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In Reply to: Le Pianist.... posted by patrickU on June 08, 2003 at 14:42:47:
underwhelming to the point of boring. Perhaps I was bored because I am NOT Jewish? I wasn't expecting an action flick and was taken aback at Roman's recycling of scenery a time or two. (Low budget?)
I also saw Brody's character lacking gumption and the willingness to stand for others. Quite the contrast to Fiennes in "Sunshine" who took the sub-zero shower for defiance.
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> > underwhelming to the point of boring. < <Oh, I'm so sorry the portrait of a man in the holocaust does not entertain you!
> > Perhaps I was bored because I am NOT Jewish? < <
I doubt it. Plenty of people found this movie worthwhile. It had nothing to do with their religion.
> > I wasn't expecting an action flick and was taken aback at Roman's recycling of scenery a time or two. (Low budget?) < <
I read this comment of yours before. What other scenes would you like shown? The movie took place mostly in the Warsaw ghetto. Jews there didn't have a chance to get out much, unless they were being taken to Auschwitz, Belzec, Sobibor, Chelmno, Majdanekor or Treblinka. Perhaps you would have enjoyed the scenery more if the movie showed these places? I hope you never see a film on Anne Frank's story. That all took place in 3 tiny rooms where her family was forced to live behind a wall, until the Nazis discovered them. You would find that really boring and a "cheap" production.
> > I also saw Brody's character lacking gumption and the willingness to stand for others. Quite the contrast to Fiennes in "Sunshine" who took the sub-zero shower for defiance. < <
This sounds very much like you are casting judgement on Szpilman. What gives you the right? The fact is, the man was a musician, not a fighter, and had he participated in the Warsaw uprising he would be dead and none would hear him play the piano OR TELL HIS STORY again. Think about that.
I want to make it clear that I am not getting on your case because you did not like the film, but for your comments which I found utterly thoughtless. Everyone is entitled to their opinion--it is certainly not an enjoyable movie but a story that must be told. And Polanski brought it to the screen with deftness, solid performances and incredible imagery. That is my opinion.
no reason to be so passionate about it.Your reaction gives me the impression that you feel your opinion is the only correct one. You are one opinion and one viewer.
I did not find Brody's character particularly appealing or interesting. And, I don't quite follow your the comment about scenary. The production values did not follow through in my opinion. Maybe he didn't have strong backing for the project?
I wonder why Roman just didn't tell his own story? He survives today. Surely, he must have something to report.
Many, many people think this is a wonderful movie, I don't--and, the limited release points to a film that is not for everybody.
A lot of people on this forum have poo-pooed Schindler. I feel that it is a very strong, melodramatic film that finally got the point across to the general public about the horrors and random acts of the holocaust. That's what it takes. Schindler should be required viewing in history classes everywhere.
I would not say boring but I would say low budget. Brody did make a good performance, no doubt the one who did not was Polansky, his scenes look like " still pictures " put together, the problem his you can see it as you can how he tries to play with us..( all directors manipulate, of course, but you should NOT see it ).
Sunshine was another league, it was certainly more fidele to the real story of the Jewish people in Europe as I learn it.
In life they are characters for every ...taste!
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