Liz Depp (moviemaniacgirl)

Beautiful movie. An inspiration to all ages past, present and future.

Steven Spielberg is a pure incredible genius. He used black and white, which made the few things colored more significant and it showed you want Oskar Schindler was feeling.

THE LIST IS LIFE

This movie took you inside Oskar Shindler. You saw that he started out just trying to make money, but he realized that the jews were people too, that they had feelings and thoughts and that they needed someone to save them. He realized that he could do it, and still make money. A win-win situation.

The screenplay was excellent, it put german and english in with mix enough that you felt closer to the story without having to know what they were saying. The camera direction was marvelous, it used angles to tell the part of the story words couldn't.

The violence was well done. The gore and effects were realistic yet it wasn't over the top. It held decency and let you feel how strong each death was.

There was a lot of nudity but it was used to show what it was like to be a jew during the holocoust or because it was nessacary.

The acting was stupendous. Liam Neeson is a wonderful actor for the ages. His approach on Shindler made the movie at least 3/4 of what it was, and how much it affects you. His face, voice, and body-language lets you into his head. It tells you how he changes, how he wants to change, and what he does because he has too.

Ralph Fiennes was amazing, too. His character was a hard one to play because he is a cold-blood-thirsty man who doesn't care about who lives or dies, and will shoot you for not sticking out, or for doing something too 'normal'. Ralph Fiennes did this wonderfully, with a hard jaw line and a sarcastically cold laugh and jokes that only he would find funny.

Ben Kingsley did wonderfully. His character was a thankful and non-caring man. he didn't care if he lived or died as long as his death was something that gave life to others. He recognized what Shindler did and he recognized it by showing us with his eyes. He had such great eyes and a great vocal range, a range filled with different emotions and passion without changing volume.

Every female actress, and every jewish actor added to the film without having to stick out of the crowd. Every jew that died, lived, or was there added to the affect of the film without having to say something loudly or be the center of attention. The little girl in the red coat didn't have to draw attention to herself to have all eyes on her.

The ending will touch you like you've never been touched before. Not only the movie's ending, but the ending with Shindler's grave stone.

This movie will change the way you look at life. It's a movie for the ages.

RATED R FOR:
Violence/ Gore
Nudity
Sexual Content

I have seen the episode of the Twilight Zone that this is based on. I hope they change the ending, NOT THAT THE ENDING OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE WAS BAD... it would just ruin the movie for me. But I like the idea of Cameron Diaz in this part. It's different but still good. Frank Langella already looks and acts the part to me so he was a plus.

This should've won the Acadamey Award! I SWEAR TO GOD THIS WAS AMAZING. Dustin Lance Black is so young but so amazing as a screen writer, I can't believe how young he is. I really think i'll look up more of HIS work. Sean Penn was amazing, and to believe that he wasn't really gay, oh this movie is amazing, the emotions, costumes, music, acting, and power of the movie is so outstanding, to BELIEVE i never knew about the real Harvey Milk. And there was no REAL nudity, some "suggestive"ness-- or them make you imagine that their really nude. It was perfect. I really can't believe this movie. "I'm Harvey Milk, and I'm here to Recruit You!" I can't believe that this movie was so inspirting to me, a person who never knew about this man or this disput... i'm young! But it touched me even though I knew it was acting, but that's the thing in a movie like this, it isn't just acting, it's a refresher for a real life event that hellped and changed thousands of lives and helped thousands of people even today find themselves and the courage to do brillant things! James Franco Should've won an award or been nominated for being such an amazing Scottie (the first boyfriend Sean Penn's character has). But I still can't get over the chemistry that two straight men can have while acting gay. Sean Penn and James Franco seemed sincerley gay when they were together on screen-- they were so so real. And the entire cast was amazing. I've rated them in the order of amazingness (my scale may not be yours)
1. James Franco
2. Sean Penn
3. Emile Hirsh
4. Alison Pill
5. Lucas Gabriel
6. Josh Brolien Amazing some of my favorite quotes: I'm harvey milk and I'm here to recruit you!" -- Harvey Milk I know i'm not what you expected but I left my high heels at home!" Harvey Milk "Your going to be very fat by the time your fifty if you keep eating this cake!" Scottie Dan White: "Society can't exist without the family. Harvey Milk: We're not against that. Dan White: Can two men reproduce? Harvey Milk: No, but God knows we keep trying." Oh bye the way I pissed in your pool" Scottie Your adorrable, why don't we get you registered!" Harvey Milk Scottie: "are you on uppers or something?" Harvey: "No this is plain old me!" Scott Smith: [Harvey and Scott are finally sitting down to dinner] Don't say ANYTHING. Harvey Milk: [tucks his napkin under the collar of his shirt, eats a bite] Can I just tell you... Scott Smith: If you say anything, about politics, or the campaign, or what speech you have to give, or anything, I swear to God I'm gonna stab you with this fork. Harvey Milk: I just wanted to say... that this is the most wonderful dinner I have ever had. [Both start laughing] Harvey Milk: If we lose this, it'll just be you and me again, I promise. A homosexual with power... that's scary!" Harvey Milk "If it's true that children emulate their teachers we'd have a hell of a lot more nuns running around!" Harvey Milk about Jack Lira] "The new Mrs. Milk. I give it a week." Cleve Jones You replaced Scott with a lesbien?" Jim Revaldo How do you teach homosexuality? Is it like French?" Harvey Milk All these quotes and more are the reason the movie can go from funny to sad and right back! It's the writing and emotions and I thank the cast for the emotions and the writer (Dustin Lance Black) for writing this... even though I really should thank the real people for living this. This movie deserves all the five stars I've given it. I'm just upset that so many people don't want to see it because they don't want to see a gay movie. But it's something that is irreplaceble! It's a movie that shows how much one person can change the world by starting with his/her own neighborhood. You can start with your street than your city than your state and even if your not their to see it, it can change the entire country and then world. And you can change circumstances for one "type" of person and it will help change circumstances for all other types of people. [from trailer] Harvey Milk: Without hope, life's not worth living. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [from trailer] Harvey Milk: All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan White: Society can't exist without the family. Harvey Milk: We're not against that. Dan White: Can two men reproduce? Harvey Milk: No, but God knows we keep trying. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Smith: Are you on uppers or something? Harvey Milk: No, this is just plain old me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: [to Cleve Jones] You're going to meet the most extraordinary men, the sexiest, brightest, funniest men, and you're going to fall in love with so many of them, and you won't know until the end of your life who your greatest friends were or your greatest love was. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: Okay. First order of business to come out of this office is the city-wide gay rights ordinance, just like the one that Anita shot down in Dade County. What do you think, Lotus Blossom? Michael Wong: I think it's good. It's not great. Harvey Milk: Okay, so make it brilliant. We want Anita's attention here, in San Francisco. I wanted to bring her fight to us. We need a unanimous vote - we need headlines. Jim Rivaldo: Dan White is not going to vote for this. Harvey Milk: Dan White'll be fine, Dan White is just uneducated. We'll teach him. Dan White: [suddenly appearing in the doorway] Hey, Harv! Committee meets at nine-thirty. [to everyone else] Dan White: Hi, you guys. [to Harvey] Dan White: Um, say, did you get the invitation to my son's christening? I invited a few of the other supes too. Harvey Milk: Oh, well, I'll be there! Dan White: Great! Thanks. [waves at everyone and leaves] Dick Pabich: Did he hear you? Jim Rivaldo: What the fuck? Anne Kronenberg: Are you going? Harvey Milk: I would let him christen me if it means he's gonna vote for the gay rights ordinance. Jim Rivaldo: [as Harvey is talking] I think he can hear you. Jesus. Harvey Milk: We need allies. Dick Pabich: I don't think he heard you. Cleve Jones: Is it just me or is he cute? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Smith: [Harvey and Scott are finally sitting down to dinner] Don't say ANYTHING. Harvey Milk: [tucks his napkin under the collar of his shirt, eats a bite] Can I just tell you... Scott Smith: If you say anything, about politics, or the campaign, or what speech you have to give, or anything, I swear to God I'm gonna stab you with this fork. Harvey Milk: I just wanted to say... that this is the most wonderful dinner I have ever had. [Both start laughing] Harvey Milk: If we lose this, it'll just be you and me again, I promise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: A homosexual with power... that's scary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State Senator John Briggs: It's time to root them out. Tom Ammiano: And how are you going to determine who's a homosexual? State Senator John Briggs: My bill outlines procedures for identifying homosexuals. Tom Ammiano: How? Will you be sucking them off? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan White: Dan White's got an issue! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan White: [extremely drunk, to Jack Lira] Whatever! I don't even know who you are, you just showed up out of nowhere, Latino man. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Lira: I love you. I love you. Harvey Milk: Do you even remember my name? Jack Lira: [laughs softly] No. Harvey Milk: Harvey. I'm Harvey. Jack Lira: Harvey. I love you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: If it were true that children emulate their teachers, we'd have a lot more nuns running around. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleve Jones: Anita! You liar! We'll set your hair on fire! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McConnely: There's Man's Law and there's God's Law in this neighborhood. Harvey Milk: Uh huh. McConnely: And in this city. Scott Smith: You know, we pay taxes! McConnely: The San Francisco Police Force is happy to enforce either. Have a good day. [leaves] Harvey Milk: [calling after him] Yeah, thank you for the warm welcome to the neighborhood! [to Scott] Harvey Milk: Schmuck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleve Jones: [about Jack Lira] The new Mrs. Milk. I give it a week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Rivaldo: You replaced Scott with a lesbian? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: Forty years old and I haven't done a thing that I'm proud of. Scott Smith: You keep eating this cake, you're gonna be fat by the time you're fifty. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Smith: Looks like you're gonna make it to fifty after all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: My fellow degenerates... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: Is anyone gonna pay the pizza guy, or are we all just gonna stare? Dick Pabich: Why wouldn't we stare? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: How do you teach homosexuality? Is it like French? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: [Voice Over, Last lines] I ask this... If there should be an assassination, I would hope that five, ten, one hundred, a thousand would rise. I would like to see every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out - - If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's. Without hope, the us's give up - I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. So you, and you, and you... You gotta give em' hope... you gotta give em' hope. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: [First lines] This is Harvey Milk speaking on Friday November 18th. This is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination. During one of the early campaigns, I started opening my speeches with the same line and it sort of became my signature... Hello, I'm Harvey Milk, and I'm here to recruit you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Milk: [Scott Smith is heading down the stairs and Harvey tries to make eye contact] Hey, hey... [Scott stops and looks at him] Harvey Milk: I'm Harvey. Scott Smith: Okay, Harvey... [smiles a little awkwardly] Harvey Milk: Today's my birthday. [Scott laughs] Harvey Milk: No, it actually is my birthday. At midnight. Scott Smith: [still smiling, a little skeptical] Really. Harvey Milk: And, believe it or not, I don't have any plans. [raises one eyebrow as he speaks] Harvey Milk: Some people took me out after work. Scott Smith: Oh, and that would be, ah, let me guess... Ma Bell or AT&T. Harvey Milk: The Great American Insurance Company. I'm part of that corporate establishment that, let me guess, you think is the cause of all the evil in the world from Vietnam to diaper rash. Scott Smith: You left out bad breath. Scott Smith: [Harvey covers his mouth; both start laughing] Just kidding. [pause] Harvey Milk: You're not going to let me spend my birthday all by myself, are you? Scott Smith: [gently teasing] Listen, Harvey, you're pretty cute, but... I don't date guys over forty. Harvey Milk: Well, then this is my lucky night. Scott Smith: Why's that? Harvey Milk: I'm still thirty-nine... [showing Scott his watch] Harvey Milk: It's only eleven-fifteen. [pauses, leans forward and kisses Scott] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dianne Feinstein: As President of the Board of Supervisors it's my duty to make this announcement: both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed.

Absolutly one of the most heart-wrenching, soul pouring perfect movie i have ever seen. It was an absolute privlage to watch this movie. I watched it in Swedish with English subtitles (i suggest you do the same-- it enhanses the emtion and drama). I love this movie, the directing, acting, screenwriting, special effects, and the plot. This movie is based on a book (a book i've never read) and it's an adaption. i personally don't know if they adapted it well, but it was a great movie. The plot had a few different strings to it but the main string was Kare Hedebrant's character and Lina Leandersson's character. They had some real chemistry for 12 year olds. Kare Hedebrant played Oskar, a bullied, skranwy, lonely child whose parents are divrosed. The bullies pick on him daily, and he can't stand up to them. Kare plays this character with such intensitry and brillance that you can't help but get swept up in the forward momentum of the movie. He has a beautifully developed range of emtions, and he has great body language. I love his acting abilities-- he has the range and emotion of a developed actor. Lina Leandersson plays the vampire role in the film. She befriends Oskar and their stories intertwine. Lina acts with adult understanding. Her essence in this movie was to be matured and to have knowledge greater than Oskar or any of the people. She made us believe who she was, what she did, and how much she knew. But she also made us love her and want her to be able to live, even if others died to bring her life. She was an addictive actress to watch. You can't help but fall in love with her character. The chemistry between Kare and Lina's characters had such a realistic bond. They had chemistry greater than most adult actors can find whilst acting. They seemed like old souls who had known and loved eachother for generations. Ika Nord was good. She had a small part but played it well. She added to the realism and believeabilty of the vampiristic roles in the movie. The direction was brillant. It enhansed certain details and brought the gore to a minimal. It made certain things bigger and made the connection between Oskar and Eli stronger. The way their hands touched and the way their hands were the center made for an innocent and new type of relasionship for the characters and made it easier to find Eli innocent and to love her even though she is a vampire. The screen writing was great. There wasn't that much talking for a movie and that's what made the movie brillant. You focused on faces and touches, and the actions not the words that were said. The dialouge didn't matter as long as the characters connect. The connection is what makes the story real not the dialogue. The special effects were excellent-- the vampire special effects along with the fire and blood effects. This movie had a very good soundtrack aswell. The music was more than perfect for the mood and the theme of this movie. The music was more than perfect it was brillant and genius, it displayed the emotions and the moments, also the mood and theme. RATED R FOR: Adult Language Gore and Violence Sexual Content Favorite Quotes: advertisementLacke: Thank you again for another evening steeped in merriment and friendship. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oskar: Are you a vampire? Eli: I live off blood... [pause] Eli: Yes. Oskar: Are you... [pause] Oskar: Dead? Eli: No. Can't you tell? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oskar: How old are you? Eli: Twelve... more or less. Eli: What about you? Oskar: Twelve years, eight months and nine days. What do you mean, "more or less"? Oskar: When's your birthday? Eli: I don't know. Oskar: Don't you celebrate your birthday? Your parents... they've got to know. Eli: [Eli looks down on the ground] Oskar: Then you don't get any birthday presents, do you? Eli: No. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eli: [standing outside the door] You have to invite me in. Oskar: What happens if I don't? Oskar: What happens if you walk in anyway? Oskar: [feels the air between himself and Eli] Is there something in the way? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oskar: Who are you? Eli: I'm like you. Oskar: What do you mean? Eli: [accusing tone] What are you staring at? Well? Eli: Are you looking at me? Eli: [points her finger at Oskar] So scream! Squeal! Eli: Those were the first words I heard you say. Oskar: I don't kill people. Eli: No, but you'd like to. If you could... To get revenge. Right? Oskar: Yes. Eli: Oskar, I do it because I have to. Eli: Be me, for a while. [pause] Eli: Please Oskar... Be me, for a little while. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jimmy: You stay under water for three minutes. If you can do it, I'll just nick you. [brandishes switchblade] Jimmy: But if you can't, I'll poke one of your eyes out. An eye for an ear, right? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oskar: Are you really twelve? Eli: Yes. It's just I've been twelve for a very long time.