This was not the movie I was expecting, but it immediately caught me in it’s grip and didn’t let go throughout the whole movie. It was very realistic and for that reason I would never watch it again nor suggest anyone else to watch it. I am well aware of how low the human race can stoop to treat their fellow man and I don’t like to be reminded of it in such detail. The only other movie that I have seen that is worse than this for the lowness of man is Slumdog Millionaire. Needless to say this is not the type of movie I find enjoyable, however it was well made and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. It is worth consuming only to understand our human history and to not repeat it.

This is the first movie I liked for the reality and I will not like to watch it again. Great movie with lovely music, watch it to see how cruel things could destroy such a romantic world!!

Few movies remain with me long after seeing them on wide screen: one of them is Roman Polanski’s The Pianist, whose simplicity and old-fashioned flavor of visuals are stunning, if not refreshing. For a movie about a Polish pianist’s escape from Nazi concentration camps, there is nothing nakedly petrifying beyond the occasional scenes of, say, someone being thrown out of a third-story balcony and such. In fact, with its lack of larger-than-life imagery, a perversely romantic feeling floats through the movie: to begin with, the heart-tugging music of Chopin (Polish, but of course!) presents itself in an environment of gloom. Even the clothes, the shop fronts, the living rooms, and the sunny Polish skies look so accessibly natural they become scary.

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one of the most powerful films i have seen in a while. It’s one of those movies that you have mixed feelings about reaching the end of. At almost 2 and a half hours it is lengthy but you are so wraped up in the life of the charachter that it does not seem nearly that long. i would highly recomend this movie.

One of the most moving parts of this film for me was when the family are being held in a walled area waiting to be taken to the concentration camp and the two children who were left behind suddenly arrive and for a moment everyone is happy, even though this means they will all die together. It was strangely uplifting.