anti-communist propaganda sells movies

Rating: 6/10 (7 February 2014)

I was very disturbed about the one-sidedness of the otherwise great movie. It was an epic human adventure. Just let alone the politics and show the human side on the movie. The good point is, that aspect IS actually on the movie. But when you get into politics, the lack of objectivity bothers me a lot. Stalin is just as much hated in Hollywood as Hitler. With forgetting Russia suffered the most by the world war II and Stalin damaged hitlers powers the most, and after all it was Stalin's forces that destroyed Hitler. I am not trying to create sympathy, I am just trying to balance the over- biased view. There were innocent people falsely accused in the gulags, yes. There were people politically critical or the regime falsely accused of spying, yes. And then there were real spies and conspirors, lots of them! (from Germany, US and Japan) But to show the prison full of completely innocent people? As I said, hating Stalin is easy. And obviously, it is an easy formula to sell movies to add some anti-communist propaganda. (just like the old recipe of sex and violence)
Other than that, great movie, great acting, great plot. Even everybody speaking in English is not really disturbing. Well, only a fool would expect an objective movie from Hollywood about communist Russia anyway. Objectivity would seem as sympatizing with communism. But the film could just leave the propaganda altogether, cut those parts completely and still be full and rich.