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Never thought i'd say this but...

posted 14 years ago by samwise866
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After seeing this movie I am convinced that this movie is the most heart-warming war movie ever made.

It's so strange being used to war movies filled with huge dramatic battle scenes, that this film comes along and tells a story more moving and "epic" than any action-packed kill-fest could ever hope to achieve. For the first time while watching a movie, I actually did NOT want to see any fighting or action. I was more interested in how the soldiers interacted with each other.

Bravo to whoever helped make this film. You deserve as much (if not more) acknowledge and congratulations than any big name film-maker.

10/10 from me.

[–] kahgehpeh 14 years ago

Totally agree with you.

This is one of the few war movies which actually deserves to be called "anti-war movie". To deliver its' anti-war-message the film doesn't need any violence and gore. I don't know of a lot of movies which show the absurdity of war better than this film.

[–] acwoodcraft-1 11 years ago

Agreed. Just saw this film for the first time this morning on Encore. One of the best films I've seen in quite a while.

A heart can be broken, but it still keeps a-beatin' just the same.

[–] Beffers 11 years ago

This is absolutely my favorite war movie for that reason. I find it refreshing that there is no "good side" and "bad side" to the war in this film, that all sides have both kind and unpleasant characters. A much better perspective than your average "obviously the other side is evil because they're not us, so we gotta kill 'em all!" war movie.

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[–] Errington_92 11 years ago

Although it does cross over to sentimentality, the approach to humanity was very emotive. There were many great scenes in Joyeux Noel which portray humanity in its most beautiful and rawest form.

"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not".

[–] goleafsgo27 9 years ago

If you want to see another war movie with more words than bullets, I highly recommend director Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land from 2001, set in the Bosnia war. Also his 2009 film Triage.

I have seen enough to know I have seen too much. -- ALOTO

[–] Doodlebuger 10 years ago

After the recent release of the series "Apocalypse" about WW I, a commentator made the remark that the main legacy of WW I was the rise of pacifism. After that war no one believed (except Hitler and Nazi Germany) that violence and war could solve problems. It took another world war, unfortunately, to convince the Germans.

The ultimate result of all this is the European Union, whose main purpose as stated in the preamble of the draft constitutional treaty of 2005 was to promote and foster peace (and prosperity) amongst European Nations. It sounded a bit trite as a purpose, but remembering the three major conflicts between France and Germany (and a few others), makes it rather powerful. Pity another 800 pages of infill were added to that draft treaty so it was plainly rejected by the people wherever they were allowed to vote on it (France and Netherlands).

[–] fountaincap 7 years ago

I know what you mean. I'm a huge fan of action and war movies for their spectacle. But this film made me feel closer to how I'd react in real life. I couldn't bear to watch the troops kill each other after joining in celebration and friendship.