Excellent Film with a unique perspective

Rating: 9/10 (15 July 2005)

I thought this film was great. The fact that it is actually the perspective of the war from two different countries other than the U.S. Learning of the horrors of Stalingrad in school as well as the huge casualty counts, I could never grasp how bad it really was until I watched this film. You are blown away from the very beginning of the film. It has many touching moments that will make you shiver and maybe even glad to not be a Russian soldier during the Nazi invasion.
The only reason I didn't give this movie all 10 stars is because of the accents. I felt they should have dished out the extra cash to train the actors to get Russian and Germans accents, at least somewhat. Jude Law's British accent doesn't go unnoticed and Ed Harris sounds as American as anyone. Other than that...this film rocked...simply said. If you are a war movie fan like me this is a must see.