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Summary: bravura filmaking, bizzare amalgamation of facts
Review: Oliver Stone has made a brilliant piece of filmmaking with JFK. He elicits brilliant perfromances in almost cameo roles from some of the finest actors working in film today.The story of new orleeans DA Jim Garrison's dogged attempts to secure indictments against someone[the someone is nebulous to Garrison] is the main strory here. Garrison stumble suopn a conspiracy so deep,so multilayerd, that it would appear that there were people lined uopn around the block to whack the president of the united states.The Salient point of this conspiracy theory for me is thsi:people in washington cant keep a secret for 30 minutes,never mind 30-40 YEARS. If you can sepaerate fact from fiction{and with JFK it is very difficult} you get an immensely satisfying thriller. Costner is serviceable as Garrison{Garrison himself has a cameo as Earl Warren], Jack Lemmon,and Ed Asner are excellent, Joe Pesci is brilliant a dave ferri, Tommy lee Jones understated as Clay Shaw, John candy as a shady N.O. lawyer, Gary Oldman as Lee Oswald is wonderfully paranoid ,though for me,Donald Sutherland steals the movie as "X",in a ten minute tour `de force. This is a brilliant film,exquisitely shot, superbly acted,wonderfully concieved. I think it is by far Stones finest work[though Salvador is close}. Unfortunately, its conclusions are too far out and it attempts to be a grand unifying theory of conspiracy theories and, in that loses some of its steam. That and Costners mediocore performance.
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Summary: Where were you when JFK was shot?
Review: "I don't have an abili." --Emo PhillipsI remember seeing the poster for JFK in my local theatre and thinking "He's dead! Let him lie." I was about twenty years old and the national obsession with the JFK assassination was completely tedious to me. At that time, the last great movie I had seen was Silence of the Lambs. A great film, and one I was sure would win the Oscar for Best Picture that year. Then I saw JFK.....(wow).... *spoken with great awe* I changed my vote. JFK was awesome. The funny thing is, I still don't care who killed JFK, but I really loved the film and how the conspiracy seems to just fit together. This may be one of the reasons why some people dislike or refuse to see this movie. They actually care about the subject matter. Sort of like examining The Bible as literature without looking at it as religion. But if you can put your opinions and feelings on the Kennedy assassination aside and simply watch the movie, JFK is a tour de force in filmaking. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Oliver Stone Films on Fantasy Island
Review: This film is superb in every respect if you are the kind of person who can suspend your disbelief even when common sense is staring you in the face and the ghost of history is whispering in your ear. I mean, this movie is sensationally well made as a quintessential piece of Hollywood history making. If you like that sort of thing, by all means buy this. If you want to see one of the myriad JFK conspiracy theories played out in all its glory, then certainly you should buy this. If, by some chance, you actually expect movies to approximate what REALLY HAPPENED, in this case in Dallas, Texas on a late November day in 1963, don't insult your own intelligence and sense of national dignity by viewing Stone's one man crusade against whatever it is he imagines our government to be or have been. I'm far from an apologist for any of the players in this tragedy, but Jeez Louise, must we endure this sort of thing for the sake of entertainment?
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Summary: Garbage needs to look a little deeper
Review: In response to garbages complaints, you have got to look a little deeper into the facts of this case. The distance that Oswald had to shoot from was considered 'Expert range'. Oswald was not a prize marksman. And he was using a mediocre weapon. They had experts shoot the same distance with the same type of gun and they could barely make the shot on 90% of the attempts. Oliver Stone's depiction is riveting, no doubt, but I'm sure he takes plenty of liberties. He is liberal as hell and loves to create controversy. The movie is still full of real facts, including the reaction of Kennedy's body when he was shot and the muzzle flash from the knoll. THERE WAS DEFINITELY ANOTHER PERSON SHOOTING AT KENNEDY'S CAR. There are other facts that raise a lot of questions as well. The route of the motorcade, Oswalds motive, Ruby's death. If you want to create an opinion, get information from more than one source. This debate has been going on for a long time and we know there have been cover ups and undisclosed information. Posner's book is most likely a jaded and one sided opinion. The movie is fantastic, it makes you ask a lot of questions. Good performances, one of Costner's best, with a very good accent. John Candy makes a suprising and impressive dramatic turn. All others; Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Joe Pesci, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland and Gary Oldman all contribute greatly and make this a facinating movie based on historical fact. No movie should be confused with a history lesson. That's why I gave it four stars.
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Summary: Garbage is full of GARBAGE!
Review: Hey Garbage, back and to the left. Oswald still didn't shoot the kill shot. Someone was behind the fence on the knoll. I'll take 50 witness's that say they the heard a shot from the knoll over your measly 1 witness, whom I've never heard of before. A photo is available that shows a muzzle flash from behind the knoll. Did you check out The Men Who Killed Kennedy on The History Channel? I'll believe that before that stooge Posner.
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Summary: Everybody is in this movie
Review: Kevin Costner does a great performance as Jim Garrison. Joe Pesci(GoodFellas) makes an outstanding role as the hyperjenic David Ferrie. John Candy is great for an Oliver Stone role. Brian Doyle-Murray has a suprising role as Jack Ruby. The mixing of B/W is beutiful. Tommy Lee Jones is Clay Shaw. Gary Oldman is rivieting as Lee Harvey Oswald. Director: Oliver Stone Cast:Kevin Costner(Jim Garrison)Joe Pesci(David Ferrie)John Candy(Dean Andrews)Jack Lemmon(Martin)Walter Matthau( Russel Long)Donald Sutherland(X)Tommy Lee Jones(Clay Shaw)
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Summary: Garbage
Review: Walter Cronkite said that "Oliver Stone has foisted garbage on an unsuspecting generation." And he's right. Okay, the greatest crime of this film may be Kevin Costner's inept southern accent. I always wondered why did the police go after Lee Harvey Oswald in the first place? Why did that officer, whom Oswald shot, stop Oswald? IT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS AN EYEWITNESS WHO SAW OSWALD SHOOT AT KENNEDY FROM THE BOOK DEPOSITORY WINDOW. But you never read this fact in a conspiracy theory, because it totally blows a hole in those theories. Read the truth of the assasination in Gerald Posner's book "Case Closed." This witness who saw Oswald shoot at Kennedy can be seen standing on the corner below and opposite the depository window in film footage from that day. After seeing Oswald shoot at Kennedy, he went to a policeman near by, and gave a description of Oswald. THERE WAS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE SHOOTING. That the witness was black perhaps gives bigots and racists reason enough not to believe his testimony. Pitiful and shameful. The film JFK is total crap, and slanderous and libelous against those smeared by Jim Garrison. I don't think it is any small thing to falsely accuse someone of murder!! Which is what this movie does!! To see all these high ratings for this movie is disturbing. Garrison himself was likely a paranoid psychopath, who felt disturbed by his homosexual impulses, and so went after homosexuals like Ferrie and Shaw, as a defense mechanism, like the homophobic marine in the movie AMERICAN BEAUTY. If you pissed away the three hours watching this movie, then I implore you to INVEST more worthy hours in Gerald Posner's book CASE CLOSED. I could go on and continue to make my case, but Posner makes it so much better--with well-documented evidence--in that book. Stone is now working on a movie about the assasination of Reagan. God knows, he'll probably present the case that Reagan arranged to have himself shot. Stone is loopy enough to do such a thing. God help us all!
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Summary: NOT enhanced for widescreen TV's
Review: Oliver Stone did his homework and produced a great film that we may now enjoy some of the truth about the murder of JFK. The best way to watch this movie is to not only pay very close attention to the film, but better yet, watch a two tape series called "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" before you watch the film JFK. It is to my knowledge the best comprehensive study of the circumstances in and around Dealy Plaza on Nov. 22, as well as giving many researchers a chance to speak about their findings over a 30+ year period of investigation. One of the things that makes the series so interesting is the research done into all the possible shooters that were retained for the job. The only failing of the series is that there is no mention of the shot that came from the storm sewer to the right of the motorcade (which probably blew his head off ), or the dozens of people who died of mysterious heart attacks and accidents in the weeks following the assassination. As far as I know though, nobody has made mention of this to date except a few of the more eccentric researchers into the assassination. The best research into the reasons that Kennedy was murdered for me, came from Prevailing Winds Research Magazine based in Santa Barbara Ca.. It was explained to me in an understandable way that Kennedy was trying to stop the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War, and was setting up parallel intelligence agencies that were in direct conflict with the established CIA that was born out of WWII and the mass recruitment of NAZI's. These were just a few of the many things that Kennedy did to bury himself. Kennedy's brother later said it best when someone asked him why he did not run for president and he replied "the bullets, the bullets, the bullets".
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Summary: Kevin Costner,John Candy,Joe Pesci
Review: This 3:00 plus video of President Kennedy's Assasination is a spectacular masterpiece. Joe Pesci does a great job as David Ferrie. Tommy Lee Jones is the best. Gary Oldman is rivieting.
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Summary: Regarding the director's cut:
Review: First, I love this movie. I am also a huge fan of dvd. But give me a break. The director's cut is horrible. Fans of the movie as they saw it in theaters will probably be disappointed by the additional footage. Furthermore, dvds are supposed to offer us variety and extra features. If they are not going to give us any special features, then the least they could do is make one side the director's cut and the other side the far superior theater version. This is dvd at it's worst, with the possible exception of "Last of the Mohicans", another bad director's cut.
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