Director:
Edward ZwickCámara:
Eduardo SerraMúsica:
James Newton HowardReparto:
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Tomas Arana, Mark Margolis, Clayton Frohman, Jacek Koman, George MacKay (más)Sinopsis(1)
Basada en hechos reales, es una épica historia de familia, honor, venganza y salvación en la 2ª Guerra Mundial. Corre el año 1941 y los judíos de Europa Oriental están siendo masacrados a millares. Tres hermanos logran escapar de una muerte segura y se refugian en los densos bosques de alrededor de su casa, que conocen desde su infancia. Allí inician su desesperada lucha contra los nazis. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber y Jamie Bell interpretan a esos hermanos que convierten la lucha por la supervivencia en algo mucho más importante, una forma de vengar las muertes de sus seres queridos al salvar a miles de personas. Al principio es cuanto pueden hacer para sobrevivir pero, poco a poco, a medida que se extienden los rumores sobre su coraje, empiezan a atraer a otros, hombres y mujeres, jóvenes y ancianos, dispuestos a arriesgarlo todo por un instante siquiera de libertad. Tuvia se convierte en el líder a su pesar, pero sus decisiones son cuestionadas por su hermano, Zus, al que le preocupa que los idealistas planes de Tuvia acaben por condenarlos a todos. Asael el hermano más joven, está atrapado entre la intensa rivalidad de sus hermanos. Ante la llegada del crudo invierno, se esfuerzan por crear una comunidad, y por mantener viva la fe cuando el mundo parece haber perdido toda su humanidad. (Aurum Producciones)
(más)Reseñas (7)
Una película bonita y buena, pero también podría haber sido hermosa y excelente. Temas como este simplemente no son bien atendidos por la visión estadounidense simplificada que divide claramente a todos en buenos y malos, y siempre brinda un rescate dramático de último minuto. Con qué me conquistó Edward Zwick en el «cuento de hadas» El último samurái, no puede funcionar en un drama sobre judíos perseguidos. Este es otro vano intento por parte del director de congraciarse con la Academia. Los actores y James Newton Howard son excelentes, aunque este último se roba su propia partitura para El bosque.
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I'm reluctant to give a lower rating to a film with a Jewish pogrom theme (this dark side of human history needs to be remembered, and I'm glad for any such film), but what am I left with when Zwick's auteurist approach managed to kill even such a strong subject? I'm thinking in particular of the typical Hollywood trademark "last minute", here represented by the final redemptive attack on the tank, which sent the whole experience reliably into a tailspin. For God's sake, is there anyone who still enjoys this tired and abused cliché? Hollywood playing soldier again, don't give me the "true story" claim! And Zwick needs to get his ass spanked with a seven-armed candlestick. The actors, the music and the atmosphere of the Belarusian forests (or Lithuanian forests, where the film was shot) are almost flawless.
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Typical Zwick. In this case, that’s a bad thing. A heroic story about an unreal partisan adventure with a biblical parallel in the second plan. It’s built on the old and worn out "based on a true story" model, and what it needed was a good dose of rawness and not kitschy images of the Belarusian forest. Zwick's characters escape, which, assuming the story is based on them, is a major problem that even top actors can't dig him out of. What it lacks is any fatefulness when the difficult decisions are made (and the script offers plenty of them), which is replaced by piecing together a clichéd puzzle from pieces long ago grasped elsewhere. I didn't care that it (apparently) really happened because it is served in the form of a standard movie to satisfy sentimental viewers. The first half of it pissed me off, and by the second half, I had completely checked out. However, I do believe that in the final showdown on the meadow, some people had to give it a standing ovation. I, on the other hand, wanted to kick Zwick in the balls.
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A modern-day Moses performed by an actor who would score about a hundred and ten percent on the “looks like an Arian" scale, walks around the woods for two and a quarter hours, all the time babbling away in dumb English with an “Eastern Bloc" accent. And sometimes he looks so content strolling through those woods that you get the urge to switch off the TV and go take a walk in real-life woods. However, it does have the advantage that when they are casting the main protagonist for a remake of Rambo, Liev Schreiber is the obvious choice. That guy grows with every movie he makes.
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From the comments, it is evident that some movie fans would prefer to watch Rambo or Ozerov's epic films full of gigantic war scenes, where heroic Soviet soldiers crush German divisions in grand style. However, I find Zwick's film to not be a top-notch, but likable above-average spectacle that dignifies and accurately portrays a very dark period of World War II, namely the Belarusian genocide. These massacres did not spare the non-Jewish population, so even several decades after the end of World War II, the population of Belarus was significantly lower than before the war. Zwick is skilled at navigating between commercial entertainment and film with artistic depth. As for the ratio of war scenes, I have no problem with a significant portion of the film consisting of dialogues and descriptions of Jewish refugees' survival in the Belarusian forests. In fact, Zwick tends to exaggerate, as the majority of the actions of this partisan group involved obtaining provisions since they had a substantial number of women and elderly people, unlike other groups. However, the script does not achieve the rawness that probably corresponds to the reality of people surviving in insane conditions, which cannot be expected from a mainstream film of this kind. The only things that significantly bothered me were the noble phrases from the camp leader's mouth and the general poor dialogue, which ultimately cost the film one star. As for Daniel Craig, he acts very well, as is customary for him, however, type-wise, he didn't completely suit his role. On the other hand, Liev Schreiber perfectly embodied the character of his partisan and avenger. Overall impression: 80%.
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Edward Zwick surprisingly fails where he is usually strongest. The film is carried in a strangely pathetic and clichéd manner, and the action sequences are a great disappointment; they are quite confusing, lacking in brutality and bloodshed. As a historical reconstruction, the film is considerably ineffective. The smaller budget was noticeable. The sets and production design are not as top-notch as we are accustomed to from Zwick. But it still holds true that he cannot make a completely bad film. He’s a clever guy because he always chooses an interesting subject that even if he messes it up, there will still be a solid storyline. Defiance is not necessarily bad, but it is not particularly interesting either, nor is it very captivating to watch.
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This film is not as good as The Last Samurai... And I actually liked Blood Diamond a little more... But as far as "new" war movies go, it's definitely above average. Among other things, I realized that I must be a person who likes kitsch - the cinematography and the shots of the forests, which were criticized by some, are, in my opinion, absolutely breathtaking and the finale in the meadow took my breath away, although I was expecting it (and to be a bit more epic). Otherwise the actors (all the brothers) are exemplary (only Schreiber could have been given a bit more space), and I also liked the character of the Jewish teacher. And the action? Let Annaud can get out of here with what he does in Enemy at the Gates! Here you can see the air raid the way it should be. Three and three-quarters.
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