'Battle for Sevastopol' is not what I expected. I suppose the mood you're in when watching the film will determine whether you like it or not. From a war movie perspective I was disappointed. The film has too much talk and too little action for a war movie. During the third act, it becomes more of a love story than an action war film.
From an emotional perspective, though, this was incredible, as it chronicles the life of a woman who had a military upbringing - to a certain extent - thanks to her dad. It was expected of her to join the army and she excelled. Despite being a sniper, she is an ordinary woman with feelings, emotions and love. She gets hurt and emotional when those around her perish.
For the Russians, she was a war hero. For the Germans, she was a villain. From a neutral perspective, its rather disconcerting calling a sniper a hero. In the end, every war hero is a nothing more than a cold blooded killer in a way - thanks to men in suits in offices declaring war. Here, the Germans are the bad guys, but in every war there are two sides to the story, and ultimately all soldiers really are just ordinary guys.
'Battle for Sevastopol' is a well made film. It is a bit slow moving and somehow a female lead in a war movie just doesn't work for me. It's not the type of war movie I'd watch again and again, but I enjoyed it as a once off watch.
From an emotional perspective, though, this was incredible, as it chronicles the life of a woman who had a military upbringing - to a certain extent - thanks to her dad. It was expected of her to join the army and she excelled. Despite being a sniper, she is an ordinary woman with feelings, emotions and love. She gets hurt and emotional when those around her perish.
For the Russians, she was a war hero. For the Germans, she was a villain. From a neutral perspective, its rather disconcerting calling a sniper a hero. In the end, every war hero is a nothing more than a cold blooded killer in a way - thanks to men in suits in offices declaring war. Here, the Germans are the bad guys, but in every war there are two sides to the story, and ultimately all soldiers really are just ordinary guys.
'Battle for Sevastopol' is a well made film. It is a bit slow moving and somehow a female lead in a war movie just doesn't work for me. It's not the type of war movie I'd watch again and again, but I enjoyed it as a once off watch.