SpookyDuke

How to describe beauty without expressing true feelings? It's a deeply personal film that touches depths of a human soul and represents true beauty in so many aspects: the everlasting and unbearable beauty of real love, the beauty of our dystopian humanity that never loses hope, the beauty of our creative minds and our capability to cherish our memories. Even the beauty of our selfdestructive nature that we cannot comprehand. When I watched Blade Runner for the first time it was in the early 80's theater and I was overwhelmed as some visitor of Louvre whose tears roll down his cheeks because he cannot handle too much beauty, too much truth about ourselves and our world. The ultimate work of art and labour of love. Thank you, Mr. Scott.

Just a few comments: Anyone saying here that Spielberg knows only Big Budget spectacular filming, obviously isn't aware of his Empire of the Sun or Color Purple. Both of these works go hand in hand with Schindler's list.

Anyone saying last scene (the ring) is fiction - I don't care - the scene is an emotional tsunami. The Schindler Jews stated in their interviews they don't care who he was or how he led his life - to them, he is an angel. I think the same. The man is a rare angel.

Also, the cinematography and the 40's heavy feel was never seen or surpassed before (or after), not even with Spielberg's Ryan.

I have a strange feeling that the authors wanted to make a small, average movie, with no big expectations, never-mind Michael Crichton's part in it. To our great joy they failed! The film is fantastic in many ways and I think I can draw a quality parallel with another "small" movie - Mothman prophecies. To me both movies are now of a rare kind - mesmerizing, strangely unique, hypnotic. For no matter how many times they put it on some TV program I always stay there being swallowed by its charm. I mean - isn't it strange that Antonio Banderas, who in my opinion ruined a promising career after a splendid international start (Mambo Kings) raises high with his Arab part. Don't you agree it took guts and charisma to stand above all those never-before-in-film perfect and powerful Vikings? Just like Richard Gere "dancing" on an equal footing with an acting greatness of Laura Linney in the Mothman. And what about the scenery, the photography, the middle ages colours and heroic costumes, what about the extras' faces, battles on a Gladiator or LOTR levels, .... amazing. Yes, this is one of those small, but big big movies, made with heart, strength and honour. And vision.