Movie Review - "Schindler's List" 02/04/94

A movie that I have never seen and found a VHS copy of, this review is of the movie "Schindler's List" released February 4, 1994.



Trailer:

Cast:
Liam Neeson ("Taken" (2008) Bryan Mills, "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" (1999) Qui-Gon Jinn) -      Oskar Schindler
Ben Kingsley ("Ender's Game" (2013) Mazer Rackham, "Shutter Island" (2010) Dr. Cawley) -    Itzhak Stern
Ralph Fiennes ("The English Patient" (1996) Count Laszlo de Almásy, Harry Potter film series ("Goblet of Fire" 2005, "Order of the Phoenix" 2007, "Deathly Hollows" pt 1 2010 and pt 2 2011) Lord Voldemort) -    Amon Goeth
Caroline Goodall ("Hook" (1991) Moira Banning, "The Princess Diaries" (2001) Helen Thermopolis) -   Emilie Schindler



Plot:
A business man, Oskar Schindler, decides to open a factory at the beginning of World War II to employ Jewish workers. He hires the workers and teaches them skills to be useful for his business. In the meantime, the war is getting worse for Jews - kicking them out of their homes, robbing them of their possessions, labeling them with the armbands to make them declare themselves as Jewish, and sending them to concentration camps. Schindler starts feeling more responsible for his workers as the war gets worse. Eventually, he creates a list to buy the workers from the Nazis to save them from concentration camps.






Criteria:
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.


6/5 - Based on a true story, this is an AMAZING movie. In black and white, with a few bits of color to reach the viewer's heart about what is going on, this movie is a wonderful depiction of the terrible world of World War II.

I give this a 6/5, off the chart of the rating criteria, because this is a movie that EVERYONE should watch at least once in their life. Remember the past so we do not commit the same crimes. Remember the victims of the Holocast. It did happen, though some say it did not. The genocide of the Jews was a horrendous thing that should NEVER be forgot.