Memorable, crazy movie

best movie i've ever seen.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

But their accents ruined it..Almost stopped watching after 10 minutes because a Russian Shepherd with a London accent was such a joke! Bob Hoskins as a Russian high command was definitely not believable.

Movie Review: "Enemy At The Gates" (2001)World-premiering on the "Berlinale" on February 7th 2001, "Enemy At The Gates" fulfills under Jean-Jacques Anaud's direction the requirements of finding a suspense-striving showdown of an informal "World-War-II" sniper duel between a Russian and a German sharp shooter chasing from a deserted Eastern front village to an abandoned Freight-train station, bringing supreme actors Ed Harris and Jude Law together into one movie by keeping nevertheless their distances to deadly consequences, when superb supporting characters portrayed by Rachel Weisz over Ron Perlman to Bob Hoskins and Joseph Fiennes, acting as Russian superior operatives in vodka-drinking offices, when this "House of Cards" of a "World-War-II-movie" fails to convince throughout a 125-Minute-Editorial by Noelle Boisson & Humphrey Dixon, who just keep scene-in for too-long at endless tension build-up efforts of emotionally-fading character relationships that come to an end in nevertheless poetic visuals ignited by director Annaud, known for "The Name Of The Rose" (1986) starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater, in further overly romanticized cinematography as accuracy-preaching production design under an minor unexpectedly, impressively-mixed score by unless always-surprising James Horner (1953-2015), when this all despite, flaw-inhabiting war-action-picture, attracts a technically-obsessive audience.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

When I saw this film years ago, I was obviously completely captured by it. Of course, I knew right away that it wasn't historically accurate and that his encounter with major Konig wasn't so dramatic but I didn't care much.I was also aware that the film was based on Vasilij's own "notes" (Notes of a Russian Sniper) but it took me some time before I found time to read this book. Coincidently, I've tried one of the sniper versions of Mosin Nagant shortly before that.When I finally read the book, I saw the ugliness of the film in all its horrendous monstrosity. No, Soviets didn't arm only a half of their troops. No, they didn't shoot at them when they retreated. Vasilij wasn't some grunt. He was well educated and used to be an office rat but he decided to give up his warm position and volunteered to go to Stalingrad instead so he could his grandpa's training to good use. His superiors recognized his talents immediately and made him a sniper and later on, an instructor. They respected his intelligence and encouraged him to do things his own way. He was never a propaganda puppet and was, in fact, more real than Chris Kyle. He was also a humble man and adapted well to life after the war. He continued in his studies and eventually became a professor.This film is yet another dark spot on Hollywood's resume.

Enemy at the gates is a dramatic WWII story of a Russian sniper and journalist and how they become friends and attempt to survive the war against the attacking Nazi war machine. But after the boys survive a massive German attack they make their way back to the base the journalist writes the story of the sniper and he becomes a hero of Stalingrad. Once the sniper becomes an icon he is used as propaganda just as much as he is a weapon of war.The story takes place in Stalingrad in Russia 1942 our main characters are Vassili the sniper commissar Danilov the journalist Major Konig the Nazi sniper and Tania the female sniper. The movie takes place in multiple places throughout Stalingrad.Jude law the man who Vassili did a phenomenal job just like the rest of the actors ED Harris (major Konig) Rachel weisz (Tania) and Joseph Fiennes (commissar Danilov) all did a fantastic job really pulled me into the film and got me invested.I have an overall interest in WWII history and I love to see it brought to life on the big screen. Especially since it is a representation of real events. If you have an interest in this type of film you will be invested into every second of every scene.One thing everyone needs to realize when watching a film like this is how the people effected felt, how it changed every aspect of their life. But during all of that you have to keep moving on and stay alive and moving.I would recommend this movie for someone looking for a history lesson on something they don't teach much of in school, I would give it a rated R rating because it has sensitive but it is well worth the watch.I could give it a B+ or an A it is a really good movie.I am Jordan Zimmerman and I'm a senior in high school, I'm working as a cook in a bar I love WWII history and continue to study the subject.