If only Kubrick had made it.

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2002)

One of my deepest wishes in life is that Stanley Kubrick had made Schindlers List instead of Spielberg. Spielberg however hard he tried could not capture the right feel of the story. Now don't get me wrong Schindlers list is one of the true classics of modern cinema but one can only start to appreciate what it could have been. Spielberg is known to be overly sentimental and this film is no exception. The cinematography of this film is very well done but i do not believe it serves it's purpose. The black and white format was chosen to give of the feel of a documentary but the shots are too slick, it feels to artificial, giving the feel of more a 50's noir film. The acting is superb but the script i felt lacked something, being too comercial maybe. The decision to put it into english was a controversial decision but simplifies it no end. The violent and very graphic images of the film work well in some parts, not others, the ghetto cleansing scene works brilliantly so does the excercise scene, it truly feels like your watching what happened but the parts were Fiennes takes pot shots at the workers, well seemed to have no point other than too shock you, but there were so many more attrocities the Nazi's perpetrated that could have taken it's place that would have added so much to the film. Too sum up this was a good film with excellent acting, especially by Ben Kingsley who was robbed of an oscar, superb editing and set design, good but misleaded cinematography and average direction. If only Kubrick had made the film Aryan Pages instead of Spielberg it undoubtedly would have been the greatest film of all time in my eyes.