An enjoyable and intelligent WW2 flick.

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2004)

Considering that i am quite young (born 1985) i usually dislike these older movies even though they have great rating and comments etc, but somehow this has changed my opinion, actually i think it was quite good, well, actually very good and very enjoyable, i think this may be because it is not dependant on special effects at all, it's a straight out movie without any computer reliable stuff, which makes for a movie where i dont fint myself thinking "Damn that doesnt look to cool", which is nice.
The movie itself is very entertaining, throughout almost 3 hours you can barely find a dull moment, which is fantastic, the movie is pretty fast paced all the way through, and it's enjoyable to see each character develop their personality and together as they work towards their goal. It is a well written story that holds your interest all the way through, and the acting is pretty nice too, something i usually dislike about older movies as well, but it works well here.
Now one thing i can put thumps up to is the slightly untraditional ending, after they escaped rather early in the movie i had myself thinking how they would waste the final hour now, but they actually manage to throw in a few surprise, now without giving up the ending i must admit i think it was good that it didn't follow the typical happy ending where all slips away and lives happily ever after, the loss of some important characters combined with the survival of others makes for a nearly perfect ending, that is, as said, slighly untraditional. Also that is far more realistic than the typical Hollywood endings.
8/10