Determining who lives and dies

Rating: Null/10 (1 March 2014)

A powerful movie of 1 flawed man's battle to live, not just on his own terms, but also using any means available, and those not made available by the bodies that govern people in the US. This is a very important, timely and topical movie, and I don't know if the audiences watching this are focusing on that aspect at all, or will the issue be swept under by the onslaught of superlative performances like how it happened with 'Erin Brockovich'? Unfortunately, I got to watch the chopped version, though it also did not deter much from the power inherent in key sequences.
Jared Leto is a shoo-in for a win, IMO, as is McConaughey, though the transformation could have been depicted better (however, its not as in-your-face as Bale's was in 'American Hustle' causing audiences to focus on that instead of on the character himself).
Garner finally has something to do with, and she chews on it as she can. Gone are those expressions sans confidence - this is a welcome return-to-form (though my friends says the same of her leading 'Butter' as well, but I'm yet to watch that, so this will remain my frame of reference).
From a man who's given a finite time to live, who goes into denial, but then comes through to grapple with the reality that he's been given, and rise above that, while also trying to use unorthodox means to do that, is no mean feat. I am now primed to read up the real story of Ronal Woodroof, and see if it affected anything at all. This makes a close companion-piece to 'Fire in the blood', and if someone watches this, they will be able to immediately understand why I made this correlation.
Not to be missed, esp. on the big screen, preferably uncut.