Monuments Men

The Monuments Men is an unusual war movie, at best. I say unusual because compared to most other war films this movie unfolds at a relatively slow pace, which I think both adds to, and takes away from, this film. Set during the end of WWII, Monuments Men is about a platoon constructed of various soldiers with ties to the art world: art scholars, architects, historians, curators etc. It was their mission to save as many artifacts and other works of art from being looted or destroyed during the conflict. In war, lives are lost, cities are destroyed, and sadly, entire generations can be wiped out. The Monuments Men mandate was to save as much artwork as possible in hopes of preserving the history of Europe and its people, so that after the dust of WWII had settled there would still be something left... ..