SCHINDLER'S LIST

Thousands of movies all over the world but there would be that some which you’ll like the most, and as for me, one of my favorites was the 1993 American epic historical drama film “Schindler’s List”. The movie has touched thousands or even millions of people who have seen it and one of them is me.  

PLOT

     The story was about a man, specifically a german who happened to save thousands of Jews. It all started when World War II began; when the germans move Polish Jews into the Krakow Ghetto, and there is this one German Businessman who arrived in the City hoping to make his fortune. He had his business started by the help of Itzhak Stern. They were able to run the business after they bribed the German Armed Forces and the SS Officials. The factory has workers which is all Jews. As Second Lieutenant Amon Goeth arrives in the City to oversee the construction, it brought fear to every Jews because he randomly shots someone and when Schindler witnessed the bad doing he strived more to protect the Jews especially those who worked on him.

     The Germans loses the war, Goeth was ordered to ship the remaining Jews to Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Schindler knows what will happen to the Jews, so he asked Goeth to allow his workers to go with him for the former will work to his new factory. Negotiations happened; Schindler has to pay for each. He was able to save thousands of lives through his money. He’s not completely happy because he wasn't able to save all. Jews on Schindler’s list was given freedom because of the former’s greatness.

   The film has its strength when it comes to characterizations, how well the performance of each one of them, the cinematography, the settings, the soundtrack and most especially the story. 

                   

THE CHARACTERS

LIAM NEESON played the role of Oskar Schindler

BEN KINGSLEY played the role of Itzhak Stern

RALPH FIENNES played the role of Amon Goeth

CAROLINE GOODALL played the role of Emilie Schindler

JONATHAN SAGALL played the role of Poldek Pfefferberg

ANNA MUCHA played the role of Danka Dresner

     The characters were rightly chosen. They were able to portray their roles effectively and professionally. By their permormances you can really say that they are one of a kind and are professionals, they will not be chosen really if they are not.

Liam Neeson’s acting that played the role of the antagonist Oskar Schindler was very effective for it touches the hearts of the people who have seen the movie. Emotions were very evident to everything that he is doing. And he has this face that is right for the characteristics of the character. He has this face that represents a person with a good heart. His actings were very effective beacause it touches me, I even cried the moment when he feel what he did was still not enough because it just shows how good really is, in fact what he did is too much.

     For Ralph Fiennes who played the role of the evil Amon Goeth, the acting is very effective too because you will really see through his actions the evil side of Amon. I can see that the acting is effective because when you see Amon you’ll totally hate him. He acts like he is a psycho and he played it very well. I also like the part when he tried to change for the better where he really did great, you’ll totally be amazed that an evil has turned to be an angel.

     All the characters in the movie has played their roles very well, emotions were very evident; from fear to relieved faces, from sad to happy one and the appreciation. When you see them being in the situation it’s like you felt what they are feeling, your heart aches when you see them hurting and it just meant one thing; that they have played their roles well.

SETTINGS and sountrack

     Choosing a setting would probably be one of the hardest things in Movies. It should reflect what the story is all about. An effective movie has the right settings and as for the the movie Schindler’s List, it has the proper setting. The place shows its face when this story happened; on how the place looks like from houses to newly built buildings. The place somewhat looks dirty too which is just proper for me. Houses represent time when this story happened.

     The music played well too in the movie. The sountrack should speak for the emotions of characters and the movie itself. The soundtrack of the movie speaks for emotions. You can really feel what they are going through and it somehow brings you to the time when it happened. Voices of children bring goosebumps to me. 

Cinematography

     The Cinematography is perfect. The black and white effect that turned into a colored one in the end shows message for me, the black and white part shows the miserable life of the people on how mostly suffered and when it turned to be a colored one it shows that their sufferings has ended. Angles were good too; it focuses the faces when it shows great emotions. All in all the cinematographer has done his part well.

The movie is perfect for everyone because the movie has lessons that can be and should be applied. Like the goodness of Schindler, where he is willing to give everything for the sake of others. We can also learn from Amon the moment he tried to change, that it is never too late to change for the better.