New war movie (The Monuments Men Feature)

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For the cinema industry, this year promises to be great, full of interesting and various genre movies. If you like history and good acting actors, then this new war movie is exactly what you need to watch. The new American-German film is directed by famous actor and handsome Hollywood bachelor George Clooney, and produced by Grant Heslov. The Monuments Men trailer shows off the plot of the movie and introduces famous stars such as George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin and Bill Murray, playing their roles perfectly, as always.

New movie is based on the non-fiction book, written by Robert M. Edsel, named Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History. The motion-picture tells the story happened during World War II, when Frank Stokes, played by George Clooney tries to convince the President of the United States if the treasures of Western civilization will be lost in the battle, the victory will not have such a great meaning. To prevent that threat or try to cut it to the minimum, Stokes is sent to join an Army unit which is called the Monuments Men, which involves museum directors, art historians and curators. Both sides have to guide Allied units, look for stolen art treasures and then return them to the original owners.

During the trip to Paris, one of the curators, Claire Simone, played by Cate Blanchett, has to allow Nazi officer to supervise the theft of the stolen art, while being almost arrested for helping her relative. The mission seems failed when Claire finds out Nazi officer is taking the entire art gallery to Germany and she doesn’t want to work with people she suspects being wreckers. The unit member decides to split to observe various important architecture objects at the same time.

The main characters are frequently being questioned about the importance of their mission, how come the art treasures can be so important when thousands of people are dying around. Stokes and his unit usually find the answers that the art has very strong power and it can inspire societies and even tear them apart. They believe that the stolen treasures must belong to everyone.

The movie has great moments, such as we can see Nick Clooney, George Clooney’s father, who plays the older Frank Stokes. As a director, George Clooney, did a fantastic job and created the story full of chilling, intriguing details and scope. This movie is not just a war story, it is the true story. It is our history which we have to preserve and not to forget. The culture and history show who we are and this movie displays this point of view very clearly. For the wide audience the movie was shown at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and now it is available in world-wide theatres.

Kira Browdy