Amazing 3 Hour History Lesson

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2015)

Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.He has directed family films ("E.T."), horror films ("Jaws"), science fiction movies ("Close Encounters of the Third Kind"), and even quite a few mature, adult dramas. "Schindler's List" is one of the mature, adult dramas.
It is a 3 hour long epic of a film, shot in beautiful black and white. The black and white photography works perfectly with the emotional John Williams score and tough subject matter. For some reason, the images of snowy areas were really beautiful to me, and I can't explain exactly why this minor element added so much to the film for me.
Spielberg explicitly shows the brutality of the Nazis, and how awful the Holocaust truly was. In this film, the shaky cam actually works to the film's advantage! It isn't over the top or distracting in any way, and makes the film feel like a kind of gritty documentary at times. It actually adds to the film, rather than ruining it!
This film is just a masterpiece on every single level. There is great acting, music, cinematography, and so on...
I know why the film is so universally loved. While still being brutal, "Schindler's List" is a very touching and powerful piece of cinema about a truly great man. I'd highly recommend the film to anybody who can handle the film's tough subject matter.