Very Good but NOT "Greatest"

Rating: 8/10 (11 September 2014)

This was a very good movie. In fact, I would certainly include this somewhere on a Top 100 of all time list.
I am a huge Steven Spielberg fan and one thing I notice about his films is that he always seems to use very careful direction to pull some sort of involuntary emotion out of me, whether it be fear or sadness. For some reason Spielberg just missed the mark here. It is as if he believed that the horror of these people's circumstances would be dramatic enough and so there is no need to take it any further. While it was very horrific to watch, and pretty sad, it could have been done a little bit better. If I had to take a guess as to why Spielberg missed his mark, I would say that maybe too much focus was put on Schindler who had it VERY easy (relatively speaking) which gave me a break on my focus on the Jews plight.
While I definitely recommend Schindler's List, if you are interested in seeing a similar movie that is directed MUCH better I would recommend "The Pianist." The Pianist was able to get me more emotionally involved with the fear of the Jewish situation in WWII Europe than Schindler's List ever did.