Response to Jack Lewis Reily

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2007)

"The Nazi's in Schindler's List are portrayed as evil heartless demons who seem to lack any kind of soul (well, Amon Goeth was pretty evil), while Schindler and other "goodies", are portrayed as saints with hearts of butter, It's time to wake up people!" I agree with nothing in this statement. First of all last time I checked the Nazis WERE evil heartleass demons and I'm not sure why you would defend them. But anyone in the film some do have souls. (Not Goeth). One of the last scenes where Schindler gives the speech in the factors those Nazis walk away and let the Jews live. Schindler is not a goody goody thats what makes him the perfect hero he has a heart of gold but he is also shown as a womanizer and war profiteer in the film.
"My grandfather who is now 82 served in the war verses the Germans. I've had many talks with him and his war buddys and I can promise you that what you see in this film, and many others that are "based on truth", is purely fictional and shouldn't be allowed to even claim it is based on truth. And if it must it should have to give us a percentage of truth that it is based on, eg: based on 6% truth." 6% truth huh? There's no way you can give any sort of rational explanation on that. No movie will be 100% truthful but this film is quite accurate the way I see it.
"Some of the scenes which were designed to shock the audience with brutality from the Nazi's towards the Jews were so over dramatized and fake they made me want to blow chunks in my popcorn. I don't mind fantasy but for gods sake don't mix it with truth, especially when you have an audience which sadly seem to often refer to this film when they are in a debate about world war 2 or the holocaust, as if it was some kind of historical reference with any credibility." Over dramaticised? HA! How can you say that? In fact, as much of a masterpiece this is if anything its under dramaticised just because no film has the capability of truly showing the horrors of something as horrible as the Holacaust but the film is as close as humanly possible of depicting the horrors as I see it.