By Far the Year's Best Film

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 2006)

Every so often I will see a movie in a class by itself for that year (the last time this happened for me was with 1999's American Beauty). Finally, it has happened again. Capote is an outstanding achievement from director Bennett Miller and screenwriter Dan Futterman.The real credit goes to Phylip Seymour Hoffman for giving the best acting performance since Marlon Brando in The Godfather. He makes this film completely worth watching while moving you to tears with his heart-wrenching performance. It does not surprise me,however, that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has failed to recognize Capote in the categories of best picture,director,and adapted screenplay in addition to the best actor Oscar. They have become amazingly incompetent over the past 6 years, and it saddens me when the best films of the year (in my opinion, at least) go home with one or even zero Oscars.Examples of this are:Capote(2005), Sideways(2004),Lost in Translation(2003),Adaptation(2002),In The Bedroom(2001). Capote is a fantastic film that should have been recognized by the academy. See it for yourself. ****out of ****