did not make much sense to me - May have SPOILERS

Rating: 2/10 (8 January 2002)

possible SPOILERS below.
i know a lot of folks love this movie but i must say after seeing the video that i just don't get it. the first 1/3 or so of the movie is interesting and well done - the bombing effects and zoo animals is very powerful and the partisans are well portrayed and frequently amusing. however once the war seems to be won the movie completely loses me. i don't understand why the villagers are in the basement for apparently decades (they must be really stupid) or how the war movie fits into this - the movie seems to jump back and forth between different time frames or topics and ultimately became unwatchable for me. i just didn't derive anything from this in terms of plot development, character development or anything else on a deep level. maybe it's a movie that is best understood by eastern europeans, several people have said that it seems very typical of a yugoslavian or balkan way of thinking.