I have seen about every WW2 movie made and I thought this ranked in the top 10 of all time. It really gave me a since of what the Russians went through during the war especially at Stalingrad. It had great special effects, good acting and of...
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I have seen about every WW2 movie made and I thought this ranked in the top 10 of all time. It really gave me a since of what the Russians went through during the war especially at Stalingrad. It had great special effects, good acting and of course a love story. If you have not watched this movie I recommend you do.

World War Two movies out there is the famous movies out there, unlike World War One, theres a huge lineup of World War Two films out there. Enemy at the Gates delivers a superb and remarkable masterpiece for everyone. Enemy at the Gates is a World...
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World War Two movies out there is the famous movies out there, unlike World War One, theres a huge lineup of World War Two films out there. Enemy at the Gates delivers a superb and remarkable masterpiece for everyone. Enemy at the Gates is a World War Two film about the struggles of unexperienced soldiers who is given either a firearm or a pelt of ammo, and officers will shoot you if you retreat.

Jean-Jacques Annaud went to the impossible and made this movie out of scartch. Everything from the way the unexperienced Russian soldiers acted and how the struggles of them trying to not fall back or run away in cowardice and get shot by Russians. The starting of the film, where you see what seemed to be the first Russian level in the popular videogame, Call of Duty, where everyone either gets ammo or a rifle. ITs just heartbreaking to watch the officers hand an ammo and not a rifle. Jean-Jacques Annaud previous work is "The Lover"(1991),The Bear 1988 ,Seven Years in Tibet 1997 ,Quest for Fire 1999 ,Two Brothers 2004 ,Running Free 2000 ,Name of The Rose 1986 and
Black and White in Color In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev(Jude Law) stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The political officer Danilov(Joseph Fiennes) leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper Koneig(Ed Harris) to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper. "Enemy At The Gates" certainly paints a vivid, graphic depiction of war. The atmosphere is unsettling and bleak, the characters are almost always dirty and sleepless, the fighting scenes consist of brief, short, instantaneous shots, but the sequences are fast-paced, genuine, and disturbing. The city looks battered and tormented. The dialogue goes hand and hand with the character's actions; the plot is challenging and the movie is focused, about something solid. In the sequences where Koenig and Zaitsev challenge one another, the tension is very effective. The movie tends to realize that, and concentrates a great deal of effort in making those scenes suspenseful and taut. Joseph Fiennes plays a meek, nervous character and does a good job at bringing him to life believably. Jude Law, whose last work in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" provides a tough act to follow, accomplishes great things with a determined and assiduous character. Ed Harris is the standout actor here, in a harrowing, steadfast, juicy performance. Rachel Weisz cannot do a whole lot with her character, however. She often feels strained and contrived.

"Enemy At The Gates" tries hard to express the subject of the media's influence in our culture. If the film, co-written and directed by Jean-Jaques Annaud ("Seven Years in Tibet"), would have stayed on that concept, it would have been a whole lot better. The romance between Zaitsev and Tania is kind of unnecessary, and I am not sure if the sex scene is obligatory or advances their relationship. This love side story lacks passion; a lot of it feels mechanical and routine. "Enemy At The Gates" is still a consistently intriguing war film-rare because it does not involve Americans. While we are never really concerned about the outcome of the actual war, nor do we entirely care about several aspects of the main characters, there are many good scenes of suspense, and the overall mood of the movie is effective. "Enemy at the Gates" is worth seeing if it sounds interesting to you.

Enemy at the Gates shows the depicts the battle between a Russian and German sniper. It has really well done enviroments and shows us the Russian perspective of World War II which in my opinion is the most important. I suggest that anyone who...
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Enemy at the Gates shows the depicts the battle between a Russian and German sniper. It has really well done enviroments and shows us the Russian perspective of World War II which in my opinion is the most important. I suggest that anyone who likes war movies should definitely go check out Enemy at the Gates.