Vulgarization of a histories highlight

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 2002)

My expectations of the movie "Enemy at the gates" were big,considering that it was announced as the "biggest war movie since Saving private Ryan"."Saving..." was a good film.And,sorry,but it had no soap-romance.And a barbie-boy like the main role.And Shakespierre-like turning points... I am sorry to say that,"Enemy at the gates" was an experience that I would rather forget.Considering that it was the biggest battle of all time,a manifestation courage that can never fade,and the horror that can never be described,this film was more than a blow-up.Paramount can never catch the beauty of that time,the tragedy,the actual spirit of the time when the battle for Stalingrad took place.Instead,they commercialised this event and vulgarised every value of both sides.Because,although we know that both Hitler and Staljin,Nacis or Bolshevics,had their negative conotation,it is a shame to make a dark parody of their realm over the eastern Europe.I have seen older film from Russian production that reflect this subject,and they were mangificent.No,Bob Hoskins can not play the role of a cruel general with american accent.Although the portrait of brutality is not that bad.The romantic saga is a complete waste,filling time in the movie tape...One of the few trully good segments is the Ed Harris's role of the German major.And the suspence is sometimes on the level. The only excuse for this,I repeat,pathetic blocbuster,is maybe the pressure from the studio.Lets hope that the director Annaund (who made two great films-The name of the Rose and Seven years in Tibet) had something else in mind,but the "ambitios" producers made him "change his mind".