Oskar Schindler's List Reaction

Whether it is Gandhi or Abraham Lincoln, there will always be a hero amidst hard times. In Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler proved himself to be a vainglorious man in the beginning but then later develops into a humanitarian who turns his factory into a refuge for his Jewish workers during the horrendous Nazi reign. German business man and opportunist Oskar Schindler starts a factory using Jewish slave labour in hopes of making a fortune out of the upcoming World War. However, as time goes on, Schindler is intensely affected by how his workers are treated by his Nazi comrades. Subsequently, he spends all his money earned from the business and risked his life to protect his workers and ends up saving over 1,100 Jews. I personally dislike

The Nazis looked extremely tall and healthy while the Jews were only half as tall. I thought this was cool because the Jews were probably much tinier and frailer physically, but it can also be interpreted figuratively in that the Nazis were much more powerful and had complete control over the Jews, which is why they seemed a lot bigger; much like how God or kings are always made bigger than his subjects in paintings. Spielberg probably had an emotional time directing this film, as he is a Jew himself. I think he did an amazing job showing both how it was like to be a Nazi and a Jew during this time without any bias. Much care was put into this work and the way Spielberg handled such a sensitive topic was excellent. Though I would usually consider any movie over three hours too long, I did not want the movie end. I feel like the length of the movie itself holds some meaning, it tells us that the Holocaust did not happen within few months, but many years. Jewish people were being continuously murdered years and that’s not something audiences can understand fully from just watching a few hours of a movie, even if the movie is one of the longest they have ever sat