I watched it last night and it really struck me. It is set during World War II. The movie was about the suffering of the Jews and the life of a man who tried to help them. His name was Oscar Schindler. He was a smart, wealthy German businessman. When the movie starts he seems like your average rude and mean German (at the time) who hates Jews. As the movie progresses you see him change into a man who really cares. He ends up saving over a thousand Jews from torturing and death by opening up his own factory.
I really liked the story line of this movie, but it was also very graphic. It showed every detail of every shot that the Nazis fired. This was very painful to watch but I think that it made an even bigger impact on me. The movie really raised some questions for me too. How could the Germans kill so many people? Were they even thinking? Did they ever stop to think that maybe killing those people might be wrong? There had to be something inside of them that was telling them how wrong it was. What they did was murder, and that is just so wrong.
I could barely watch some of the killing scenes, but Jews during the time had to watch that every day. Every day they had to watch their family and friends being killed right in front of them. I can't even imagine how it would feel to stand in a line while a man with a gun shot down dozens of people around me. The blood would be one thing, but then to think that you could be next. You could be the one that those horrible men were killing for no reason.
This movie had such a huge impact on me and I would urge you to watch it. It may not be a happy movie but it really gets you thinking.
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