The story of the Bosnian conflict reduced to a small scale won the Oscar a few years back. I'm not sure that was because it was the best choice or because the film touch the current nerve in Hollywood.
Basically its the story of three men fighting, literally in the trenches of Bosnia. Its a very funny and touching tale, that unfortunately is also clichéd. Its not so much clichéd in whats done, although there is some of that, rather its in the fact that the tried and true "war is bad" cards are used to lessen the effect. Sending up even the media and the peacekeepers no one is spared in this obvious attack on a very wrong situation that has left too many people dead in the cross fire.
Yes, the film is worth seeing, its a very good story, however had it not won the Oscar no one would have been talking about it three weeks after the ceremony.
7 out of 10. A watcher, not a keeper.
Basically its the story of three men fighting, literally in the trenches of Bosnia. Its a very funny and touching tale, that unfortunately is also clichéd. Its not so much clichéd in whats done, although there is some of that, rather its in the fact that the tried and true "war is bad" cards are used to lessen the effect. Sending up even the media and the peacekeepers no one is spared in this obvious attack on a very wrong situation that has left too many people dead in the cross fire.
Yes, the film is worth seeing, its a very good story, however had it not won the Oscar no one would have been talking about it three weeks after the ceremony.
7 out of 10. A watcher, not a keeper.