"No dry eyes during the screening of Steven Spielberg's historical masterpiece! I know I had to wrangle a few rogue tears several times myself! Near the end when Schindler collapsed from grief and guilt and everyone gathered round him to console him I totally lost it! Because by then the full brunt of what I had just witnessed hit me like a ton of bricks!

A film where no one in the audience is allowed to remain a bystander! No one gets out unscathed! It was as close to being an interactive film what with the stomachs churning, eyes wincing or brimming with tears, chills running up and down spines and quivering lips!

Incredible filmmaking and storytelling! Liam Neeson gave…

One of the most essential, powerfully moving & profoundly affecting films to ever grace the silver screen, Schindler's List is the crowning achievement in the remarkable film career of Steven Spielberg that finds the master storyteller at the pinnacle of his artistry, is crafted with extreme care n dedication, and is rightfully acknowledged as one of the most honoured & significant films of all time.

There are many films out there that have dealt with the subject of Holocaust in the past but the level of precision, craftsmanship & commitment that Spielberg brings on the screen plus the emotional impact this film delivers over the course of its runtime is truly in a league of its own. And even after two decades, Schindler's…

This film bothers me and not because of its subject matter, but because of its treatment of it.

When making a film about the Holocaust, everything you do is fraught with danger. One could even argue that visualizing the Holocaust in a work of fiction is something that shouldn't be attempted as such inhuman suffering and mindless slaughter should be dealt with in reality, not in the realms of fiction.

If you approach Spielberg's film as such, there is a lot that feels wrong in this film. There is no hope in the Holocaust, yet Spielberg seems intent on showing us there is. From the shower scene that subversively plays with our expectations to the actual story of a small…

This film is device among critics and cinephiles, mostly because Spielberg didn't practice more restraint. That's a funny thing to say about a Holocaust picture, but if he hadn't included the "coda" of actual survivors filing past Schindler's grave I bet it would have resolved much of the picture's issues with sentimentality.

On one hand, I understand why he shot and included the scene, because it is powerful and moving. And yet the tone of it somehow works against the rest of the film, which I believe already makes the same statement in a much more nuanced and responsible way.

As is, however, the coda is wrought with the heavy hand of the director, who seems to hold his audience…

Thought now would be as good of a time as ever to watch this and boy was I right... this movie is such an important film to watch and remember today.

I was reading the lowest-rated reviews for this movie and it amazed me at how many people dislike this movie for stupid reasons. Some didn’t like it because it was a “Hollywood” Film, some hated that it was Spielberg, but a lot of them just hated it for it being, well, about the holocaust. I don’t see how you can do a movie based on the holocaust and NOT make it somber and dramatic. If people come into the film wanting to be amazed by the theatrics of filmmaking,…