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Schindler's List

One of those films I just never got around to seeing. No reason why, just never had access to it when I was in the mood to wach it.

I never rated Liam Neeson highly as an actor until I saw this. He brings a hugely subtle but brilliant performance to the role and truly deserved his Oscar nomination. It was his powerful performance at the end of the film lamenting the further lives he could have saved that brought me to tears rather than all the horror and suffering shown. Ben Kingsley gives a superbly understated performance, and Ralph Fiennes a coldly emotionless one.

I was expecting to be horrified by what I saw because, frankly, if you're watching the film you already know what it's about. What I wasn't prepared for was the humour that cropped up in places. It wasn't often but it caught me off guard. I think I was expecting the entire thing to be downbeat and dwell in sentiment so it was refreshing to see that it was more grounded rather than taking a tack of moral superiority. As such the film felt so much more rounded and seperates the idea of good and evil slightly to include shades of grey.

Extremely powerful, often violent, but essential viewing.

9/10