Movie Night

Did you choose a film you had not seen before? No. I wanted to watch Schindler’s List again for a new experience than just watching it in school as a forced activity.
Choose one of the characters. Describe the characterization. Is the character round/flat, dynamic/static? What is the character's motivation? Schindler is a round and dynamic main character that definitely changes throughout the film. With each new action, we see his character grow to a righteous man who sacrificed everything for justice in an insane time period. The character's motivation is to help others at the end of the film. We see him never satisfied because he wanted to save all and he wasn't able to. At first we see him as a pure business man but then we see him transformed into a self sacrificing character.
What is one of the themes in the film? How is this theme portrayed? Justice at all costs. The whole movie is about trying to obtain justice in a world that seems so far from it. Schindler's character simply moves this theme from being in the background to the very central focus. When we watch movies about the Holocaust, we often simply feel pity. But in this movie, I couldn't help but feel for Schindler at the end. His devotion to find justice made me feel more than just pity, it made me feel an uncontrolable urge to do the right thing.
How might watching film as literature (instead of simply as entertainment) change the way that you watch movies? It helps me understand how a movie is more than just action and plot driven entertainment. Instead of looking at it from a mere pleasure perspective, I get to see and understand how the director made this movie for a true purpose.