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Summary: Stunning Oscar-winner that deserves what it receives
Review: Having seen "Schindler's List" on PBS a couple of months ago, I was stunned at how Spielburg demonstrated how historically accurate this motion picture is. Filmed in gritty b/w, it is nevertheless the stunning, stark adaptation of how Oskar Schindler (superb job by Liam Neeson) has a change of heart and decides to save 1,000 Jews in ww2 Poland.Fully deserving the Oscars and Oscar nominations it received, of which Liam Neeson rightfully deserved a Best Actor nomination, while the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars went to this outstanding motion picture and to Steven Spielburg. This movie ranks at the top of the must-see Spielburg films, along with E.T. But avoid his latest films, such as A.I. Sure, A.I. has a good cast, but the superficial script and cheap-looking cinematography pales in comparison to this 1993 masterpiece and Spielburg's 1982 triumph, E.T. Rated R for violence, nudity and for language.
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Summary: A Remarkable, Breathtaking Film...
Review: This movie is beyond 5 stars. After seeing this in 1995 i was truley facinated by Speildbergs telling of the life of Oskar Schindler. The way the film is in black and white totally sets the theme and telling of the time period. Being Jewish myself, i had read much about the horror of time. After seeing this film, it gave me a deeper look into what some of my distant relatives in Hungary had to expirience... the ghettos, the camps, the aftermath... The way Speildberg filmed it was just remarkable, it seemed as if it were actually in the time. This true story tells of how a man named Oskar Schindler, a man who saved thousands of Jews from their fate at the death camps, by placing them in his factories, providing a safe haven. But i must warn you...after seeing this film you will never be the same..this film gave me a deeper pride of my religon. And whether if you are Jewish or not, i guarantee that you this film will really make you think...and change the way you look things. This powerfull film has very graphic images and i warn you with caution, but it is worth seeing. This film is a once in a lifetime film, i reccomend it to all those who want to feel more of the great human spirit...and how one mans decision changed the life of thousands.
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Summary: AN UNFORGETTABLE FILM
Review: IT' GREAT AND BRILLANT. STEVEN SPIELBERG'S BEST FILM. I CATALOGUE
THIS FILM WITHIN THE LIST OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THE CENTURY.
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Summary: A compelling and thought-provoking movie
Review: The holocaust was a most painful era of thw orld's history (though not the worst) and the gruesome scenes depicted here do not even come close. I think this movie was pretty glamourised by hollywood. I also think that the movie was too soft on children, in real life, nazis were merciless with them, they thought they were the "nits of the lice" which were the jews and therefore tried to exterminate them all to prevent them grwoing and producing more "heathen race", children were thrown against tanks, their legs pulled apart (pulling one leg and the other apart until their body rips from the base) hanged from a hook, experiment on, gassed, shot, tortured, diseased, and probably other stuff. This movie was powerful, but it was really hollywoody, people who say it wasn't obviously never saw a movie that was not made by big companies in hollywood. as to the good points of the film, the picture of this film was really splendid, you feel as though you are there. the acting is great too, i think the most powerful acting was ralph feinnes who really explored his dark side to come up with this powerful and convicing act. the scene i think is the second-most powerful is the liquidation of the ghetto, again, hollywood censored it. probably better to cause of audiences, but they tamed it very much, nazi officers and soldiers wouldn't just shoot them, they would beat them to death with their rifles and rods, and again, smash little kids against tanks and artillery trunks ( i got this from a survivor's testimony) and a lot more. and the conditions before the ghetto was liquidized was hollywoody, in real life, ghettos were full of starving people and dead people all over the place, people would get killed all the time, everyday, horribly, but hollywood did not have the guts to make this a realty in the movies. the MOST powerful scene was the very ending, when survivors went(real life) to oskar schindler's grave, there was no acting here, here was peole haunted by what happened to them, real life, not by speilberg or holly wood. and the significance of the girl in the little red coat is that it is symbolising an individual, when you see a whole bunch of people getting killed, you know it's horrible, but it is just a lot of people, it is powerful and sad, but there is so much people in the same sistuation it doesn't mean as much, and the girl with red coat is walking amid this chaos, you realize these are individuals, people, who had lives, who are special, and this little girl is symbolising that individuality, and later when you see she is dead(in the second part of the movie) it really crushes you. despite all my complaints, this is a real acheivment for hollywood, good work
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Summary: QUESTION
Review: I have a question - What was the signifigance of the girl in the red coat? I really loved this movie and that part always confused me. If you have an opinion then post it and i will check back
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Summary: An Important And Remarkable Film
Review: The usual words you use to praise a great piece of work don't seem to do justice with this film. "It's Great", or "It's Brilliant", just don't seem strong enough. There are no words to describe such a landmark film. Steven Spielberg proves once again why he is one of the best filmmakers of all time. If not THE best. If you disagree, you are a sad person in a very small group. Filmed in beautiful black and white, the film was based on the book by author Thomas Keneally. It deals, as if you didn't know, about the holocaust during World War II. A man who seemed to be an unlikely hero tried to help. That man was Oskar Schindler, who was a war profiteer. He put his life on the line to save as many jews from concentration camps as he could. The role was superbly played by Liam Neeson. He delivers a wonderful and Oscar nominated performance. The most amazing job comes from Ralp Fiennes, who plays an evil nazi. A man so vicious that he shoots jews from his balcony as practice. An astonishing and unforgettable character and performance. Ben Kingsley rounds out the cast. The movie is raw and brutal. Nothing is glammed up or "Hollywoodized" at all. Thank god for that. The movie is very frank and up front about what happened. I can only imagine what the film would've been like if it was in color. Thankfully, it's not. The black and white fits better. Spielberg is a brilliant visionary of unprecedented talent. He knows hwo to give us thrilling summer movies, and then he turns right around and gives us jaw dropping films on real life like "Saving Private Ryan", "Empire Of The Sun", and "Amistad". This film is his greatest achievement. "Ryan" might tie with it. This is a film that everyone needs to see. No matter what. This is important and educational. You'll be a better person for it. One of the best movies ever made. No question about it.
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Summary: One of the most important films of our times.
Review: Why isn't this film out on DVD??? Speilberg makes me wonder sometimes. A film with this much impact should be on DVD. Come on, now. I've been waiting for this since DVD's came out.
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Summary: A BRILLIANT MASTERPIECE, SPIELBERG¿S BEST,WHY NO DVD YET
Review: This movie is amazing, I had never seen such a brilliant movie, the cinematography is awesome, and the story is beautiful, is not that sad movie where a hero comes at the end at saves the day, no, it is great, the story of Oscar Schindler and how Spielberg caught the holocaust on film is brilliant, why did he waste his time with Jurassic Park, Schindler's List is his best, Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan are his best, both are different yet equal in one thing, they are both wonderful, not the theme their are based, but how that theme was put on film, amazing, I thought Spielberg was just a blockbuster film director who didn't really did smart movies, or endearing films, and since his credits were Jaws, E.T, Jurassic Park, Poltergeist, and so on, sure some were good, but not really mind-blowing as Schindler's List or Saving Private Ryan, in all his movies he showed he had more to offer but was not permitted to, or had not received the film project correct for him, maybe Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Empire of the Sun were the closest ones, but when he did Schindler's List, I was surprised. And the movie, well, is brilliant, I can't describe it, just watch it and you'll see. The only problem is that is not on DVD, why, this film deserves to be on DVD, it is awesome, just imagine the movie in one disc, digitally remastered, in widescreen, what a thrill that would be, not to enjoy the killing but the message behind it, the hope, the fight of the Jewish people to survive, how great that would be. Plus, I would include some great special features, trailers, talent files, photo albums, a great box for the discs, documentaries of the holocaust, of Schindler, of the Jewish people, featurettes of how the film was made, commentaries by Spielberg, John Williams and Itzhak Perlman, the music masters the scored this movie wonderfully, by the way the score is beautiful, just hear the sample of the theme by Itzhak Perlman and you'll see. But back to the DVD, you know, Spielberg should come out with a great Collectors Special Ultimate Edition for Schindler's List, people want it, and although this film was not has successful in the box-office like all his other popcorn movies, it sure beats each and every one of them, plus, it won plenty of Oscars, with good reason, thank God the Academy did not ignore Schindler's List as they did with Saving Private Ryan by not giving it best picture, but that is another thing, the point is that Schindler's List should be on DVD, and with a great edition, not like the ones Paramount does, no, and since The Empire of the Sun has been just released, why stop there, do the same for Schindler's List, I'm sure many people will want to buy this great masterpiece, I am not Jewish, but this film touched me, along with the soundtrack, which is also a must have, so please, if you have seen it and loved it like I did, subscribe your e-mail to be informed when will it come out, since by doing this, Amazon will inform the producers how many people are waiting the film to come out on DVD, I'll sure wait, but I hope not for long. I give it 4 Stars because is not on DVD, the movie deserves more than 5 stars.
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Summary: Shindler's list for dvd
Review: I was 13 when i saw shindler's list. i saw in pbs with no editing and non commerical. It was the most compelling movie i have ever seen in my life. I've been searching for this movie for like 3 months trying to get it but i couldnt find it. Now that i have a dvd player. i want shindlers list to be a Dvd. That would be the most compelling dvd movie ever made. i want to see how they made it. I hope everyone votes for this movie to be realeased for dvd so i can get as soon as it comes out. I love drama and military movies and i want to add this one for my collection so i can teach this to my children and to never forget that awful period of time in history. ... Keep the spirit alive.
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Summary: Haunting True Story of Man Who "Ransomed" Holocaust Victims
Review: The true story of a wealthy industrialist who in Nazi-Germany crafted a plan to "employ" thousands of Jews in fake factories, thus saving them from being murdered. Steven Spielberg gives a view of the diseased minds of individual high ranking "officers", who at times even tortured and killed for recreation. The film is very hard to watch, because the powerful subject matter is so vivid, so real. This is, no doubt, a masterpiece of film making which has no rival in its class. Still, I don't think that I could watch it a second time.
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