I took the road lessed traveled and actually liked this movie

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2001)

Unlike the abundance of people who've commented on this movie, I loved it. Yes, it did have historical inaccuracies but what movie doesn't? It's called HISTORICAL FICTION not a historical documentary. The movie was very entertaining. From the beginning, I was sucked into the plot and seemed to feel every emotion every character was feeling. Joseph Fiennes once again does a great job in playing a very complicated, confused character. I thought Jude Law did an excellent job playing Vassili especially since he's usually seen portraying spoiled little rich boys. It was a great move for him by expanding his horizons and not being a one-role man (such as Michael Douglas or Richard Gere). I loved being able to see a different aspect in the war. It was cool being able to see a war movie without America being involved in it at all. It was also interesting to see Russia's war tactics at the beginning of the movie and how'd they kill their own men if they retreated at all. Working fear into fear i guess. I also liked looking through the eyes of a sniper in WWII. Seeing how they work was very interesting to me. Once again, this movie made me realize how stupid and unnecessary war is in the world. Yes, I must admit, it's entertaining with the gore and special effects, but in real life it's ten times worse than in the movies and they're REAL people being killed. I liked how they added in Bob Hoskins (one of the most underrated actors of all time) into the cast. He added a little comedic relief and it was a pleasure to see him again. Anyways, I fell in love with this movie from the getgo and although most of the commentators hate this movie, it's still rated high (7.5 out of 10) on the users' rating which means most of the people liked it anyway so I'm not alone I guess. I've been recommending this to all my family friends and will continue to see all the movies made with Law and Fiennes in them since they are the biggest up and coming actors of our time and it's fun to see them grow in experience. So overall I liked this movie although the love scene could have been omitted but the love triangle furthered the plot and made it more interesting to me. 9 out of 10 *'s