Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

hatlad Firstly, who in the hell consulted them on US military uniforms and insignia? Whoever it was really took the producers' money. Staff Sergeant stripes AND 1st Lieutenant bars? Or even worse with Major's oak leaves? Good night! And all the homosexual love scenes was just ridiculous. Nothing more than an amateurist attempt at being so politically-correct as to attract followers just for that and not the amateuristic production.Mostly symbolism and little substance. And really amateur mistakes in wardrobe to boot.

rasavirtually Agree, this series incorporate a multitude of well-researched characters and subplots. To the credit of the creative team - the portrayal of east and west is quite balanced without dismissing the dehumanizing effects of communist dystopia. Unquestionably the portrayal is astute and brilliant of the grotesque distortion of human dignity forced by the system. In some ways this series remind me of Dante's inferno - I want to see who will have dignity in the face of adversity, how will they survive? In that respect these series are brilliant!*Spoiler alert* In contrast some other reviewers, I do not believe in being spoon fed overdigested characters. One does not have to be a genius to understand that Sabine and Lars are twins (the same picture in Gregor Weber and Dagmar Cutter apartments). I am eager to see season 2 - one should lobe eager to see whether Lars will become a double agent. How will Lars figure out that Dagmar is his mother - will he discover his picture from Dagmar's secret chest? Gregor Weber will be in precarious situation - his petty "spying" for the system is his mandatory benevolence for his wife defecting to the West. The overzealous factory worker will likely to start reporting on Lars' father - the same way this youngster started reporting on his own family members (Stazi has converted him to a psychopath social climber, eager to please his masters). I am sure some people in the West can relate to this character. A separate moral predicament in the subsequent season should relate to Dagmar Weber - she will regret not disclosing to her daughter Sabine their origins from East Berlin. If Sabine would have known, perhaps she would have figured and would have not committed incest with Lars. Emil Faber was the only one who have seen that Lars was seducing his mother Lauren (in the photo booth pictures from his mother's wallet). The most surprising to me was the question by reviewer "Who are the "loosers" digging the tunnel?" It does not take a genius to notice that socialism "encase" people - a paint-red haired teenager does not fit in the predetermined ideal of socialist youth. His father (Barmann baker) would sacrifice his life to allow his son to live (otherwise his son would be in the psychiatric system or alcoholic in this environment). They are not losers - they are outcasts of socialism, who have courageous personalities (unlike sleazy insecure coward Tobias), they have a dream, Just like Axel has - they are talented personalities with dignity. What is not to understand?!

melberlin89 Living in the states as a German immigrant I am always excited to find intriguing mini series like "Generation War" on platforms like Netflix. This one started of extremely promising with wonderful cinematography, great costumes, interesting characters and great acting performances. Needless to say that Tom Schilling's talent adds to any production. When I watched the last episode everything began to shatter for me. None of the character's story lines were finished, no conclusions given. If this was a continuing TV Show I could deal with this a whole lot better but so far a second season has not been confirmed. The ratings on German television were rather mediocre so I doubt we will get the answers the viewers and the show deserved.

afeldma I suppose this could be described as a six-part family drama, set on both sides of the Berlin Wall in the early 1970s. Two brothers live in the same apartment house in East Berlin: one has been raising his 25 year old son by himself; the other has two daughters, the younger being trained as an Olympic swimmer. The older brother is a weary but loyal patriot to the Marxist state (and an informer); the young brother is a schoolteacher, ambivalent and timid. On the other side of the Wall an American intelligence officer, his wife, and their daughter, will become intertwined with the family in the East when the 25- year-old, who is trained as a "romeo" spy, is told to set his sites on American woman intelligence officer. With unflinching force, the series explores the way love can be repulsively distorted and corrupted by political pressures. (Thus lots of images of gloppy food, and crude strategies for seduction.). The irresistible metaphor (implied by the title) is that these two vastly different ideologies co-exist under the same sky, just as lovers, or, indeed, a family, can be brutally divided by different priorities and ambitions. The critique of any and all ends justifying "lofty" means falls more heavily on East Germany, of course, depicted as close to a slave state, but the series does allow space for those who remain socialist idealists to express their ill-conceived hopes too. At times the suspense is riveting, but the writer also takes time, as well, to explore the psychological intimacies of at least half-a-dozen varied relationships, gay, straight, and familial, each affected by this East-West divide. I liked this drama very much as it is, enough to hope there won't be a second season: the final image of this first season says everything about how family fear and dishonesty, and political subterfuge and ruthlessness, corrupt the very essence of innocent human affection and love. So in my view, nothing further needs to be seen or known . . . though a viewer is likely to be thoroughly attached to many of the characters by the end, and would, I suppose, be curious to know the aftermath of what has occurred in detail. Alas, though, very clear vectors have already been drawn.