The Lives of Others ****1/2

'The Lives of Others' has become one of my all time favorites. I just happened to see it over at Amazon and felt like I should tell you about it. By the way, I rarely even tear up during a movie, but this one made me all-out sob!

It's about Iron Curtain East Berlin in the early 1980s and the strife felt among artists and writers. The story itself is very compelling, but for me, it became personal.

I remembered how I felt as a teenager... worried they'd drop the big one tomorrow... and those poor people! Held prisoner in their homeland! I was in West Germany in 1986 and even though I didn't experience the 'other' side of it on a first hand basis... I felt it. The scary thing was right over there! Everything I had learned to fear was just a few miles away.

'The Lives of Others' brought back some important feelings for me; the fear, the worry of the Cold War. But more importantly, it reminded me to be grateful for the progress that we have made in my lifetime. Yes, we should still complain about the government and we should still help the misfortunate. But hey, I can go to Berlin (all of it) without fear now. To many these days, the very idea seems silly... but it was very real back then.

The story and movie themselves are amazing and compelling. Everything was very well done! And to me, an important movie to help us remember, and also very important in educating our children on the past. Watch it with them. It is probably too much for the younger kids, but good for the older more mature teenagers.

I'm going to buy it now. You should too:

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