Heart wrenching

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2010)

I have never written a movie review before. Then again I have never been so moved by any movie in my 46 years of life. I don't know what to say or where to start.
It was excellent. I will start by writing how I happened onto this film. I was bored with Oprah so I started surfing my only pay channels, Starz and Showtime, I settled on Starz because I had been curious about this film, I heard some buzz about it when it came out a few years ago but I did not know the content of the film. I can tell you also that I heard buzz of ' The Kite runner" but could not tell you what its about. Anyway, it was the last 40 minutes of the movie and what drew me in was the beautiful piano music in the background. But after a min or two knowing what the subject matter was , I wanted to turn the channel but could not. I watched the last 40 minutes of the film and was sitting at the edge of my bed stunned in silence. Then I burst into tears and then proceeded into my bathroom where I vomited.
I am a veteran of the 80's and 90's horror movies but this movie was a somewhat real portrayal of life back then during WWII.
I have been very sad in the last few days and could not shake this movie. I did watch the rest of the movie today but cut it off where I saw I began last week. I could not endure that again. I had to ask myself, Why did this movie have such a profound affect on me? Because I tend to hide my head in the sand as if the world is a happy place and always was. Growing up in the 70's and 80's we were not taught this in school and I realized I knew nothing about this. I have decided as hard as it is I want to know more and the truth of what happened and to teach it to my children so it is never forgotten.