A Masterpiece & One That Will Live On Forever

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2009)

I have seen this movie 3 times now and every time was like the first time again.
It really is as close to perfect as movies get.
The film is set in LA. There is no better place to set a movie it's so beautiful and simply amazing it's almost like a character in the film.
The film explores Racism , Stereotypes and the everyday difficulties faced by people not only in Los Angeles but everywhere in America and beyond.
There are so many things that i love about this film i could write pages which is what i fear i might do.
None of the actors involved are what anyone would class as even "good" actors. You've got Sandra Bullock , Brendan Fraser , Matt Dilon and rapper (lucadris) to name just a few. First thing that enters your head hopeless right?. That's exactly what i thought i was wrong.
Every actor/actress in this film stepped it up. They all break free from there "stereotypes" and provide outstanding performances. It is almost like watching a miracle a movie that maybe should never have been that good actually taking on perfection. The actors involved gave it everything. The roles that most of them have been waiting there whole career to be given they just didn't know it. Some die hard Roles they would later go on to nail. You'll never look at people like Matt Dilon for example the same again. "That idiot out of there's something about Mary right?" this guy earned a whole new level of respect from me in his Oscar worthy portrayal of an LAPD officer with an extremely racist view.
The films has some of the most powerful scenes ever used in a film. At times i watched in absolute awe at what was happening on screen and the effect really doesn't wear off over time.
The message this film carry's is what it's all about. You pick up on new stuff with every watch.
People's racial views are put to the test , things change , people realise , people lose , people win , people find peace.
But in the end we are all the same we are all human we all contradict and we all criticise.
The film shows that we all care for one another it just sometimes takes tragedy to bring us as close together as we should be.
It shows how all of this affects life in good and bad ways in LA. But as before it also says a lot about the world outside of LA.
with a perfectly used soundtrack including Bird York's "In The Deep" and a surprising appearance from the Stereophonics with "Maybe Tomorrow". , which help make what are in my opinion are two of the greatest scenes in the history of movies.
There is so much to this film that you really have to see it for yourself.
It's like i said before "Perfection" and it's a movie experience that will never leave you.
"One Of The Greatest Movies Ever Made"
10/10