A very simple, undebatable film

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2002)

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This film is easy. Its my absolute favorite, but its still easy. It takes a tragic allusion (for uneducated people, an allusion is something that refrences something the reader, or viewer, should already know) and it uses it for a man to have a purpose. Thats all Guido has in life is purpose, and he loves it. At first, his purpose is his love. at the end, its his son, his child, the one who he will live through for eternity. and he wins. He may die, but still lives in his child. from the start, he did not once care about his own well being, but his childs. From the point where he is caught by the spotlight, and does the "Soldier Walk" in front of his childs sight, he is saying "I've won, My child lives" and the fact that his child has NO IDEA of the horror that is going on, is what makes you explode into tears at the end. If you're going to rip on a movie like this, i have some advice, GET OUT OF YOUR FRIGGIN BASEMENT, MEET SOME REAL PEOPLE, AND UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN SPIRIT... Maybe just then, you'll understand when the writer,actor,and director says, "LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL"