Schindler's List on DVD

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PurposeDriven

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Just to let you all know. Schindler's List will be available to own on DVD March 9th. Definitely worth the best picture award, and arguably best film of the 90s.

FYI. - Other Best Picture Winners of 90s.
DANCES WITH WOLVES
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Mystery/Suspense)
UNFORGIVEN
**SCHINDLER'S LIST **
FORREST GUMP
BRAVEHEART (Worthy)
THE ENGLISH PATIENT
TITANIC
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
AMERICAN BEAUTY (Worthy)
 
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The English Patient is one of the worst films I ever have watched. Shakespear in Love didnt do anything for me either
 
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Yes Yes... Good Good. But the statement was, Schindler's List was the best film of the 90s. Shakespeare in Love should have lost to Saving Private Ryan. However. Schindler's List is the Shizzle.
 
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I felt Speilbergs AMISTAD was grossly underrated. Possibly overshadowed by JUrassic?
 
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Actually the Thin Red Line should have beat out Saving Private Ryan. SPR was great moving and really showed you what war looked like, but Thin Red Line made you feel what war was like. After seeing TRL my brother decided he never wanted to be in the military Saving had no such effect on him.
 
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Really? Although I enjoyed TTRL, I felt it somewhat visceral. Cinemagraphically, it is a beautiful film. A true work of art.

The opening sequence in SPR is quite possibly the best recreation of combat (maybe Black Hawk Down) ever put on film. In fact, that sequence alone has redefined what combat should look like on film and has been copied a multitude of times since.

Again, I like SPR better but did enjoy TTRL. Two different films, one being a graphic portrayal, the other physcological.
 
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Exactly. I just happened to enjoy films that I feel something from instead of just showing me something. TRL also created a lot of intersesting themes such as the different nature of humans and seeing a war take place in such a beautifully natural place. The technology of war versus the nature of the world it takes place.
 
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Well put.

I would have loved to have seen the graphicism of SPR on the canvas of Terrence Malick. Talk about a mind ****.

One thing I didnt really like about TTRL was the massive voice over.
 
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SPR is one of my fav's of all time... granted i'm a WWII buff/freak, but it just really had an effect on me. Pretty much anything Spielberg puts out I really like (duh)... although AI was a little out there.. even it was kinda cool in it's own way.
 
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I voice over especially during the battle sequences is what really had me actually feeling what war is like instead of just watching what war looks like. Hey, thats me. I thought is worked wonderfully, but I can understand how it might have not worked for others.
 
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"Thin Red Line" lingered (rambled?) on for more than an hour after the story ended.

"Schindler's List" was a masterpiece, but one that I only care to watch once. Of course, it is socially impossible to say a single critical word, however true, of a Holocaust film. You simply lavish praise and move on.

Spielberg's best WWII movie: "Empire of the Sun."

Best films of the '90s? Two immediately spring to mind: "Fight Club" and "Rushmore." (I will grant, though, that movies which rely on a super-duper twist at the end don't often survive more than a few viewings. It's a weakness of FC, but I think it's more than made up for.)
 
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FIlms of the 90's I really loved are (based on rviewing the Oscar list; Im sure I could come up with more obscure and not-so-popular films) but I have to say I enjoyed all of these in the 90's. Many of these are on my top list!

American Beauty
Braveheart
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
Se7en
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Misery
Dances With Wolves
Schindler's List
Ed Wood
Amistad
Titanic
The 6th Sense
Gladiator
 
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YMDb.com used to be available to let you post your top-20 list, but I think it's read-only now.

"Gladiator" was 2000. But still 20th century! ;)

Discussion topic ('90s movies): Kevin Smith, auteur or overrated?
 
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Tks Purpose.

I think Kevin Smith writes interesting dialog, but I think his films suck and he is grossly overrated as a director. In fact, I think he should stick to Writing.
 
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ditto on the Smith comment... Your list is great John... some of them made me go "oh yeah!!!"... (like Misery)
 
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