Come and See
Overview
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
My Opinion : The coldest war film ever put out, Come And See is a masterpiece of its genre, the epitome of horror and the most fascinatingly touching of anti-war films i’ve seen in quite some time.
It starts off slow, demonstrating the very innocence of children who are enthralled at the idea of participating in the resistance and finally taking on the task of the adult world, their reality of the entire situation is gravely inaccurate, and this change in character furthers on throughout the entire runtime of the film. This young boy does not numb himself neither, yet he is completely dehumanizing himself throughout as mortars and shrapnels and bombs and bullets come flying from every direction, following some of the most shocking scenes and dramatically impressive moments ive seen in recent memory, Come And See does an insanely good in showing the viewer how war really was. The darkness and soulessness surounding the film is murderous. The viewers lack of predicting when another tragedy might happen next is sadism. The saddened traumatizing reactions of our protagonist is agonizing, infact I myself have trouble writing this review because of how difficult it is to write about.
The film is an experience like no other in regards to war movie, and is acceptably and justifiably one of the greatest war films ever made.
96/100
