Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Jazz Inmate (R) on June 09, 2003 at 12:33:02

In Reply to: As discussed before, I agree . . . . posted by albee33 on June 08, 2003 at 18:37:26:

>> 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.