drarthurwells

I was bored through most of this film, but the knowledge of a previous good review of it, and the film's plot unpredictability, kept me watching.

The ending was stunning.

Worth the wait for me and maybe for you.

It was an affirmation of my understanding of human nature, which is based on reality and not religious or political idealism.

In a world layered with multi-levels of different kinds of BS, we must not lose sight of the fact that there is a wolf inside use, and in some of us more than others.

Beware of the wolf!

This movie has appeal, mainly to women and feminine types, based only on emotion.

The strength and devotion of the mother toward her child is well portrayed, however, and the boy does a great job of acting like a spoiled and over-protected child. The mother's love in spoiling the boy, given the terrible circumstances, is quite loving and appropriate though.

The movie is boring as would be living in a small room for 5 years without ever going out. That is the essence of this film.

Naturally the critics, and those with more emotion than intellect, are gushing over it.

Watch it and find out if I am wrong.

An excellent production depicting the grim reality of Hitler's concentration camps, focusing on the story of Saul, an inmate seeking some return to normal human existence in the context of his horrible life and soon impending death.

I couldn't help thinking that Saul was nuts (which is true) in his totally futile, and compulsively driven, quest for a return to normalcy in his life. Particularly when this nutty behavior on Saul's part compromised the efforts of the other inmates to deal with their terrible situation in a rational matter that offered some real hope instead of Saul's delusionally and emotionally based actions that were totally empty acts.

The conflict here is between rational attempts toward success as demonstrated by the other inmates as a group, and Saul's impeding their efforts with his individual selfish and psychotic actions that only provide for his temporary emotional (but no real lasting) fulfillment.

Not sure why the critics, or anyone else, loved this one.