I have watched this movie a few times and learned about the Nuremberg trials extensively in college so I watched this with great interest and I also am a big fan of "Judgment At Nurembergs" dramatization of the judges trial as well. I tried hard to not compare this movie to the classic, but even though both plots were different I felt this miniseries incorporated pieces of that film.
I must say it's a weird feeling watch Alec Baldwin as justice Robert Jackson throwing the book at nazi war criminals especially with the track record he has had the past 22 years after this came out. Also Brian Cox knocked it out of the park for his portrayal of Herman Göring for a TV movie. For a second I almost felt bad for his character.. keyword almost. He made his character very easy to connect to others and charming, compared to when you read in history books about how evil him and the nazis were. I can't really say any other actors stood out to me and none could hold a candle to JAN's all star cast. Seeing Rudolf Hess laughing as the hangings went on feeling as he got off good, but then realizes he's sentenced to life in jail he begins to cry; that was the best acting out of all the other defendants they were forgettable. Honestly I really didn't see the point between Jackson and his assistant/secretary's romantic subplot it didn't have any substance nor was it relevant to the show. Col. Andrus acted the way a normal person in the military would as did the guards and the psychologist which is too bad, because I feel they could have bought more depth to that role, also was Christopher Plummers character just written to say things that nobody asks?
The one thing I did enjoy was some the ways the incorporated the shots of the German people in the movie, but I also kind of felt this & the romantic subplots were just filler for a three hour movie that could have been wrapped up in two. They could have used that time for interesting things in the defendants stay or more about the Cold War approaching like Judgment at Nuremberg did. There's even a scene where Herman Göring sings a marching song that is used in the opening credits of Judgement at Nuremberg like thats meta before meta was a thing.
This was an okay film but I'd recommend others before watching this.
7/10.
I must say it's a weird feeling watch Alec Baldwin as justice Robert Jackson throwing the book at nazi war criminals especially with the track record he has had the past 22 years after this came out. Also Brian Cox knocked it out of the park for his portrayal of Herman Göring for a TV movie. For a second I almost felt bad for his character.. keyword almost. He made his character very easy to connect to others and charming, compared to when you read in history books about how evil him and the nazis were. I can't really say any other actors stood out to me and none could hold a candle to JAN's all star cast. Seeing Rudolf Hess laughing as the hangings went on feeling as he got off good, but then realizes he's sentenced to life in jail he begins to cry; that was the best acting out of all the other defendants they were forgettable. Honestly I really didn't see the point between Jackson and his assistant/secretary's romantic subplot it didn't have any substance nor was it relevant to the show. Col. Andrus acted the way a normal person in the military would as did the guards and the psychologist which is too bad, because I feel they could have bought more depth to that role, also was Christopher Plummers character just written to say things that nobody asks?
The one thing I did enjoy was some the ways the incorporated the shots of the German people in the movie, but I also kind of felt this & the romantic subplots were just filler for a three hour movie that could have been wrapped up in two. They could have used that time for interesting things in the defendants stay or more about the Cold War approaching like Judgment at Nuremberg did. There's even a scene where Herman Göring sings a marching song that is used in the opening credits of Judgement at Nuremberg like thats meta before meta was a thing.
This was an okay film but I'd recommend others before watching this.
7/10.