Schindler's List: 25th Anniversary - December 7, 2018

[ditcin]

Yeah well. I saw WAR AND REMEMBERANCE, and it was better. That massive 24hr mini series on TV blows away Schindler in detail and agony. Plus, it was an incredible continuation to WINDS OF WAR.
My brother was a historian and disliked this film stating how it was so much changed from how it really happened.
It was Schindler's wife who made him do the list. Schindler really didn't want to.

[car2nst]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Hmm, I find Shoah with its use of real people telling their stories of the Holocaust to be just as impactful. I guess we find ourselves in a difference of what we consider impactful. I for one find both of them impactful .you only find Schindler’s List impactful. That’s fine. Different people with different opinions.

I never said those movies were not impactful at all, Just that I find Schindler's List to be the most impactful of them. & the OP was saying the movie basically sucked...which I have not met anyone in person who has seen the movie to say that at all. Don't misunderstand me.

The ring scene at the end is my favorite (& saddest) part when you fathom that a ring could have saved the lives of 5 or 6 more people. That concept to me is extremely deep when you consider how easily Jews were killed by soldiers like someone kills a fly & have someone who has the epiphany of almost the exact opposite, how easy it would have been to save more lives...& that regret of not doing more.

[car2nst]

Originally Posted by ditcin

Yeah well. I saw WAR AND REMEMBERANCE, and it was better. That massive 24hr mini series on TV blows away Schindler in detail and agony. Plus, it was an incredible continuation to WINDS OF WAR.
My brother was a historian and disliked this film stating how it was so much changed from how it really happened.
It was Schindler's wife who made him do the list. Schindler really didn't want to.

Comparing a 24 hr miniseries to a 3 hour movie seems fair. (of course it is going to have more time to go into detail)

[ditcin]

Wrong. The Genocide portions are less - it dealt with all fronts of the war. If you saw it you'd know that. The portions dealing with the camp Genocide would add up to a 3hr film.
What was portrayed in the mini-series was about a 3hr film.

[car2nst]

Originally Posted by ditcin

Wrong. The Genocide portions are less - it dealt with all fronts of the war. If you saw it you'd know that. The portions dealing with the camp Genocide would add up to a 3hr film.
What was portrayed in the mini-series was about a 3hr film.

It's still different....I mean I'm sure they also spent a lot more time writing & filming it than the movie. So...really Apples & Oranges when it comes down to it. (like when people said The Flash was better in the tv show than in BvS & JL...lol...yea of course...when you have seasons to write & build up a character vs 2 movies with maybe a total of 8-10 minutes of screen time)

[ditcin]

My God. You're lost.

[car2nst]

Originally Posted by ditcin

My God. You're lost.

My God.. I can't have my own opinion LOL as I think its better done artistically.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by ditcin

My brother was a historian and disliked this film stating how it was so much changed from how it really happened.
It was Schindler's wife who made him do the list. Schindler really didn't want to.

He didn’t want to in the film either, did you not watch? He was content with war profiteering until he saw the liquidation of the ghetto and was appalled, which is consistent with other historical accounts (though how he witnessed it is amplified in the film for dramatic purposes). Nobody made him do it, he changed his mind.

EDIT: is Emilie’s involvement with rescuing Jews downplayed in the film? Yes, but she didn’t make him do it.

[car2nst]

Love the movie or hate it...I love it & is one of my all time favorites (regardless of how historically accurate or not it is) based on the art of film making. I watch it when I am really depressed or when I feel my life turns to shit & it reminds me that my problems are so insignificant & trivial to what others had to endure.(for those who survived & the many who did not) I puts things in perspective to me. Call me a sissy or whatever (as a few people in the past have when I mention this) I don't care... for that reason alone it is more impactful to me than the previous mentioned movies (& shows) on the subject. (& never said those sucked either...just to clarify to people that need that extra push in understanding)

[kylor]

I would have preferred a version in color. Still a decent film, but nothing that amazing honestly.

[filmbuffTX]

If this is playing at my closest theater I’ll go see it, but I’m not going to go out of my way.

I’m much more excited for the theatrical re-release of Spielberg’s other 1993 masterpiece: Jurassic Park.

[car2nst]

Originally Posted by kylor

I would have preferred a version in color. Still a decent film, but nothing that amazing honestly.

I would like to see a color version as well just to see what it would be like, but I think it works & was made B/W to have the contrast & focus of the little girl in the red coat who was the main visual focal point of an individual throughout the movie to Oscar himself. (If I remember correctly the studio did not want the movie in B/W to begin with, but it payed off.

[Cremildo]

I'm as interested in watching Schindler's List in color as I'm in watching Moulin Rouge! in black-and-white.

[car2nst]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

I'm as interested in watching Schindler's List in color as I'm in watching Moulin Rouge! in black-and-white.

how about Sin City in full color?

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by ditcin

Yeah well. I saw WAR AND REMEMBERANCE, and it was better. That massive 24hr mini series on TV blows away Schindler in detail and agony. Plus, it was an incredible continuation to WINDS OF WAR.
My brother was a historian and disliked this film stating how it was so much changed from how it really happened.
It was Schindler's wife who made him do the list. Schindler really didn't want to.

Do you and your brother know the concept of how histories are taught around the world? The problem with world history education isnt who is right and wrong. The problem is that people should learn how particular historic events are interpreted in many countries to let one make up their own mind. So for example, people should learn how WW2 is taught all over the world. Russia thinks they won the war. USA thinks they won the war. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong - what matters is that we should learn how historic events are interpeted by many different cultures so that we all learn to not have childish “im right, you are wrong, this is better, that is worse” conversations that remind me of the good ol’ days of primary school.

[CelluloidPal]

I first saw this when NBC ran it fully uncut and uncensored, which was bold at that time.
My brothers and sisters were heavy on UPN and WB shows and I was usually overruled on many options of shows so luckily, the living room TV was available. I was in 15 or 16 at the time and at that age, it made a huge impression on me and was just mesmerized by it. When the movie was over, I realized why this should never be seen in any altered state whatsoever.
It's simply one of the greats in my eyes and I will be at my local Dolby screen to experience this on the big screen for the first time.

[toddly6666]

Schindler’s List is still one of the most incredible recent fims ever made. It’s equally entertaining as it is emotionally gripping and disturbing. This is what a motion picture is - a perfect example of a film that encompasses many emotions. I watch it once a year, but it’s a film I can watch even more often. This movie always affects me emotionally no matter how many times I see it. Not just for the subject but also for its use of music, camerawork, editing, etc.

[Monterey Jack]

Can you call a movie made a quarter-century ago "recent"? That'd be like someone in 1975 referring to a movie made in 1950 as "recent".

[paradise.lost]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Can you call a movie made a quarter-century ago "recent"? That'd be like someone in 1975 referring to a movie made in 1950 as "recent".

Earlier somebody posted that BvS has "aged well", so why not?

[ditcin]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

Do you and your brother know the concept of how histories are taught around the world? The problem with world history education isnt who is right and wrong. The problem is that people should learn how particular historic events are interpreted in many countries to let one make up their own mind. So for example, people should learn how WW2 is taught all over the world. Russia thinks they won the war. USA thinks they won the war. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong - what matters is that we should learn how historic events are interpeted by many different cultures so that we all learn to not have childish “im right, you are wrong, this is better, that is worse” conversations that remind me of the good ol’ days of primary school.

You're wrong. American did win the war. Japan lost. Russia doesn't think like you said. Perhaps the people in your part of the world think differently. But facts are facts. I won't care about stepping on toes of others in order to be politically correct. Matter of fact your country didn't do much during that time. Plain and simple. Winds of War & War and Remembrance was written by a person who lived it. Personally I had relatives who were experimented on Dr. Mengele. What I wrote had nothing to do with what you said, it's about me bringing up a better made piece of film on the same subject. A film most here at the forum don't even know about.
Don't give me what you were taught, or if you disagree with what "we" were taught. There are facts. I won't get into revisionist bullshit. Too many lives were lost for that. Smear your crap somewhere else.