Score: 9

"Spine-chilling!"

submission: Bright Eyes

date: April 13, 2008

We can never doubt the proximity the human race has reached to initiate a nuclear war and we can never forget what the effects of the previous weapons did to the philosophy of all mankind. Robert J. Oppenheimer, the lead scientist in the Manhattan project, clearly saw the effects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and said:

"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another."

The most recent event, the declaration of independence of Kosovo, for a time being (and may still) led the world to believe a possible conflict could have arisen between Russia and the United States of America. I personally believe that is simply paranoia, but not without hereof believing it is not within the realm of possibility. Other wars have been fought for lesser justifications. Just imagine what that could've brought to the world. It would've been much, much worse than the Yugoslavic Wars, worse than the Blood Diamonds conflicts, worse than the Second World War...

The animation, though at moments a bit stale, was excellent. The detail in the movie was very well captured. The music was not bad at all, but I think another title would have made a stronger impression. Something a bit more epic. Aside from that, I congratulate you.