Schindler's list was definately a very powerful moive, and one that will remain in a viewer's memory for an eternity. It allows a person to view, in graphic detail, the horrors of the Halocaust and in my opinion, the nudity, violence, and profanity was all necessary to get Spielberg's point across. It wasn't pretty. It teaches those of us who weren't present that it is something that we never want to witness, and that if everyone was a Schindler, then it never would have. He may not have started his business to save human lives, but that's definately why he finished it, and the way the director chose to show his change of heart was to show all of the points, all of the events that would have changed a person so drastically from capitalist to saviour. It is a movie I would recommend to anyone to watch, with a strong warning of course, not because of the content, but because, by watching it, a person may learn something about the extents that another human will reach to in order to achieve a goal, be it of good intent, or otherwise.

This is a difficult film to review. The history of the holocaust defies full comprehension. Spielburg succeeded in re-creating the physical and emotional environment. The film reminded me of the ever present evil during the Nazi occupation of my hometown (Rotterdam). To me the characters were 3 dimensional. However, I can appreciate that people who never lived under Nazi rule react differently to Spielburg's submission. Schindler's motivation is not spelled out, it is implied. I think he risked his very life day in, day out, to safe his soul. He understood the monstrous, unprecedented, planned nature of the Holocaust and was driven to act. The film correctly implies that the extent of the holocaust had much to do with inaction by many. As a historical document this movie will stand for a long time.

"Schindlers List", in my opinion, is the best film that I have ever seen. The combination of superb direction by Steven Spielberg, the black & white film with an appropriate hint of colour, the superb acting performances, and brilliant music score makes it a cinematic masterpiece. I have travelled to Poland and visited Auschwitz, Plasow (the site of the camp featured in the film), and stood outside Schindlers Factory in Lipowa Street, Krakow. To visit these places was very moving indeed and something I will never forget and it was made possible by the creation of a film which will go down in history as one of the best films ever made.

Schindler's List is a very powerful movie, but understandably hard to watch. As Spielberg's first film for adults, he did very well in making it.

Schindler's List. This movie brings the Holocaust to life. What seems so unreal becomes real during this movie. Everyone should watch it. It has given me a profound outlook on life--how precious it is.

In technical terms, SCHINDLER'S LIST earns high marks for craftsmanship -- the cinematography, editing, production design are crisp and smoothly efficient. Unfortunately, the film suffers the same conceptual fate that Oliver Stone's JFK did: it doesn't cinematically get across any pertinent information you couldn't similiarly get from reading a history book. Spielberg has long lost interest in shaping his films with 3-dimensional characters; they're simply there to justify building his playground around. Here, aside from Liam Neeson's quietly phenomenal performance in the lead, all the other actors are stuck with mucky characterizations that just don't carry a lot of weight. Then again, neither does Neeson's Schindler. The chaarcter isn't really all that defined, either, and it's only because of Neeson's imaginative and intuitive bravado that he's able to make this man so alive and interesting. yet we really never know what's going on inside his head, what motivates him to do what he does, what really inspired his altruistic actions. So (aside from Neeson's magnetism) we're left with a 3-hour epic minus a coherent narrative, a guiding force that would have lent some urgency to the story.

This film was profoundly disturbing. I am aware, and was aware at almost every point throughout the film, that profound disturbance was what Spielberg WANTED the filmgoer to experience. I think it could have been much more subtly done and still make the noble point that genocide, anti- semitism, Nazism, racism, war and hatred are terrible terrible evils. Once again, Spielberg is master of the obvious. His style of story-telling works for lightweight subjects and action-adventure, but as in The Color Purple, he beat me over the head with his point until I didn't care about it any more. I'm not going to allow my children to see this film and I don't recommend it for adults, either. (I didn't find Spielberg's filmmaking craft to be of very high quality in this film, either. It felt "gimmicky".)

One of the finest films ever made. Not for children or for squeamish souls who can't abide nudity even for the most noble filmmaking purpose. Definitely deserving of its ranking among the top 100 films ever made and makes my list as one of the top 10 of all time. I've watched all but about 10 of the top 100 movies on the AFI list. Watch Schindler's list. Spielberg did a masterful job of bringing the holocaust to life.