 Even in the darkest and most dire situations, there is still beauty to be found even if it is imaginary That's a hot mug guys. Hey guys got another movie suggestion here from one of my gold snicker bars patreon supporters Joe I'm not gonna try and pronounce your last name because I know I'm gonna botch it He suggested to me life is beautiful and this is a film that I've actually seen around for a while This film was released in 1997 and it was written and directed and starred Roberto Benignini, I apologize if I said that wrong. He would go on to win the best actor award This film would also win best score and best foreign film. It was also nominated for best pictures So for all of those who get all nippy about parasite being nominated in winning best picture It's not the first time a foreign film has been in that situation before the film follows Guido Italian Jew who finds the beautifulness in all of life whether it be from his interactions with his friends his co-workers his Patrons when he's working as a waiter are his princess who would eventually become his wife and the mother of his child the film starts off Actually quite jovial if anything it reminds me a lot of examples of black and white features I would see from the Charlie Chaplin days Essentially it is the same camera motion the same humor the same kind of upbeat Personality of those films but obviously with color music sound and acting and voice to work and whatnot And one of the best parts about this film I would say is its consistency to its tone because about the first 20 30 minutes. I would say it's very happy It's very jovial and then it just slowly starts to go down when we see the first mention of Jewish store or no Jews or dogs allowed in stores it's at this point where it just slowly starts to go down and As the film progresses and as things get a little bit worse and as times get darker and eventually Guido his wife and his son go to a concentration camp things just slowly start to go down more and more and more But all the while Guido is trying to keep his son in a positive upbeat attitude by kind of Creating a false illusion of the area they're in and all while this is happening We still see Guido really being subjugated to what is happening in the concentration camp And it keeps going lower and lower and lower And there's little points here and there where you think things will get better Or maybe even take a little bit of a turn when he for instance meets with one of his former Customers a doctor who you like to do riddles with and it's at this point We think it's going to turn upwards and you think that he's going to get a way out or maybe get some sort of help He builds it up He builds up this whole interaction this quiet little conversation with him And then it's just a riddle and the face that Guido makes in that scene is the exact same face I had I couldn't believe it. I was just so Flabbergasted and just so downhearted by this point and again the film Continues to go down as more and more darkness and more and more of the reality that they are in becomes more apparent And then the film ends with trying to do this little tick up back up here And I'll admit I'm a bit kind of on the fence about the tick up here But before I talk about that I want to say that the acting in this film is fantastic Roberto Bengini is fantastic in this movie He's so cordial. He's so interesting in terms of just his upbeat and his creative persona You can't help but have a smile on your face every time he's talking about something any time he's interacting with his princess Any time he's trying to woo her over it reminds me of old black and white features, but kind of modernized It definitely reminds me of them with the Spaces where they shoot holy shit. Do any of these places have ceilings? It's so high I couldn't believe how big some of the buildings they were in and I do enjoy how the film does try to keep this Positive upbeat attitude even while they're in the concentration camp because that's what he's trying to do He's trying to give a positive image for his son However, just because I've seen Schindler's less and just because I've seen a bunch of other films obviously about the Holocaust It's a little odd that the worst thing that they kind of get around to is them lifting all these heavy metals Yeah, there's the part where there's the body pile, which is this absolutely weird Mat painting that it just kind of looked a bit obscure to me It also didn't look Vertically correct, but that's just a nitpick of me Weedow is trying not only to improve and kind of cast an illusion on what's going on to his son He's also kind of doing it to you as well right up until the ending which has that very disheartening Part in it and I was very sad by that. I was hurt I was hit like I said right at the very end just to solve the son the voiceover is his son And he's like this is the sacrifice my father made for me and there's no talking about it whatsoever It does keep along with the theme of the film and the theme of what Guido was trying to do for his son But it just feels like it just ends and I was a little bit odded out by that and the fact that this is rated the 21st best movie of the 250 films on IMDB is a little bit Mmm to me it is a very well put together film for 1998 don't get me wrong It has great parts in it. It has great characters. It has great music. The music is very well done The theme of it is good to an extent, but it also feels like it's kind of like a PG-13 version of the Holocaust I just feel that for such a subject matter to properly convey it It's very hard to do it without going into the incredible nitty gritty that Schindler's List is the closest film I've seen to doing that are the gray zone So that's maybe my major nitpick with the film is that it doesn't properly Articulate the actual darkness of the Holocaust it kind of did cast this slight Kind of illusion over it. That's not even just Guido's illusion of it, but just how it's portrayed. It's Quite clean and it's quite not the worst I would find but maybe that was what he was going for again Kind of keeping with the theme of the films that he is clearly based in this film off of him How it's put together also something else that I noticed not during the actual review But during the editing process here is that the passage of time in this film is near all non-existent They arrive at the camp a little bit happens here and there then all of a sudden the war is over The visual representation of time is almost non-existent in this movie. That's another little bit of a nitpick I have either way though. I do like life is beautiful. I think it's very well put together I was very entertained throughout the whole viewing. I'm gonna give this film a six out of seven It's not 21st best film of all time in my opinion I even thought it was gonna be in my edition of one thousand one movies. You must see it's not even in Nightmare on Elm Street is in here, but not life is beautiful. So I thought that was kind of humorous to me But in the end, thank you Joe for the suggestion It was a great movie to watch and I'm happy that I've seen it And if you would like to give me your movie suggestions or participate in polls about what I review next Maybe you would like to become a patreon supporter You'll find a link to that in the description below Otherwise guys, I hope you enjoyed this review if you did leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe Otherwise, see you guys next time. Thanks for watching the video My name is Nits and you might remember me from the animated cult classic TV show undergrads It's been a while, but I'm happy to say the click is finally getting back together in an all-new movie Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign But we are still asking for your support to see any and all updates about the upcoming undergrads movie Be sure to check out and like the bring back undergrads Facebook page and with any luck. We'll see you guys soon