SWMBO and I saw it tonight. Good movie, based on historical fact. Good acting by the leads. At least, that’s what I’m led to believe - I missed at least half the movie because it’s filmed with shaky-cam and it makes me motion sick.
As a result, I have to say: don’t waste your money on it.
Sorry about the motion sickness, Clothahump, but I just didn’t see it. I saw the film yesterday, and don’t remember the shaky camera, except in a few of the battle scenes to add to the ‘fog of war.’ I thought it was an excellent film and would recommend it. I just wonder why Liev Schrieber isn’t a bigger star.
We saw it tonight. Outstanding.
I clapped when Arkady was shot.
Excellent movie.
I am happy this story is being told. My Grandfather served as a partisan in Belarus, and my dad tells me the movie is just how his father described the experience.
Good acting by Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber.
I agree with carnivorousplant. I felt relieved when that happened.
The movie is very honest.Tuvia (Daniel Craig) is never portrayed as a saint. He does some pretty bad things, but he still comes away as a hero.
It’s nice to see a holocaust movie were the Jews fight back and win. If anyone is wondering why Jews care so much about Israel, you should take a look at this film to see how hard some of them struggled to keep themselves and their culture alive.
I didn’t notice a shaky-cam.
This is the second time Daniel Craig has played a blond-haired, blue-eyed Jewish bad-ass. For the life of me, I’ve never met a single blond-haired, blue-eyed Jew. Is there some place in this world with a significant number of these people?
[Raises hand]
[Ok, it’s a dark blond. But still].
Blue eyes as well?
Absolutely - or blue-grey, sometimes, depending on the lighting.
I won’t say that blond-over-blue coloring is all that common among Jews, but it does exist. Sort of like dark Swedes.
I also have dark blond hair and blue-gray eyes.
Maybe me and **Alessan **were separated at birth?
You were born in Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem?
Actually, my dad’s family does hail from Brooklyn, originally, so who knows?
One of the prettiest girls in my high school was a blond haired blue-eyed Jew.
Eastern Europe?
I married into a family of blue-eyed, high cheekboned Ashkenazic Jews, whose forebears were from Russia, and my two sons are fair-haired and blue-eyed (but I’m a WASP.)
Defiance looks pretty good, still can’t decide whether to see it now or wait for Netflix.