Disturbing yet enthralling

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The first time I watched Waltz with Bashir I could not believe my eyes. I had never seen anything quite like that before. I had approached it aware that it was an animation about the endless troubles that have tormented the Middle East for decades. I learned that it actually is a documentary telling about a quite specific bit of the History of those people. A shockingly realistic documentary about memory as well. The personal memory becomes, perhaps, collective memory. So it might as well be said that the struggle of the individual trying to cast a light on the most shocking and frightening war memories of his could be read as a collective try to deal with the past of whole nations and communities in war-torn areas of the world. The whole work is a cry for peace, carried out with a very peculiar technique, an outstanding music score and scenes of unparalleled cinematic poetry. I will never grow tired of reccomending this movie to any adult.

Boaz is haunted by 26 dogs chasing him. As an Israeli soldier fighting in Lebanon, his job is to take out the dogs since he's unable to kill people. Ari Folman has blocked out many memories from his days fighting there. Boaz's story has waken something in his brain. He starts searching for his past by talking to old comrades about their time in Lebanon and discover the truth about what happened in Beirut.This is a harrowing animated historical recounting of a devastating incident and a devastating war. The war stories are as powerful as any of the great anti-war movies. It takes apart a war, memories and a massacre. It is a powerful movie.

I am usually rating movies based on their genre. Since there are few animated documentaries around, this by itself would place Vals Im Bashir pretty high, but while I was trying to find flaws in the film, I realized that I am having difficulty doing that. Perhaps the only one that makes sense is that the animation is very basic, Adobe Flash like, other than that, it is something that touches on both factual and emotional level, without being heavy handed.To put it in perspective, it is the story of an Israeli man trying to understand why he forgot what happened during the war in Lebanon and his journey to remembering. It is not a propaganda film, but a personal documentary film of the director's journey: the man in the film.I can only recommend it.

The psychological conflict of the war brilliantly explained I must say this animation is very similar to the story of a book. Achieve illustrate all without taste of war, human stupidity, feelings and small flashes of humanity that can go into a war.Walts with Bashir could be described as a well-narrated film without vices or propaganda.Quickly, the story grabs you and you live the torments of characters in each of the situations presented.This is a film that should be present in the election of a film lover.For me completely exceeded my expectations, so I evaluated with 10