Passchendaele

So I saw the movie and I'm ready to do my assessment of the film.

I'm going to saw I liked it and thought it was a powerful and emotional film that explores and important part of our history. But I also have to admit I didn't love it. The battle scenes, Vimy Ridge in the beginning, and Passchendaele at the end, were some of the most realistic combat scenes I ever saw in a movie. What Spielberg did for D-Day, Paul Gross has done for Passchendaele. The love story, however, I could have done without, simply because it was unnecessary. Paul Gross could have made a tremendous film if he stuck to exploring the Battle of Passchendaele instead of leaving it for the last half hour.

That being said, I think the movie is important, as I discussed on my other blog, it's a rare day when there's a Canadian made film about our own history. I found it emotional as most of you well know if you have been reading this blog, Jack was there as a stretcher bearer. Many other older people in the theatre thought as well as some of the them were visibly crying. A thought perhaps about a long dead First World War Veteran Father or Grandfather?

Bravo to Paul Gross for making the film but it could have been a tad better.