This movie reminded me of Saving Private Ryan for some odd reason. Not that it was the best war movie ever like SPR or anything like that but the way the story line was. The progression of traveling during war and the conditions endured. What made this different from other epic war films like Saving Private Ryan or Thin Red Line was that there was very little glorification of the soldier as in other war films. The only part really was in the very beginning after he beat the tanks by himself, other than that there were no other fight scenes. Also, I am not sure if this accurate, but I do not think they show any soviet soldier casualties.
What I liked though is that Alyosha was someone that was able to relate to any soldier really. He is just a young man wanting to go home. It's not like there were American, German, Japanese, etc soldiers that wanted to do the same.
During his travel when he meets Shura it was obvious that they were meant to fall in love. But whats interesting is that in a time that is so restless and worrisome that there is a possibility to find love.
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I agree that there is little or no glorification of Aleksei. I think that this might be to make the audience appreciate the things that he does, like blowing up the tanks and saving the people from the fire, because the audience gets to see how his great deeds are somewhat ignored. If my case on this is correct, then I think that Chukhrai did this on purpose seeking greater recognition for all of the Russian army that gave their lives to protect their country in WWII.
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