Wow

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2003)

Again I say wow. I'm not big on long movies, or historical flicks, or films about war. This movie, however, is an exception. This move was truly amazing. This film genuinely moved me. The story was full and effective and meaningful. A TRUE rarity in this day and age. Daniel Day-Lewis was powerful and convincing in this role, I was genuinely afraid of his character. Leo, who I usually find to be over-the-top and false, also shined in the outstanding cinematic masterpiece. In many ways this movie took lesser-known occurrences in the time frame of the Civil war and prepackaged them for consumption by the mass public, without slandering the historical or human value of what happened. I am impressed. I won't say that Hollywood doesn't make good movies anymore. Well, not for a while.