Review of The Counterfeiters (2007) by Nicholas S — 23 Aug 2011

Thouroughly enjoyed the movie, not because I find the prospect of a holocaust in any way entertaining but because it portrays a victory at a time when there were such a huge number of losses that it must have been hard to retain any hope. The fundamental lynchpin of the film is an ingenious scam to escape Nazi persecution, involving the forging of millions of British pounds in order to weaken the enemy's economy. Allegedly, the movie was based on a true story, which I think makes it all the more remarkable. Perhaps one connotation of the film is to give hope to contemporary genocide sufferes throuout the world such those affected by Sadam Husseins efforts to effectically ethnically cleanse Iraq of the Kurds. Perhaps a more similar and recent massacre to the holocaust would be the Rwandan genocide of 1994 involving the killing of 500000 Tutsis by Hutu militia. It would be easy to spoil the film by explaining exactly how plot works so i'm not going to do that but i'd like to encourage others to watch it because it's a story that only a few people appear to know about, including me. Compelling and harrowing stuff.

Having just written all that bollocks, I feel that now would be a sensible time to mention that they should all just chillax and take up snowboarding on Baildon moor, or more likely on Rwanda Moor although they may struggle to do so in the equatorial climate found there with it's distinct lack of snow.