Schindler's List is a Masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2008)

I first saw Schindler's list in my R.Studies class but since it runs for 195 minutes or round abouts, and my R.Studies classes only went on for 60 minutes, i could not watch the whole film but within the first 60 minutes you see the main character of the film, Oskar Schindler, a real man who actually did most of the things as depicted in this film. So after about 2 years of first seeing the film my brother purchased the DVD Schindler's List, the first day he had it and watched it. From the start you see a seemingly greedy and uncaring business man who cares only for money, he is also a member of the Nazi Party, the infamous political party ruling Germany at that time led by none other than Adolf Hitler. Nazi Ideolgy stressed the greatness of the German people and race, they hated peoples such as Jews, Slavs, Roma and homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, the mentally or physically disabled, communists, liberals, and social democrats along with other ethnicities. So from the the moment you know Schindler is a Nazi the general reaction is that he is an unlikeable characters and and through common perception of Nazi-ism, a cruel man. But his character shows not much of the sort, in the scene where he is dancing, laughing and drinking with friends you see him to be a joyous and fun man. throughout the film Oskar Schindlers character steadily changes from the greedy, uncaring Nazi businessman to the selfless humanitarian who, in fact, lost everything to save his Jewish workers ( now known as Schindlers Jews ).
Liam Neeson portrays Oskar Schindler very well indeed and his acting in this film is testament to his overall success as an actor and is, in my opinion, his best film by far. I like how the character Amon Goeth played by Ralph Fiennes, is used to personify Nazi idealism, Nazi Cruelty, Bruttality and a complete lack of respect for human life and humanity itself with scenes such as the ones where he wakes up in the morning, picks up his sniper rifle and hunts down Jews as if they are animals, as if its a sport and when he just point-blank shoots Jewish men without remorse or mercy.
On the whole, Schindler's List is a Powerful and emotional film which is testament to Steven Spielberg's Directing skill and is a must see.