Black Book (Zwartboek) Review

I just finished watching Black Book or Zwartboek in Dutch. I think its in dutch, cos german says schwartz for black. Right?

I usually avoid war movies cos most of the time i dont understand them and i just hate hate hate war. But this time, since its in german, it pulled me to keep watching it cos i always have a thing with german. Hiksssh.. :P So here i will explain things that i understand from this movie ok. Not from the real movie maker perspective. Only from the eyes of humble viewer.

Its about this woman named Ellis. She comes from a rich jewish family. They tried to escape germany by boat to poland. But they were ambushed by german kraut (hitlers army) and everyone died except her cos she jumped into the water.

And then she escaped. Got involved with a few dutch guys. And then a doctor fell in love with her. She was sent into this train to be with Muntze and Muntze kind of fell in love with her. And the dutch guy sent her to Muntze again to seduce him. And finally they both fell in love. I really like her to be with Muntze. And you know what, they really fell in love in this movie. Both of them, in real world! No wonder they looked so perfect together. :)

This movie is a must watch for me. Its a great movie. They know how to twist things around and make you feel cheated in the end. You know, that intelligent kind of movie.

So, the rating of the movie on imdb is 7.8. I'll give it 7.5 out of 10. Because, well what can you expect from a war movie. People die all the time. And sometimes, people who you wish they wont kill also dies. :(

So, 7.5!!