Walk on Water
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Movie Reviews of Walk on Water
Movie Review: Please make time to see this fantastic film
Summary: 5 Stars
Finally, I get to review the best movie I've seen in ages. Even when "Walk on Water" was playing here at our local theater, it didn't show up in the unreliable "Movie Showtimes" feature on amazon. So, the only way to express my zeal for it was to review the obscure (from a US perspective) PAL release. Lior Ashkenazi is Israel's biggest screen star right now. This film demonstrates why. He's a magnetic presence.
How good a movie is this? Imagine a movie about the Mossad that also shows up in amazon member lists until the heading "Great gay films you might have missed." Or, imagine an Israeli-released film that manages to be sensitive to Palestinians while also showing Mossad carrying out a hit. Or one that takes on the always delicate issues of Nazism and how today's young German generation is dealing with that past. All of that takes balance and nuance, which "Walk's" writing, direction and acting has in spades.
I encourage all fans of international cimena to please make time to see "Walk on Water." It's well worth the effort.
Movie Review: Perfect Balance
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie attempts to show the effects that 2 of the world's most notorious conflicts have on today's society. Namely, the World War 2 and the Israel - Palestine tension. In the film, Eyal's assassination of a Hamas leader is one of many by-products of the tension between Israel and Palestine. In being tasked with tracking down a Nazi war criminal, Eyal is now faced with the fallouts that the World War 2 has on Jews and Germans, particularly the descendants of Germans who had lived through World War 2 and who perhaps may have participated in the war itself.
The film achieves a perfect balance in telling the story of violent conflicts and their after-effects as well as the story of human prejudices and reconciliation. This is achieved through the softening of hard facts told in the story by the human emotions and relationships built up in in the film, thereby making this film easy to watch. The film ends on a hopeful note for the world by emphasizing on two of the greatest of all human emotions: love and reconciliation.
Movie Review: a non-review (just a comment)
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, let me state that I have not yet seen this film. The rating above is based on reviews and research on the film. I have long looked forward to seeing it and plan, at long last, to do so today. The single reviewer of the film appartently stated that "It is doubtful I will ever visit Germany as a tourist." Presumably, this means after having viewed this film? This equates to one saying I will never visit Japan because of Pearl Harbor or England because of the American Revolution. More appropriately, it is like me saying I will never visit Russia or Poland because of the murders, mass rapes and other wanton crimes that took places during the flight and explusion of the German population from Eastern Germany (Silesia,East Prussia etc.) in l945-l947. Never visiting Germany again because of events prior and during WWII to me seems like a clear case of chastising the sons for the crimes of the fathers. I look forward to viewing the film today and will enter the theatre with a completely open mind.Movie Review: Brilliant movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie and one that actually deserved the awards that it won. The characters are developed and interesting - the viewer starts to care about them. They are not stereotyped, but individuals. The film is a mixture of action, good dialogue and moving emotional scenes. I have shown it to all of my friends (Jewish and non Jewish) and they have all loved it and wanted to watch it again to savour the tiny details which they may have missed the first time.
It is filmed in a mixture of Hebrew, English and German.
Lior Ashkenazi is now a sex symbol in his native Israel and after watching this film you will see why - a really engaging, empathetic star.
Highly recommended!
Movie Review: It is possible to walk on water!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the quintessential depiction of humanity, friendship, and heroism. I hoped while watching the movie that it was not another "Broke Back Mountain", and I was pleasantly surprised to discover it is not. The smart and penetrating exploration of a professional killer's soul and his journey back to humanity reveals not only moral values, but also the complexity of Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
It is amazing how Arabic/Israeli filmmakers are moving toward political and human maturity. After watching this movie, I have concluded that the radicals on both sides will not stop the peace making with that much awareness. Great movie.....