The Grey Zone
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Movie Reviews of The Grey Zone
Movie Review: Some notable one liner philosophic quotes here,a gruesome movie
Summary: 5 Stars
definitely this one makes my top ten list,that there are now at least a hundred or two. trying to understand the dehumanization that occurred at Aushwitz,comes down to a statement by one of the characters,"We do what we have to in order to survive for the day". But in the back of the concentration camps internees an even deeper emotion is present as another prisoner says,"If this(referring to the extermination camp)war ends and this goes on I don't want to be alive". The camp inmates are all strangers to each other and the camps rulers,the Nazis,are strict to keep it that way through a policy of select and whimsical brutality,murder,and injustice. This keeps the inmates beyond hope with the sole desire to "look out for number one". Yet despite this these complete strangers evolve a plan to blow up the gas chambers and riot in an attempt to get the information out about the death camps. Some of these scenes are really graphic so I would be careful about someome watching this without parental guidance. These total strangers become"good neighbors"and are able to surprise their tormentors in a story that makes the best horror movie seem lacking.The scenes are deadly even worse they're true.Movie Review: Staggering, mesmerizing, painful, atrocious....
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is not made for weak hearts... It is a great movie dealing about an awful, terrible subject. It has absolutely nothing even remotely funny about it. It's disgrace after disgrace, tragedy after tragedy, death after death. Even if you already read a lot about the Holocaust or if you watched other movies about it, you will not be prepared for what's to come in this movie. You will end the movie feeling as sad as you've seldom felt before...
The acting is top, (including David Arquette!), the history focus on the October 7, 1944 uprising in Auschwitz, and the awful, insane living conditions of the Jews selected for the Sonderkommandos. Jews helping to murder Jews, theoretically... But the movie makes just a simple question, leaving it to the viewer to answer it: what would YOU do? Commit suicide? Try to die heroically? Accept and just think about surviving? Telling the truth to people who were about to be gassed? What would I do in that situation? Fortunately, I probably would never go through something like this. Fortunately, never again an Austrian madman will make blood run free across Europe.
Movie Review: Never again!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie takes you into the holocaust in a way that makes the characters more than ciphers. There is a story here, and images that will haunt you for years to come. Yes, the Jews had to do a lot of the Nazis' dirty work - it was part of the torture that the Nazis designed, as they thought they could never be held accountable. The Jews who cooperated maybe got to live a little longer, maybe got a little more food, an extra blanket. It's amazing what the will to survive will do to a human being. And, without those survivors telling their stories, holocaust deniers would not even need to exist. There would be nothing to deny.
Again, the images in this movie are haunting, moving, and should cause one to think and to dig deeper into what we think we know about the holocaust, and about man's inhumanity to man. We may think we know what horror man is capable of. We can only remain aware as long as our eyes remain open - and our hearts remain connected to our souls.
Auschwitz - Inside the Nazi State
Movie Review: Not for the faint of heart
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was one of the best portayals of the Holocaust I have ever seen. The performances are outstanding, Harvey Keitel will send a chill down your spine as the unruffled, cool commandant of the camp. A combination of sinister charm that few actors can achieve. But the real stand out in the film is David Arquette, a man not known for seriousness, who gives a performance that is nothing short of amazing!
Other viewers complain that this film lacks entertainment. I'm sorry they missed the point, this movie is not meant to entertain. It is designed to educate on the seriousness and tragedy of one of the most heinous crimes in modern history. This is a fictionalized account surrounding an actual event, but the dialogue here serves more as a link and explanation of events rather than a story.
The main point is the situation and treatment of these people and their reactions and how they delt with it as well as the lengths an individual will go to, to try and survive in the most preverse of situations. Watch it for the History and the psychology - not because you want to be entertained.
Movie Review: not for the light hearted
Summary: 5 Stars
Only reason Im giving this 5 stars is because of the violence. Im so sick of movies that try to dummy up the violence in war movies (ex: pearl harbor, although a good movie, pg-13) This is what really happened ladies and gentlemen, even as graphic as this movie is, they still do not show you all of what they did to torture these people. In order for you to understand just how horrible this time in history was, this movie is a good place to start. There will probably never be a movie that shows you everything, I think the censorship board would never have this. Anyway, only cons I have: Its a bit slow in parts, and at times hard to understand because of the politics. Hang in there though, it gets clearer in the end. Anyway, one final note: If you like harry met sally kind of movies, stay away from this one, this is not for someone looking for a movie with happiness, peacfulness, an serenity, This is pretty horrific, and will disturb some veiwers, I garentee a select few people will turn it off at some point. Very sad movie! The ending also does not turn out as you would hope...pure depression!