Schindler's List (Full Screen Edition)

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Summary: Can this film be ignored?
Review: No, is the short answer. To expand, this is one of the few films I have seen in recent years that has really moved me - so much so that I felt desolate afterwards. The casting is excellent, the mood is gripping and horrific, the direction is some of the finest ever, and (whilst it seems an obvious thing to pick up on) the decision to shoot in black and white really made all the difference. Watching this, it makes me feel so ashamed to be human - in our history, we have had an unfortunate knack for making each other suffer, but never has any suffering been so great as that caused in the holocaust, and the brief coda at Schindler's grave hammers home how indelible it is in the minds of those who experienced it and survived to tell the tale. I don't recall how it did at the Oscars, but it at least deserved to win for Best Actor and Best Director. This is more than a film - it is a sad testament to an evil period in our history, and everyone should see it - whether or not you think you can steel yourself, it is simply something you must do.

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Summary: Oppurtunist?
Review: My review is mainly a response to the uneducated individual who makes fun of someone who can't spell Holocaust, but yet they need to check their OWN spelling of opportunist! Schindler's List should be recognized for it's realism of actual events, rather than what one person believes about the notion of racism by a director they think is against a certain race of people. What does that have to do about the movie- or the Holocaust itself? The film should be glorified for it's portrayal of the Holocaust, not someone's preconceived notion of something absolutely irrelevant.

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Summary: Maybe Schindler's the price
Review: This is a bit of a response to the previous review. Look. Schindler's List is boring, badly acted,obvious, drearily scored,wretchedly photographed, has Monogram level black and white and some obvious propaganda for Israel that is really unfortunate in the film's context. Okay fine but that is no valid reason to be insulting and incoherent. If Spielberg is a racist, he is a racist in regards to the German race not African Americans. The filmic record is fairly plain on this point. But african americans? This is the man after all who made the masterpiece AMISTAD. It may be that the price Spielberg has to pay to make the truly great and innovative films like Amistad is to make another film exterminating Germans like Indiana Jones and Saving Private Ryan. That way he will be allowed by Hollywood to be creative. Finally, rather than judging the man, one should judge the films. Yes. Speilberg has made the Lost World, Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List but he has also made Jaws, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1941 and Amistad. So, while deserving to be criticized when he fails, he also deserves to be taken seriously as a filmmaker.

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Summary: Garbage.
Review: An exploitive and irresponsible film made by an oppurtunist and in regard to African Americans a racist. This should by no means be the definitive word on the holocaust, nor should it be a word at all. By the way in response to one of the reviews written here, I find it remarkable that someone finds this to be a masterpiece and an important perspective on the" holllocost", when they can't even spell it.

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Summary: A Brilliant but Searing Movie!
Review: I enjoyed this movie very much, but I felt shell-shocked afterwards. It was such an emotional experience viewing it that it took me a while to recover from it, because I myself am of Jewish ancestry. Bravo, Mr. Spielberg--L'Chaim! I hope that the generations that follow us will not forget the Holocaust, because it is so very important to prevent similar events from happening in the future. A brilliant accomplishment!

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Summary: A More Sophisticated Hollocaust Film
Review: I just finished reading all the written reviews of this movie, and I am baffled why some stubborn people give it bad ratings. Either these people don't respect what the movie is based on and the true horrors of the hollocaust or they must or they just plain don't like it. They could have at least respected this touching film and why it was made. I also noticed that most people that gave this movie bad ratings reccomeded ignorant movies that have no thing in common with Schindler's List. Beware of those non-helpful reviews out there and watch the movie for yourself.

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Summary: Historical Importance Collides with Mainstream Media
Review: It is important to remember that Schindler's List is a film designed to help pay homage to those who sufferred. It was also intended to be a living reminder of the death and destruction that humans are capapble of incurring on one another. Is the fact that it is spoken in English really all that big of a deal? The symbolism of the black and white has been completely missed. It allows us to see the detachment felt by the Nazi soldiers as they slaughtered the masses. However, in the presence of The Girl in the Red Coat, Schindler himself is reminded all to much about the world around him. In response to those who claim Spielberg made this film for the awards so due to him: You are wrong. If that was the case then he would not be working on a project to preserve the memories of Jewish survivors or have made Saving Private Ryan...another film about World War II. He wouldn't need to simply because he already had his ideas. I feel it is an important film that should be shown through the generations in schools across the country. former student

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Summary: The Best-Simply The Best
Review: The story line is well known. (WWII-Nazi Germany-the "Final Solution") What is not so talked about is how tastefully this movie is done. How it tugs at the heart strings, how, even though the subject matter of the movie is also well known, (the Holocaust) the ending is brought to you in such a way as to cause you to cry for joy as you witness Osker Schlinder's transformation. It is not an overly religious movie in that any one of any faith can enjoy it. This movie is a wonder for all time.

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Summary: Spielberg's version of the holocaust
Review: What a great movie this was. One tends to forget that this film surpasses the 3-hour mark, because it moves so easily and quickly. The shocking imagery of the cruelty and ruthlessness of the Germans is like a slap in the face, and that is exactly what Spielberg wants, and achieves. This by no means is a film to see and re-see. Once is enough, because the images stay in the back of your mind. It is a beautifully made and shocking film, with excellent performances from all.

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Summary: Predacious
Review: I think that when the Germans were talking about the Jews in German, they were making it more suitable for younger viewers. I also think we should give more of a review on the movie ,instead of Spielberg