One of the best things about it is the lack of any strong narrative arc. Most war movies (like most movies period) tend to have real structure in their plot, character development, and so on. But Come and See is almost episodic, and that really nails this feeling of being surrounded by insane, arguably meaningless events that are entirely outside of your control.
It's also not told as history. I'm not able to explain it very well (apparently my tea hasn't kicked in yet) but all these terrible things are happening to the characters right now. We tend to think about WW2 stories in the real world context, where it has a happy ending of sorts, but that wasn't how it felt at the time even to the soldiers who were winning. The whole world was ending this moment, every second was either boredom waiting for the apocalypse or some actual apocalypse. And this terrible coin flip just keeps repeating. Come and See actually has that feel to it.
girafa on December 27th, 2019 at 17:23 UTC »
Where is it being re-released?
ElMatasiete7 on December 27th, 2019 at 18:31 UTC »
This is a straight up horror movie
deadscreensky on December 27th, 2019 at 19:27 UTC »
This is an incredible film.
One of the best things about it is the lack of any strong narrative arc. Most war movies (like most movies period) tend to have real structure in their plot, character development, and so on. But Come and See is almost episodic, and that really nails this feeling of being surrounded by insane, arguably meaningless events that are entirely outside of your control.
It's also not told as history. I'm not able to explain it very well (apparently my tea hasn't kicked in yet) but all these terrible things are happening to the characters right now. We tend to think about WW2 stories in the real world context, where it has a happy ending of sorts, but that wasn't how it felt at the time even to the soldiers who were winning. The whole world was ending this moment, every second was either boredom waiting for the apocalypse or some actual apocalypse. And this terrible coin flip just keeps repeating. Come and See actually has that feel to it.