Very possibly the most important movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2012)

I watch this movie on DVD once a year so that I can keep a grounded position towards life. Things go wrong, business deals fail, relationships break down but nothing most of us have to contend with come remotely close to what happened in the Holocaust.
This is a grim, bleak movie, no doubt why it was shot in B/W. But throughout it, until its dramatic postlogue, we see that hope can always exist. Good can overcome evil. Evil things can only happen if good people do nothing. And that surely was the story of Nazi Germany.
Everything about this movie is exceptional. We witness Schindlers journey of discovery from a smug, arrogant, greedy, amoral being to the ultimate saviour of 6,000 people, at great risk to himself. We see his people grow to love and respect him and perhaps even recognise that not all Germans are Nazi's.
While this film may be Liam Neeson's finest moment, the performance of the seriously conflicted Ralph Fiennes, as Amon Goeth,is the highlight for me. Has anyone better portrayed pure evil like this before? Yet like the portrayal of Hitler in Downfall we see something boyish and sensitive about him. We loath him but understand that he is not all completely bad.
I could go on about this movie; its superb acting, technical execution, screenplay etc but it has all been said before. Simply the best.