Life is beautiful...Movie Opinion..

Just thought of pouring in my thoughts after watching the movie “Life is Beautiful”, a English remake of an Italian movie by Roberto Benigni.

Rarely do you find a brainy movie, with heart in its right place. It is one movie which explores all the emotions a human could possibly have. There are instances which make you laugh like anything, and there are instances where you find it difficult to control your tears. You pity the characters, sympathize with them, at the same time, you may even thank god that you were not born in that era.

I have never seen a movie taking a humorous attitude on racism slur. No way can a “superior” race be shown more sarcastic than the one in which the hero depicts the superiority of “belly button and ears”, and that too in a classroom. And there is another one involving “Spiders and Visigoths being not allowed in a shop". The way in which the hero’s character is built throughout the first half, and the way he uses his “built” character in the second half is also amazing.

No words about the second half of the movie, especially scenes in the Nazi camp, like the one where he translates German language to English/Italian. Not a single scene involving the mass extermination or the bloody killings, but way better means for anyone to understand it. The cute kid, the beautiful “Aryan” wife, the hero’s uncle, all the characters blend into the movie perfectly.

I would have written more, but I don’t want this to be a spoiler to those who have not watched the movie so far.