masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (20 August 2006)

A true masterpiece. I wont write a long comment on this one but just say a few things about it. This poetic, beautiful, melancholic movie is truly one of the greatest war movies I have seen. I believe this film depicts war in a very honest and truthfull way. If you want to feel what war is really like, the madness, the horror, what goes on in the mind of a soldier in a full out war this is definitely a film you must see. If you're more into action war movies and only want to see things blow up and leave the film without really learning anything don't bother. this movie is in my eyes right up there with Full Metall Jacket, Come And See, Apocalypse Now and Platoon. If you're more into Black Hawk down or When We were Soldiers patriotic war romance movies and haven't yet grasped the fact that war is never noble you wont like it. I also have to say that I did not like it much the first time I saw it when I was about 16 years old. When I saw it again at the age of 20 I loved it and I have now seen it 3 more times and it grows on me every time. What I want to get to is that I think many people have to see it more then one time to really appreciate it and you probably have to be mature enough to be able to appreciate a film that focuses on the psychological part of war and not only explosions and heroes. well give it a chance at least.