Martin Scorsese's Schindlers List (Though Not Without Its Flaws)

Rating: 7/10 (3 January 2017)

When I sent to see this film in the theatres about halfway through the man in front of me got up blocking my view and I got such a shock because I had been focused on the screen for so long because this is a film that always grips your attention and holds its through its fantastic performances, intense sequences and smooth directions. I loved the fact that this is a film that Martin Scorsese chose to do this movie because it shows his range as a director as he did such a good job directions this film he used a lot of long takes even during the hardest scenes to watch that helped to give the film a greater impact on me. The cinematography in this film is also stunning everything from the sunny hills to the fog filled pits look nothing less than life like. Andrew Garfield has easily become one of my favourite actors working today, while Hacksaw Ridge doesn't get released in my country for another few weeks I've heard nothing but good things about his performance but in this film he easily gives the greatest performance of his entire career through his performance we very clearly see the gradual breakdown of his character and his suffering was easily easily conveyed through Garfield. Liam Neeson makes his return to drama in this film and while he wasn't in this film much he definitely did a fantastic job while he was there. This film asks a lot of questions about faith and people's interpretations of god and there is a lot of division to the subject and everyone who believes in something or holds a belief in this movie is always convincing, you never take just one side in this movie and the viewers ability to do that better illustrates the struggle of Garfields character. But I can't say this film is flawless for one Adam Driver while very good in this film doesn't get a lot do To he doesn't have much screen time so ends up suffering from a lack of characterisation. Martin Scorsese is known for using a lot of narration in his movies and it usually works but here I found it to be over used at times in scenes where just silence would be more effective. Another Scorsese trade mark is a very long runtime but again here it doesn't always work as I found the ending of this film to be very drawn out to unnecessary levels.
While I don't quite thinks it's Scorsese's best I do think that it will go down as one of his most ambitious projects. Silence is definitely going to get a few Academy Award nominations for acting and technical qualities. While this isn't a film I'm going to rush to see again it's definitely one that I'm not going to forget any time soon.
73%/B