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Sensational work of fiction but oh so good.
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile)
Sep 9, 2006
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How could an overview of the facts and fictions and every imaginable detail of the Kennedy assassination be so mesmerizing and completely riveting? Stone's style of filming and presentation is most likely why. A three hour film featuring Kevin Costner sporting a horrible Nawlins accent and 60's specs and 'do - how can this be good? John Candy in a serious supporting role - how can this be good? Damnit, it is. This is a guilty pleasure if ever there was one. I was maybe 12 when I saw this film in the theater with my stern old man who never let me see R rated movies. This was the first and man, I was dreading seeing this stupid, boring looking film about something that happened before I was friekin' born. But I loved it then and I like it now, though I don't adore it as I did then in my more naive days. I took the film as fact as I think a lot of folks did and the truth is that, while there are shards of fact in there, this is a fiction story and a very sensational one at that. Brazen and ballsy but you must admire Stone for telling the story and making what is really a remarkable film and a great achievement. Again, as with NBK, artistically this is so well made with a great script, dialogue and a true sense of period and decor. Never mind Costner's horrendous accent (it was worse in Thirteen Days anyway). This is great entertainment.Three and a half stars. Sue me. |
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