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Schindler’s List, Emotionally Draining That’s Pretty Much It

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Oh my god…. oh my god, have some tissues in fact have a whole 2 boxes of them trust me you’ll need them, never has a film emotionally drained me before oh scrap that The Notebook made me cry (not ashamed to admit it) but this film good god, this is the cake topper for most emotional film ever, for those who don’t know Schindler’s List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler a German businessman who saves thousands of Jewish workers during the Second World War by making them work in his factory.

The film as a whole is three hours long which to some people may seem boring and dull but for those who like a good historic war film give this a go, the three hours fly by and we see some pretty gruesome and horrific things during this, not to mention the infamous little girl in the red jacket scene, which just happens to be the only time the film shows any colour, the acting is amazing and John William’s soundtrack is beautiful, just give the main theme a go and tell me that the violin doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, the film also stars Ralph Fiennes as a ruthless and brutal Nazi officer who shoots people with a sniper rifle from his balcony.

Trust me his character is just the most cruel and really harsh when dealing out punishments, for instance he shoots his architect for having to tear down a building and starting from scratch, he then gets his guards to shoot her. He then drags a factory worker in to the courtyard and attempts to shoot him for not producing enough locks, some scenes are almost unwatchable like the siege at the Krakow Ghetto where the Jewish are brutally shot and killed in their homes… yeah I told you it’s not a pretty film.

This has to be up there with Steven Spielberg’s greatest films he has ever made it’s heartbreaking and emotional, especially the part at the end where you see the actual people Schindler saved next to the people who played them, final score 10/10 it’s emotionally draining as I said and believe me once them credits roll trust me you will not have a dry eye at all anyway here’s the main theme, give this a listen to oh and there’s an amazing quote said by one of the characters “whoever saves one life, saves the world entire” https://youtu.be/VorGotjeLjM

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Patriots Day An Eye-Opening Emotional Roller Coaster Of A Film

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Peter Berg is surly becoming a favourite director of mine with his films about true life tragedies and incidents, I first saw a film he did called Lone Survivor with Mark Wahlberg about Operation Red Wings way back in 2005, definitely give that film a go if you love emotional war films.

Patriots Day does exactly the same thing and shines another light on yet another dark time in American history…. the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, oh boy this was amazing and again Peter Berg packs an emotional punch, from us seeing the explosion by using actual footage to seeing real pictures and the survivors talk about the attack, what I loved about this film is it uses actual footage of the attack, the moment the terrorist goes to the store and even uses the actual images of the terrorists themselves, it truly was an eye opening film as it shows what happens after the attack, from the FBI investigation to the manhunt that followed in Watertown Boston.

The manhunt scene is one of if the not the tensest edge of your seat moments, from the moment the first shot is fired all the way up until the very last bullet is fired it is one of the moment amazing scenes filmed, also may I also shout out the guy who was held hostage in his own car, not only was he calm and chilled out but he gave the cops the exact location as to where his car was, thanks to a GPS tracker built in to his car.

All in all Patriots Day is again another eye opener, we see exactly what happened in great detail and accuracy, most importantly the infamous manhunt for one of the terrorists, as I remember watching that live over here in the U.K. everything from the national guard all the way up to them finding the guy hidden in the boat. My final rating for this film is a solid 10/10 oh and this has possibly one of my favourite lines in it, during a shootout one of the cops says to the chief “sir we’re under heavy fire” only for the chief to reply with “yeah no shit” there are some other funny lines in here but I won’t say all of them as it will take a really long time to type the but anyway guys catch ya later 🙂

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Detroit A Film That Everyone Must See This Year

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Kathryn Bigelow is slowly but surly becoming one of my favourite directors out there, the first film I watched of hers was 2009s The Hurt Locker, a war film about bomb disposal experts in Iraq, that film was thrilling and a proper edge of your seat flick, her next film was Zero Dark Thirty a film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden again it was thrilling exciting and an eye opener in to how the operation to find and kill the most wanted man alive became a reality. Detroit however does something different sure it’s gripping and tense but it’s more of an eye opener on such a dark time in American history.

It takes place in the late 60s in Detroit, we see police shut down an illegal bar, as they are arresting the customers things take a turn for the worst when an angry protester hurls rocks at the police, suddenly Detroit has become a war zone and this film doesn’t waste anytime as it literally jumps straight in, from there we see the cops, the national guard and the army deployed, all while this is happening and incident in a motel is taking place, this will be known as the Algiers Motel incident, I’m not saying what happens but let me tell you it’s not pretty.

As all this is going on I’m looking around the cinema and seeing everyone’s reactions, some have their head in their hands others are just merely looking on with shock, as was I during this, it certainly was an eye opener and sheds much needed light on such a dark time in American history, the film as a whole was dark, gritty and very powerful to say the least, there are some jaw dropping and emotional scenes particularly one where a member of the national guard thinks an innocent little girl is a sniper and starts shooting at the window where she was looking.

All in all Detroit is an eye opening film for the right reasons it sheds light on a tragic subject in the USA one that I think needs to be addressed and Kathryn Bigelow certainly does that, the film stars John Boyega as a security guard in charge with protecting a store while the riots are taking place, it also stars Will Poulter as a cop during the riots, I enjoyed this film and hope you do too final rating 10/10.

Until next time catch you later

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