Schindler's List

There's a damn fine reason why this movie won 7 academy awards and is even chosen to be preserved. I watched Schindler's List just a while ago and I have to admit, it's a great movie. The content of the movie was obviously gripping; witnessing some of the horrors of the Holocaust and how the Jews were treated by the Germans. But it's not the content that had me, it was the feeling that not for even one second of the movie did I think I was just watching a movie. I thought it was like some documentary or that it's really happening in front of me. I have to admit - this movie is Steven Spielberg's masterpiece. There's a reason why I am posting this at 1am in the morning.

If Dark Knight is even considered for a Best Movie category, I'll be baffled. The Dark Knight was a great movie, no doubt. But can it contend with the the true Oscar-worthy movies? I don't think so. Schindler's List is without doubt one of my favourite movies now and I'd hate to see a movie of Dark Knight's calibre in the same league of some of the best movies ever made.

I remember having a long talk with Ferdaus if some movies that won Oscar's best movie category deserve it. When I was younger, I didn't think so. But my tastes have somewhat refined and I expect a little more from a movie now. Movies I didn't enjoy in the past, I enjoy now. I once thought that Godfather is sinfully boring. But when I watched it again, it became one of my favourite movies.

Schindler's List delivered on every level of my expectations and I'm still under the movie's effect. Liam Neeson, man. He's on a whole other level, isn't he? Anyway. If you haven't watched Schindler's List, watch it. It's not just a movie; it's a horrifying and utterly realistic portrayal of what transpired during that time and how one man changed the fate of a thousand Jews.