Spielberg's most underrated film

Rating: 10/10 (9 May 2010)

My history teacher allowed me to borrow the film Amistad from him and I had very little knowledge of this movie. I only knew that Spielberg directed it and I found the movie was very good. Of course, Spielberg is a pro at historical dramas (Schindler's List) and this along the very same lines of Schindler's List but it works and I found the movie a little more enjoyable than Schindler's List, although know one could ever play a more horrible villain than Ralph Fiennes. But the heroes in this are more interesting and how their views on slavery are different but they want to get rid of it all together. Hounsou and Hopkins are great like always but somehow I found Matthew McConaughey stealing the show surprisingly. John Williams scores big w/ the main score of the film. I was later surprised that the film was in a way reviewed poorly by some other critics. Still, I say see it