I just finished watching 'The Killing Fields', about the Cambodian civil war and the horrid things done to the Cambodian people by the Khmer Rouge. I'd give the movie an A-/B+, but had I not read books about it beforehand, I'd probably rate it lower. The film assumes the viewer knows history and politics of the region; not much background explanation to be had.

I'd put off watching it for a long time, because I wasn't sure if I could handle all the grisly scenes I'd heard. In actuality it wasn't as bad as I'd thought, so that was (for me, at least) a plus. That's not to make light of what these people endured - because I'm sure there is no cinematographer that can do justice to that. Just saying, that especially with my brother just having come home from a war I didn't want to have to go back to that place in my mind.

Anyway, it's a good movie and worth the 2.5 hours I spent watching it.