I watch it annually, it's THAT good!

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2009)

Everyone needs a slap in the face once in awhile to jar their senses...and this movie was that slap for me. I needed to be jarred awake from my apathy over the events of the Holocaust. In 1993 I got that awakening thanks to this film by Spielberg.
This is probably one of the most graphic and compelling accounts from a Nazi death camp, juxtaposed to more modern fare, say "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" which left me very disappointed and unmoved.
Schindler was very moving. It made me cry. At times the images shocked me enough to want to look away, but I did not. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. I loved the use of black and white film, except where the color red was splashed in (i.e. the little girls coat at the beginning).
I've made it an annual ritual to rent this film and watch it. And when my daughters get old enough, they'll join me in this important ritual. Never again will I get apathetic towards the horrors of the Holocaust.
chris http://holokauston.wordpress.com