Best Movie Ever

Rating: Null/10 (16 June 2000)

What can one say about a film such as this? Either you've seen it and you realize the beauty contained within it, or you've been deprived. I can't imagine anyone being the same after seeing this film. Utterly exquisite. From the beginning, the plot is totally compelling yet entirely original: Mel Gibson goes crazy after someone messes with his woman. Never before has Hollywood dared to gamble like this; yet the outcome speaks for itself. This movie cleaned house at the Academy Awards, I believe it took home Best Picture, Best Director, Best Costumes, Best Fight Scene, Best Kiss, Best Musical Score, and Best Animal Training. The movie's three hour running time was hardly noticeable, and the violence was captured in a very discreet fashion. For instance, when that one guy gets his head crushed with a big hammer-looking thing, you hardly can hear his screams after the first fifteen seconds or so. Excellent discretion. Mel Gibson definitely won himself a fan for life with this movie. I can't wait until The Patriot comes out (set during one of those old wars where they used cannons, someone messes with Mel Gibson's family, and he goes crazy.) I guess I'll just have to keep watching my Lethal Weapon videos until then. (You know, those movies where they mess with Mel Gibson's family, and he goes crazy?) Keep up the good work, Mel.