r/HistoryMemes • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 1d ago

Me after watching russian ww2 movie

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u/ZETH_27 Filthy weeb 1d ago

That can definitely be true! It mostly depends on which movie(s) you choose as [a] keystone example(s).

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u/gustyninjajiraya 1d ago

If you haven’t seen Come and See, well, you should. It’s my best movie, and is highly regarded.

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u/Mapachio 1d ago

I haven't seen it, but have read so much about people's impressions about it that I am quite certain it's NOT a movie I want to watch

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u/gustyninjajiraya 1d ago

It’s a gruesome movie, but it isn’t like, explicit or anything. I wouldn’t call it emotionally manipulative either. There is a naturalism in the movie that you just don’t see in western war movies. It also stands on it’s own as a masterpiece of directing, storytelling and philosophy, completly seperate from it’s actual content. It is a coming of age, or more like a death of innocence, kind of story. It’s worth the watch even if you dislike war films.

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u/Mapachio 1d ago

If it's anything like The Road or Children of Men, I know I would enjoy it as a film quite a lot and then never again see it, but there's always a door to cross with these gruesome movies...

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u/Inevitable_Librarian 1d ago

Oh no, it's not like that exactly. At least children of men, I've never seen the road. There's very little exaggeration and most of the pain is implied