I just saw the original, and was so delighted not to see something so deeply interwoven with the suffering of isolated groups of people as opposed to the entirety of Poland, that i was forced to lower my rating for this version.
On its own it's a masterpiece in every meaning of the word, BUT...
I was always bothered by how the chosens get the spotlight in being persecuted by Germany, and not the country and its Polish people that has just been made officially nonexistent. By the way i've also always been bugged by how the fact that the other half of Poland at the same time went to the Soviets is never touched on by the movie. The original also left out the Soviets, but it's understandable as at the time it wasn't clear the Union just might be worse than all German doings combined.
But this remake was made in a very different time, so in my book it is unacceptable not to mention Russia. It didn't fit the intended narrative ey...
Such a shame my review becomes deeply political, but i can't help it as i tend to watch films with a thinking mind.
I was also astonished to realize how much of a shot for shot remake this one is. What was changed was done due to better direction and pacing, and the previously mentioned agendas. The biggest offender was the standout scene of a small caliber actor at the theater who acts out a Shakespearean scene in the middle of an enemy soldier cloud, originally speaking for all Polish, maybe even all people not German?.. but in the remake in the name of all jews.. That's just a horrendous change. They crossed a line here and i really need to force myself to like this movie.
On its own it's a masterpiece in every meaning of the word, BUT...
I was always bothered by how the chosens get the spotlight in being persecuted by Germany, and not the country and its Polish people that has just been made officially nonexistent. By the way i've also always been bugged by how the fact that the other half of Poland at the same time went to the Soviets is never touched on by the movie. The original also left out the Soviets, but it's understandable as at the time it wasn't clear the Union just might be worse than all German doings combined.
But this remake was made in a very different time, so in my book it is unacceptable not to mention Russia. It didn't fit the intended narrative ey...
Such a shame my review becomes deeply political, but i can't help it as i tend to watch films with a thinking mind.
I was also astonished to realize how much of a shot for shot remake this one is. What was changed was done due to better direction and pacing, and the previously mentioned agendas. The biggest offender was the standout scene of a small caliber actor at the theater who acts out a Shakespearean scene in the middle of an enemy soldier cloud, originally speaking for all Polish, maybe even all people not German?.. but in the remake in the name of all jews.. That's just a horrendous change. They crossed a line here and i really need to force myself to like this movie.