jostannie

This is without doubt one of the finest war movies made, depecting a much overlooked part of WW2 involving Finland.

Because of previous invasions into Finnish territory by Russia, Finland joined Nazi Germany when they declared war with Russia as a means to reclaim the land they had lost.

The series slowly builds each character and gives a detaled view of a soldiers life in and out of the front line. There is a welcome absense of the 'gung ho' shoot 'em up style so typical of every war film made that shows how America won the war on its own.

So take note Hollywood and see how to really make a war movie.

I reccommend this highly.

I had great expectations of this movie but I was sadly disappointed. The constant screen jumps and changes from colour to black & white were completely disorienting and I soon lost the plot in trying to grasp who was who and why. I felt that I needed to have done some prior research on who the various scientists were as each was introduced to help me grasp what was going on.

At three hours long it really stated to grate with me after the first hour and by the end of the second I couldn't stop yawning with boredom, although I did manage to stick it out to the end I came away with a headache. I wished I'd spent three hours down the pub instead.

Despite an impressive cast this is a totally overrated movie, there are far better ones out there that are half as long and twice as enjoyable. But if you want to watch something to fall asleep to this is definitely the one to for you.

How typical. The US government gets blasted to hell and the first thing the military do is kick in DEFCON2! Jesus help us from this crazy nation! The whole thing started to feel like garbage early on, where we have a frantic kitchen scene, typical of every US movie ever made, with everyone in a hurry to go somewhere rather than just sitting down to eat. Why don't these folks try getting up earlier? We then have the usual sickly sweet american pie daughter and an obnoxious teenage son who could have been taken straight out of any number of US movies & series made in the past 20years. Soon after this scene all hell breaks loose and the US wants to declare war on the world for blowing up their president, and then the FBI turns up..... at this point I switched over to watch the Simpsons.