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Kampen om Narvik (2022)
Good but not what I hoped and thought it would be
The movie is absolutely a good movie.
However, I did not like that the biggest battle in the campaign and war on Norwegian soil was left out, the battle of Gratangen. I feel that the "whole" of this war history was overlooked. Even the large sea battles was not shown. In the trailer it looked like that at least would be shown in detail. This is not an epic war movie showing the Battle(s) of Narvik - It is a story of a family trying to survive the war seen from the angles of the mother and father of a young boy, showing the civilian cost, and it is fictional in that sense. Also, Bjerkvik, where 10% of the civilians died is not shown.
The scope of this battle was a lot higher. It was alot bigger than Pearl Harbor for example. It does not show. At all. Almost 10k people died and 60-70 ships was sunk.
However, if you disregard that, and had no wish for a movie that gives a more accurate description of the history of the battle of Narvik like me, this IS a good movie. Just not a movie doing justice to the history of this military history, more focus on drama.
Harsh Times (2005)
Moving and realistic
This movie is perfect in almost all ways I can think about. It's a beautiful and scary movie in the way it shows how war and violence can affect a person. When you see a person flipping out or read about it in the newspaper you often just categorize them as lunatics and psychos but this movie shows how a person can become so unstable, and does so in an emotional and moving way.
The acting is excellent, 10 points to Christian Bale and the director. Christian Bale does his best role ever and gives the movie credibility and a whole new dimension. I usually think that when a movie affects you so that you want to change the outcome of the movie or start thinking about your own life, or you in some other way get really affected and touched by the story - then the actors and directors have really done a great job.
This movie does have this extra dimension most movies lack. It's human and it's realistic. Everybody with the stomach for it should watch this film!