I woke up early to take my mom to the airport this morning and then began watching The Pianist when I got home around 7 AM. I’m not sure why I didn’t just go back to bed, but I think it had something to do with me not sleeping in too late. I had never seen the movie, but as I began to watch, I knew I was thankful to be alone while doing so. Things about inhumane acts (especially in relation to the Holocaust) really get to me – I wasn’t sure how severe the movie would be. Most of the time it made me sick to my stomach and I cried a quite a bit. What a great way to start off the day! I remember thinking in the midst of the movie, “God how could you let this happen to these people, your people? How could you allow these German soldiers to be so heartless?”
I think we all need a healthy dose of fear and horror of what we as humans are capable of. This was actual history, for goodness sake! I can’t imagine anything like that ever happening again, but then again, look at all the peril that goes on everyday in numerous places in Africa, the Middle East, North Korea, etc.
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Leah // July 15, 2008 at 10:39 am |
good movie
courtneyconerly // July 17, 2008 at 7:52 am |
That part where they march the family outside and shoot them and then throw the cripple out the window (or something like that)
totally freaked me out. Those images stayed with me for a while.
Good movie though. Really good.
Court