![]() ![]() Summing up - definitely worth watching, as a somehow different approach to an already very well covered subject. Not so much if you want to explore REAL dilemmas and REAL tragedies of WWII - here, those are SURREAL rather. Very thought provoking movie - if you like to think about cinema's language and purpose, or the reasons behind every evil (or even about a role of ego in those two areas respectively). end credits add another layer of interpretation to the mix. on the other hand again - the grotesque immaturity of depiction corresponds with grotesque immaturity of the very young main character who's real-life doings were the core of the story. It's refreshing to see WWII topic being treated with such a nonchalant attitude (Tarantino does not count - he is just a separate ligue of his own, and his aims with "Glorious Bestards" are just completely different in my opinion), but on the other hand "The Captain" seems bit immature, bit comic-like, bit 'form-over-substance' kind of thing. You really can't tell WHAT kind of movie this is exactly - a bit thriller, a bit war cinema, a bit western, a bit drama, a bit dark comedy, a bit fairy-tale, a bit noir, even a bit horror and poetry. ![]() An iconic waterfront hotel property on Whidbey Island, featuring a historic lodge, restaurant, water view. And, in the same time, much much much more misleading in terms of its identity. Captain Whidbey is the best hotel on Whidbey. Emboldened by the authority it suddenly grants him. But - from staging and casting, trough costumes, props, locations, acting, cinematography, to editing, and the role of music and color - "The Captain" is much much much better, more consistent and more determined in terms of aesthetics than Bigelow's vision. A German army deserter finds a Nazi captains abandoned uniform during the final weeks of World War II. Brings to my mind great "Ravenous" by Katherine Bigelow - the same, bit weird, grotesque, satirical tone of the story, the same kind of director's interest in evil within any of us.
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