newbalancewearer t1_iu4yqim wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:12 PM

I don’t like the score, kinda unmatched with the vintage looking cinematography.

However this is not a movie, but a daunting, excruciating and exhausting experience.

The sheer catastrophic audio and visual bombardment is just stunning.

This is the best war movie I ever feared while watching.

Even the landing scene in saving private Ryan got me a bit of adrenaline pang despite its gore, but this one… this was not enjoyable, almost disgusting, which is good, because it truly showed me the brutality of war.

Jimbobler t1_iubp6q6 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:31 AM

>this was not enjoyable, almost disgusting, which is good, because it truly showed me the brutality of war.

If you haven't seen it, I can recommend the Soviet anti-war movie Come and See from 1985, about the horrors during WW2. It had the same impact on me.

newbalancewearer t1_iuc1fi5 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:28 AM

Thanks for the recommendation and yes I have seen it.

Definitely left a mark on me.

Especially the scene where the boy mindlessly shot hitlers portrait to bring back time… only to find hitler was once also a little innocent boy….that scene just messed with me, so dreadful yet so much empathy there.

I also like the pianist by Darien broody very much. Have you watched that?

c_bus21 t1_iud1r1y wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:22 PM

Agreed, Come and See did a great job at depicting the horrors of war as did All Quiet On the Western Front. But I needed a break during All Quiet On the Western Front with about 40 minutes left to go due to the brutality of it.