The amazing Waltz with Bashir

This new film from Israel, a mixture of animation-cum-docu-drama, could be summed up in these words:

It's an amazing, unique feat with sheer mesmerizing wonder.

Rarely has a rotoscoped animation (remember Waking Life & A Scanner Darkly?) been so captivating and proved to have used the 2D medium so wisely. The film's about a war veteran who lost his memories of his days in the Lebanon War back in the 80s, and the rotoscoped animation does exceedingly well in illustrating the surreal-nature of his haunted memories as he attempts to piece together his past through interviews with other veterans and people involved in the war.

Throughout the film, we see sequence after sequence of stories of the Lebanon War pieced together by war veterans, reporters, and even from the protagonist himself as he recollects his lost memories. These sequences are beautiful, surreal, and mesmerizing, and coupled with the wondrous orchestral music, they make for an extraordinary, spine-chilling experience. You'll have to see it for yourself to "get" it.

It's a rare honour to have come across a powerful film of such subtle magnitude. Ari Folman, the director (as the main war veteran protagonist) did an exceedingly good job in directing and acting in the film. Needless to say, the animation (mix of 2D, Flash & 3D) is the strongest point of the film - very fluid, realistic and consistent throughout - fitting the whole notion of how memories are often idealized/beautified in our minds adequately.

My rating for "Waltz with Bashir": 10/10

Other past recent films watched:
-Crazy Sexy Cancer - 5/10
-The Rape of Europa - 6/10
-RocknRolla - 6/10
-Saw V - 4/10
-The Wrestler - 7/10
-House of Saddam - 6/10
-Eagle Eye - 4/10
-Benjamin Button - 10/10