Review of Schindler's List (1993) by Eric C — 18 Nov 2012

The Holocaust was a tragic event in history and this movie portrays its atrocities everywhere. Steven Spielberg cleverly put Schindler's list together based off of Oskar Schindler's heroic actions during World War II.

Steven Spielberg chose a very good cast to represent the characters within Schindler's List. Oskar Schindler, the protagonist , (Liam Neeson) and Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) work together to create a very powerful and memorable movie. Even Ralph Fiennes, who plays Amon Goeth a German SS Officer, does an amazing job though most of the time he incites anger and distain for what he does and represents.

Schindler's list takes place in the beginning of World War II when Germany invades Poland. Oskar Schindler, who is a German businessman, is trying to profit off of the war by recruiting Jewish labor to make him rich. Though later through the movie, Oskar goes from being greedy to helping the Jews survive by bribing Nazi officials. The remainder of the movie is Oskar trying to keep these men, women, and children alive throughout the war.

Schindler's List was expertly done in the way Steven Spielberg created this movie. He decided to make the movie into a black and white film with its own beautiful music. Making it in black and white really gives this movie a stronger meaning of how it shows its doom and gloom. This movie takes place over six years and I feel as though when I watched the movie, it didn't accurately portray the timeline correctly. Scenes just jerked forward in time. Towards the end of the movie, I really didn't see how it went from the beginning to the end. This movie is also very long. It is roughly 180 minutes (3 hours long) though in some spots it seems to drag, it makes up for it later by showing character progression.

Overall I would highly recommend this movie. It's an emotional roller coaster in the way it's presented and it will keep you on the edge of your seat during parts of the movie. Besides the flow of time and how long the movie is, watch it.

Schindler's List portrays the Holocaust in all of its gruesome detail. The Holocaust has changed the Jewish idea that God is always there willing to help those that believe. Many Jewish people today see the Holocaust as an unjust act set against them. The non-Jewish thinkers see the Holocaust as a tragic event and that most of them think that the Jews were wrongly persecuted.