So I rented "The Pianist"

[sundog]

A question for those of you who have already seen it: Will it make me cry?

I ask because I was thinking of watching it during down time at work today... but I don't want to get all emotional & have a customer walk in. If it is too wrenching, I'll wait till tonight.

Thanks :)

[JimmyJazz]

1. Yes, you goose - it will make you cry!

It's not light material by any stretch. It is an excellent film, but, trust me, YOU will cry.

[sundog]

6. ok then

It will wait. Thanks. :)

[JimmyJazz]

7. I'd watch "13 going on 30" if I were you.

[sundog]

10. "romantic comedy" makes me crazy

I generally avoid rom coms. They make want to throw things at the screen.

[Garage Queen]

2. Will you cry? Like a child.

WONDERFUL movie. Adrian Brody is fantastic, but you *will* cry -- probably several times.

Enjoy!

[Sydnie]

3. If it doesn't you aren't human

It is a case of crying both from sadness and from joy at the end.

For me, who is "soft as a grape", it is a hankies and both hands type of movie.

Enjoy it.

I haven't rented the dvd, what do the special features look like? Anything good?

[joeybee12]

4. I BOUGHT that over a year ago and STILL have not watched it...

...I have two friends who have done the same thing.

We all agree we're going to have to be in the mood--that mood has not hit me yet!

[RubyDuby in GA]

5. Definitely wait until you get home from work

I was bawling like a big baby. But it's sooooo good. I bought it the day it came out and Adrian Brody totally deserved his Oscar and I'm shocked but thrilled that Roman Polanski got one too. Sometimes the Academy gets it totally right.

[sundog]

8. Thanks for the input

I guess I'll just hang with you cats today ;)

[gollygee]

9. It made me cry

Such a sad movie! But a really good one.

[THUNDER HANDS]

11. no

Its not like Shindler's List.

It's good, but not totally tear-enducing unless you're normally a blubbery sort of movie viewer.

[Garage Queen]

12. True, it's not as gut-wrenching as Schindler's List

But it'll get a few tears outta ya.

Speaking of which, I bought Schindler's List a few months ago and STILl haven't watched it. I guess I haven't been in the mood yet.

[jonnyblitz]

14. I agree. n/t

[JVS]

13. Was it about a 12" pianist?

[RebelOne]

15. I could not watch it through to the end.

It just depressed me.

[DELUSIONAL]

16. I couldn't watch it right away -- I started to but

had to go to the special features -- where the actor and director talked about the film, why it was important to do and how they worked to get the details right.

Then I started the film at the beginning -- and stopped it when it got too hard to watch. I doubt that I could have watched this in a theater. It is intense -- but it is a must watch movie.

A few days before I watched the DVD I viewed some of the photos from Fallujah -- so that film was in a way blending what OUR troops are doing to "the other" someone of a different religions and different ethnic group -- and what the Nazis did to the Jews and later the Poles.

To me this movie is a reminder -- as much as we think the world has changed -- human hatred still remains.

Also not everyone on the other side is evil -- some of the Jews were evil to each other.

An excellent film -- one worth watching many times.