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Question all the questions.. (Rating: 5.00) Review : Before I saw "JFK" I knew what, basically, everyone knows about the timeless president. I knew he was a great leader, and a good president, and that his death was a shock to the world [which illustrated how popular he was]. So, being only 15 when I first saw this film, you can forgive me for being a little ignorant about the growing resistance to JFK the President. After watching this movie, my world changed. Oliver Stone presents the picture in a way that is so easy to understand, and he gives us all the facts, and makes the conspiracy theory easy-enough to follow. This movie will make you question everything - do the CIA and FBI have a hold over the President of the biggest countries in the world? If the said President stands up for his own beliefs, is he in danger of his very life? "JFK" tells us the answer is "yes", and shows how other Presidents will be merely puppets when forces like the Secret Service are in existence. After watching this movie about 100 times, I can honestly say that I am never bored. It still leaves you with an ominous feeling of helplesness, and sorrow - but also makes you feel that you have been "let in" to the secret that has plauged the world since the 1960os. The actors are amazing - it is Kevin Costner in his best role [although he was, too, excellent in the 2001 film, "Thirteen Days"]. He can keep the viewer going for 3 hours of film, without growing tired, which is excellent. With excellent performances from Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones and a cameo from Walter Mattheu, "JFK" will open and broaden your mind and outlook, and allow you to see oscar-winning acting: a *fantastic* movie all around! Interesting Well Done, if Flawed (Rating: 3.00) Review : First Oliver Stone's "JFK" should get high marks for a great cast. Interestingly some of the actors have worked with each other previously from Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthow to Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones...interesting also is how Liz (Spacek) keeps defending Shaw (Jones). And at least 10 other world class actors grace this film. Anyway lets start with the question on all your minds; is there any truth to the version of events as depicted in this film? The title "JFK" unfortunately is a misnomer, as the film is not about JFK at all, but about the assassination. And this film bombards you with so many facts and scenarios your head will be spinning more than Linda Blair. The main flaw is that the film simply offers too many scenarios and crams them into a film that is too long (189 minutes/add 20 for director's cut). The most compelling scene is that of X (Donald Sutherland) as he gives Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) details of "Black Operations". As X says, "noone said aloud 'let's kill Kennedy', but it was understood and the conspiracy took shape in the traditional form of a black op". The film reveals some interesting facts heretofore unknown by the general public: 1. Ruby knew Oswald for years. 2. Oswald worked for US intelligence, possibly while posing as a defector to the USSR. 3. The witnesses had their testimony altered for the Warren Commission Report. 4. Kennedy was about to pull out of Vietnam and end the Cold War. 5. a whole bunch of witnesses ended up dead in "accidents". But the film is actually focused on Jim Garrison, the New Orleans attorney who investigated such unlikely characters as Clay Shaw and David Ferry. The final court case he puts together is laughably inept...basically the only evidence he has against Shaw is the Zapruder film. And this, one of only 2 films of the actual assassination will shock those who see it for the first time. And Stone plays it about 6 times. So there we have it. We get a glimpse of a logical coup scenario ala X, but the film spends most of the time on this Shaw/Ferry gay conspiracy which is laughably implausible. So the film is a disappointment, especially as it was much anticipated by those (a big majority) who believe there was a conspiracy. "JFK" goes in too many directions. What I'd like to see is a film centered around the X character. A Conspiracy Fact!!! (Not juat A Theory) (Rating: 5.00) Review : We should continue to learn from this film!! I almost forgot it wasn't a TV documentary! The only individuals who do not like this film are people who still accept the Warren Commission or are to afraid to question same. The only problem with this film is that the viewer is not sure if everything that is presented as fact, really is fact and not the invention of Stone for dramatic affect. |
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