One of Kubrick's Best

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2019)

I'd recommend this film to anyone who has a pulse; it's not only exhilarating, it's undeniably important.
I had heard great things about this movie for years, but for one reason or other, I'd never gotten around to sitting down to watch it. If I'm being honest, when I sat down to watch it, I wasn't exactly chomping at the bit to see it (as this was one of the films for the Kubrick series, it felt like sitting down to watch it was a little bit of a chore), but by the end of this movie I was so wrapped up in the story that I could barely take my eyes from the screen, and as the final scene played out on screen I found myself emotionally overwhelmed and I started to cry. This film is a harrowing look at the horrors and absurdities of war, and a commentary on the horrid way that humans can treat each other for no reason whatsoever. This is a truly emotional masterpiece, one that shook me in a way I had not expected.