Schlinder's List

[megan4777]

I remember watching it in H.S. and crying a lot but I'm watching it right now on HBO and am so very disturbed and upset. I "understood" what was going on in the movie but not like I do now, as an adult, with children.

I would love to change the channel but I can't....I need to watch the whole movie.

I'm going to be a mess in about 1 min

Anyone else watching it?
Join me....

 

[My2Cinderellas]

I recorded it to watch later. It's one of those movies that is so important, yet so hard to watch.

 

[matthew&haleysmom]

I thought about watching this tonight; however, watching it makes me want to stay in bed crying for a week.

 

[megan4777]

Ok, I've been crying A lot.....
I guess I don't get how people could ever be like this...

This movie has affected me like nothing else (other than childbirth) in this world would. I seriously haven't ever cried this much in my life and I consider myself pretty strong....
I guess not..


I have to say. Liam Nieesan deserves every honour given to him

 

[Darsa]

Oh my gosh, I sobbed like a total baby when we went to see this, but I would have seen it if I had to walk 15 miles to the theater; it was very important for me to see it.

I don't know if I could handle watching it again...

 

[gm]

that was so hard to watch:

 

[Sleepy]

When I was in school, we never learned the history of the 1900s. Strange I know. WW2 and the holocaust were just something we heard about (even my son's 10th grade history book only contained 1 page of vague info).....All I really knew was people died because of their religion. My first educational experience was at the Holocaust Museum in DC 5 years ago. We spent hours reading and looking. For me, learning the psychological torment was just more than I could handle. Watching the film clips of the actual people telling their personal experiences......I raced through the rest of the tour a complete mess and cried for about an hour after.

I watched Schindler's List a few months ago. I think it was very well done. It is just not a movie I can ever watch again just as the Holocaust Museum is not something I will ever be able to visit. I am in Europe and several of my friends have mentioned visiting the concentration camps. I just can't do it.

 

[themilesfamily]

I always wondered how one human being could do something like that to another human being.

At the Nazi trials, they asked one of the directors of a concentration camp -- who had personally shot and gassed people -- if he ever felt empathy for his victims. He said he did, especially for children. To combat that, he would go talk to one of his comrades who would encourage him and basically fire him back up to complete his "duties." The Nazis were giving each other pep talks when one started to doubt the mission.

Sick, sick, sick, sick. When will man realize that hating others gets you nowhere? It will tear you and your community down every time.

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

When this film was first released I went to the cinema to see it. An elderly couple sat in the row in front of me (to the right so I could see much of their faces). Tears streamed down their faces through the entire film, as they sat silent and unmoving. That affected me nearly as much as the film.

As difficult as it is to watch (and some parts made me physically ill to the point where I thought I was going to have to leave the cinema) I believe it should be required viewing for every high school in the US.

 

[Pixiedust34]

I haven't seen this movie in years, but it's so heartwrenching that the memory of watching it has stayed with me. Even though it's an incredibly sad movie, it's one of the best produced/directed movies I've ever seen.

Boy in the Striped Pajamas is another movie that hit me in the gut and will stick with me for a long time.

 

[Stitchfans]

I heard about it but have never watched it. I read a few books and could barely handle that. One book "Night" really disturbed me. Not sure how I would handle the movie.

I couldn't watch all of the movie "The Passion of Christ" had to hide my face through quite a bit of that.

 

[MomofKatie]

I saw Schindler's List in the theater when it first came out, and saw it once at a friend's house. I cannot see it again- it is just too heart and gut wrenching. I agree that after becoming a parent, it affected me even more. I am a real cryer (have been known to break down during songs, commercials, and other silly things), and I did cry a lot during Schindler's List. But, there came a time that it went beyond tears- I eventually just sat, dry-eyed, in almost shock and profound pain while watching. To think that the movie just scratched the surface of the human suffering that occured during that terrible time is almost unbearable.

I am glad I saw it- I think every HS student should be required to- but I never want to see it again.

 

[61292cna]

I always wondered how one human being could do something like that to another human being.

At the Nazi trials, they asked one of the directors of a concentration camp -- who had personally shot and gassed people -- if he ever felt empathy for his victims. He said he did, especially for children. To combat that, he would go talk to one of his comrades who would encourage him and basically fire him back up to complete his "duties." The Nazis were giving each other pep talks when one started to doubt the mission.

Sick, sick, sick, sick. When will man realize that hating others gets you nowhere? It will tear you and your community down every time.

It starts long before the camps, when the trusted government convinces most of it's citizens that some people are smoehow less! In time the group stops being individules & become "just Criminals", "Just Jews", "Just Arabs", or "Just Any group you want to separate from the mainstream" Then once your sold that they are less, you can be told anyway they are treated is ok because they dont count, after all they are just__________. Unfotunately it is becoming easier to convince people of this, as when times get harder everyone looks for someone else to blame!!!

 

[WDWBarb]

After reading this thread last night, I decided to finally take my DVD copy of this movie out and watch it. I've just started it - tissues ready.

Anyone see "Life is Beautiful?" I was a wreck after that movie. I was so angry that humans could ever be what they were ...

I was never taught anything about Nazi Germany and the concentration camps while I was in school. I also never knew that we dropped an atomic bomb until I went to college.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

I remember watching it in H.S. and crying a lot but I'm watching it right now on HBO and am so very disturbed and upset. I "understood" what was going on in the movie but not like I do now, as an adult, with children.

I would love to change the channel but I can't....I need to watch the whole movie.

I'm going to be a mess in about 1 min

Anyone else watching it?
Join me....

I've watched it 2x & can never do it again, it really upsets me for a long time. Emotionally overwhelming.

 

[Cindyluwho]

I love Schindler's List, what an amazing movie!! I had DD watch it with me when she was in 8th grade and studying the Holocaust.

If you love Schindler's List, try watching Defiance, it will be out on DVD early next month. It takes place during the same time, only it's about Jews in Belarus who fought back and made a life for themselves in the forest. Amazing movie!!

 

[minkydog]

As difficult as it is to watch (and some parts made me physically ill to the point where I thought I was going to have to leave the cinema) I believe it should be required viewing for every high school in the US.

Boy in the Striped Pajamas is another movie that hit me in the gut and will stick with me for a long time.

In my DD16s High School the show Schindler's List in 11th grade. She was so moved that afterward she checked out Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

Incidently, if you think the movie (Schindler's List) was horrible, you should read the book.
Nothing has ever affected me so powerfully. It's been about 8 years and I still remember it vividly.

 

[pigletgirl]

Schindlers List and Sophie's Choice made me physically ill...Both are so gut wrenching! I found the books were harder to read than the movie. But maybe that is because I read the book first before seeing the films.

 

[leighe]

I teach world civ to sophomores and I usually show it to all of my classes. I think it's an important film for kids to see.

 

[matthew&haleysmom]

I heard about it but have never watched it. I read a few books and could barely handle that. One book "Night" really disturbed me. Not sure how I would handle the movie.

I couldn't watch all of the movie "The Passion of Christ" had to hide my face through quite a bit of that.

"Night" is required reading for 9th graders where I work. Next year, "Schindler's List" will be required reading for 11th graders.

Both are very powerful books.