Perhaps the best movie I've Ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2005)

I'm compelled to pass my comments along! THIS MOVIE IS ABSOLUTELY A MASTERPIECE! I don't ever remember seeing a movie with subtitles and thinking it was on par with movies that I don't have to read through -- but this movie has broken that mold.
I honestly forgot about the subtitles all together. I was so riveted to the screen that I forgot all about them.
I also cannot believe that I have a sense that it was perhaps the best acting I've ever seen! And I don't even know German! There were no lulls or downers in this movie at all. I looked forward to EVERY scene and every thread of the story. The effects were amazing and I was left with the impression that painstaking attention was paid to reflect actual events.
One very slight caution: If you are going to see this movie and you don't know anything about World War 2 or Hitler then you might be a little confused. The movie "skips over" much of the war to focus on the last days of Berlin. There is a rich representation of the personalities but if you don't know your history you might not catch all of the nuances. The movie picks up on a war "well underway".
NOTE: This is NOT a negative at all in my opinion. It simply is a slice of the war carried out in a brilliant way.
DO NOT WALK -- RUN to go see this movie now! It's great in a theater with a large screen.