It took me some years to watch this.

Not because it's bad but because it's very hard to watch violence depicted in such a cruel way.

The acting is unbelievably good and it's an important movie but I will never watch it again. It's just too depressing.

It has been said that this movie made up for the GWTW Academy Award in 1940 and I get that. This is definitely a different side of a terrible part of history which is important to know about.

But.. again, this kind of cruelty is hard to watch. I know about the Holocaust as well and I have watched a few movies where it has been part of the story. Doesn't mean I enjoy it. I know about it and respect that it was one of worst crimes in human history. That list can go on..

I believe it's in this perspective GWTW has to be seen as well. I know about the talk about stereotypes, prejudices, glorification etc etc. but what was the option? To show this?

As much as I respect this movie and as much as I despise slavery as an institution I fully understand that when it's not depicted in the worst possible way (like GWTW). It's just too much. We know how wrong it was anyway.

Still.. this movie definitely succeeds in being what it's supposed to be.

For that it deserves all credit.