A powerful film

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2007)

"The Pianist" is among the most regarded and praised movies about the Holocaust. It's a powerful, realistic and shocking movie, like "Schindler's List". However, it is shot in colors and it isn't 3 hours long, unlike that one. Besides, it was directed by Roman Polanski.
Although this is a war movie (a type of film which I don't appreciate), there are two things that I liked very much about this: the soft, relaxing and beautiful sound of piano and Adrien Brody's performance (which is incredible and absolutely amazing) as the Jewish polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman.
It's not wrong to say that this is just another Holocaust film. That is one way to see things. But we can see things in a different way instead. Each war movie deals with the same basic subject, but each one has its own characteristics. For example, "La Vitta è Bella" focus on a character with great humor and colorful imagination. "Empire of the Sun" is about a boy fascinated by planes and the war in China and Japan (Pearl Harbor). "Schindler's List" is about a German who saves thousands of lives. "The Pianist" is about a genial musician. "Edges of the Lord" is about a Jewish little boy who is a fugitive to escape from a fatal destiny. And I could go on forever...
Overall, a reasonable film, but not very recommendable for those who are not into this subject.