems of a world at peace were absolutely trivial in comparison to the horrid experiences these people had undergone. I found myself engulfed in the story, to the point that it no longer seemed to be a story, but my own reality. My own tension and sorrow began building up so quickly throughout the movie that once I saw the girl with the whistle walk out, raped and scarred for life, I snapped - I just lost it. One of the ideas flowing through my head was: "If this is the world that MEN have created, then I no longer want to live in a world of men." I would be lost in a suspension of disbelief for the next day and a half, hardly talking to anyone, staring at my food, with an absolute loss for words or even a peaceful thought. As of last week, this has become my favorite movie that I have seen thus far.
I HIGHLY recommend this to friends, family members, coworkers, professors, and even enemies. When critics say, "This is a MUST-SEE" - well here it is.