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Come and See is definitely one of the most unpleasant movie experience I've ever lived, man is that movie hard to watch, but I think it's intended that way. The music, the visuals, the coldness all culminated in this experience. I think the director wanted to reproduce in the more realistic way possible the horror of what war was and he succeeded. An other aspect of the film that I admired was that it showed WW2 from a russian perspective which is something I hadn't really seen before. Like most WW2 films, the film is not only antiwar, but also anti nazi. It demonstrates how they caused suffering everywhere they went. I had the idea of the nazis torturing people in France, but I never really thought about what happened on the eastern front and it was as brutal or even worst.
Also, the fact that we see war through the eyes of a young teenager gives a contrast to the film that really accentuates the director's message. What I mean by contrast is that a 13 year old's world view is always sort of idyllic and how the perception of this character had to encounter the harsh reality of war makes it even harder and brutal. By the end of the film it almost feels like he had become an old man. The sound effects made us feel through the whole film that we were him, that is why it was unpleasant, but it doesn't make the film bad in that case. So overall I'd say it's not a film I would want to rewatch in the nest 10 years, but it is a fantastic anti war film that I admire. It makes me wonder what a good war film should be. Should we ''enjoy'' ourself while watching a war movie? (Movies like Inglourious Basterds or even Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket ar quite enjoyable) or should we feel an experience like Come and See presents us? I don't know, but I think it's a good question.
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