Brutal and Intense

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2006)

Never have I seen a movie like this. I was expecting it to be some Hollywood film...just to get profit... Every time I heard about it, I thought it to be insensitive, and a little too soon to put a movie like this out there.
I happen to work at a movie theater, so I cleaned the theater for this movie when it first came out, and I hadn't seen the movie yet. I walked in there just as the movie was ending to open the doors...it almost seemed like an empty theater. Never, have I walked into a movie theater so still and quiet. It was almost breathless. It startled me. I couldn't even imagine what the movie was like, and how brutal it was. All throughout the credits while I was cleaning the theater...there was one woman who remained in her seat..with her chin in her hands just staring at the screen. That moment alone changed my view on everything--and how real these events were. When they actually happened, I was too young to even understand what was going on....I just had upset teachers and parents......and I was confused.
So, eventually...I got up the courage to see the movie...I knew what was coming--but i wasn't ready. ...when you see the people calling they're family...just to say 'I love you' One last time--It hits you like a knife in the heart....to know that there were tons affected by this..... The fact that you couldn't recognize a single actor in the movie makes it even more real... I saw the movie with two of my close friends...I know a lot of people that refuse to see it... I'm glad I saw it, but I don't know if I want to see it again...
The movie just ends with a bang...and those subtitles came on.. 'No one survived'......... The room was completely and utterly silent---like no person even dare to move until the lights came back on... It was brutal, intense...and the scariest part, is that it's real.
A lot of my coworkers at the theater have talked to me about it.....Most of us cried like crazy during the movie.. When we usher theaters---we carry a box of Kleenex to the theater for anyone who needs it. The movie helped show me..that though it was a few years ago, people are still hurting and healing...and that this will always leave a mark, despite how much people try to avoid the topic.....