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Post by Popeye Doyle on Feb 11, 2018 12:47:31 GMT
Yeah, unlike Jurassic Park, I didn't see this one in theaters. I guess Holocaust dramas don't hold much interest for an 8 year old kid. Didn't see it until New Years Day 2000. Holocaust films often lend themselves to easy sentimentally but Spielberg avoids this for much of the film. His matter of fact brutality conveys the message strong enough. Performances and direction are absolutely stunning. The black and white cinematography, often downright beautiful, does seem at odds with the often harsh subject matter. Look at the scene of the train arriving at Auschwitz; the use of light and shadow makes for a terrifying scene. Finally, there is the closing scene with the actual survivors; leaves me emotionally drained.
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Post by kevin on Feb 11, 2018 13:08:24 GMT
One of the greatest movies ever made. A chilling and very powerful look at one of the darkest periods in human history. Probably the best World War 2 related movie I've seen.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 11, 2018 16:10:09 GMT
#26 all time for me. What I admire the most for such a large scale, dense emotional venture is how swiftly paced it all feels. There's no let ups or lingering.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Feb 11, 2018 17:01:51 GMT
Yeah whoever thought at the time that Spielberg was capable of making a movie so raw, brutal, chilling, and no-holds-barred. A very sharp turn from his previous light-hearted entertainment. Schindler's List on the other hand is like watching a 3 hour version of Night And Fog.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Feb 11, 2018 17:51:55 GMT
The one and only movie that made me cry. When Schindler is going off on how he could have sold the car and saved 10 more people. I didn't cry when my father died.
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Post by kevin on Feb 11, 2018 18:40:47 GMT
The one and only movie that made me cry. When Schindler is going off on how he could have sold the car and saved 10 more people. I didn't cry when my father died. Also the only movie where I have ever cried. I was sobbing through the entire second half of the movie. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 19:12:32 GMT
An emotionally devastating, and powerful film. One of the best movies ever made.
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Post by mslo79 on Feb 13, 2018 8:26:25 GMT
I also never got around to seeing that til many years later on Aug 30th 2012 as I remember hearing about it around it's release as in Dec 1993/Feb 1994 (basically it's LIMITED and mainstream release dates), when it was released I would have been 14 years old and while I seen some movies back in those days I never really ramped up the volume of movies I have seen til about the year 2003. so it's not all that surprising I would not have seen a movie like that back in those days.
basically... it's good enough, but it's overrated if you ask me. but I suspect most of it's praise is because it's based on horrible real life events that won't be forgotten and apparently pulled that off well so it will get overpraised on that alone regardless how much the movie connects with someone or not (but don't get me wrong, I am sure it will connect with some people emotionally quite a bit and for these people it's fine to praise it). I have seen it twice so far (Aug 30th 2012/Jan 14th-15th(mostly 14th) 2016) as this at least held up well enough (i.e. ill continue to re-watch it once in a while as the years pass) unlike The Pianist (2002) which did not (i.e. not worth re-watching anymore).
6/10 (a mild Thumbs Up)
p.s. my favorite Spielberg movies... 1)Munich (2005)(8-8.5/10) 2)War of the Worlds (2005)(7.5-8/10) 3)The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)(6.5-7/10). Munich is also based on real life events and I just find this type of movie much more interesting even though, obviously, the events in Schindler's List will be much more remembered by the masses long term since it was such a bad time for millions of people. so in this regard Schindler's List (1993) is a movie that won't be forgotten as it seems to be the standard for that type of movie.
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