One of the best films ever!

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2006)

I have spent a lot of time defending this film, and regarded it as one of the best films in the past 10 years. Its a personal favorite of mine, because i found the characters to be very interesting, the screenplay was amazing to me, and i thought it was very believable. I didn't find it contrived, I actually thought it was very open to interpretation, it kinda argues that not only white people are racist, that everybody has racist attitudes at times. Its cinematography, score and editing were perfect, everything involved with his project was to my liking. The cinematography and score both give a perfect commmentary to whats going on in the story. THis is just perfect film-making, none of the arguments i have heard that attack this film are logical. Its not contrived, actually I've heard a lot of different interpretations of whats going on here. Its not overacted, or underwritten, its pefect. Haggis did a very good job with this amazing ensemble cast, and i think films like this deserve to win best picture... even in a year with other great films such as Cinderella Man, Walk The Line and Munich. My favorite performance came from Don Cheadle, but i found Michael Pena, Larenz Tate, Matt Dillon and Terrence Howard to be fantastic as well. The whole cast shined. This is a great film, by all means! 10/10