Deserved it's Oscar

Rating: 8/10 (12 March 2006)

Ill get the bad of this film out of the way first. The fact that Bennett Miller is new to directing really shows; most scenes seem to be cut off early, and there is no flow between scenes. He by no means deserves the Oscar nomination, as far as I'm concerned. Also, in some parts near the first and, less frequently throughout the film, the script seemed forced. Capote's line about being "pegged" would have fit perfectly later in the movie, but was totally out of place when it was said. Now lets move on to the good stuff, shall we? Though the praise is directed almost solely toward Hoffman, I think the entire cast deserves a round of applause and a pat on the back. Hoffman put in a great performance that he deservedly won the Oscar for, hindered only by some fairly weak sections of the script. In my humble opinion however, Cliffton Collins Jr. was the best supporting actor involved by a long shot. I don't think I blinked once during his monologue near the end; his tone and expression...wow. I don't think this film deserves any of the Oscars it was nominated for aside from Best Actor, however Collins certainly should have got a nod for Supporting Actor. His performance seriously blew me away almost as much as Hoffman's. Overall, this is a great movie. Starts out slow, but from the introduction of Perry Smith onward, you wont want to miss a second.
8/10