The plain, unvarnished truth

Rating: 10/10 (3 December 2013)

I admire oliver stone for making this film. In a way, this movie's encountered as much opposition as the investigation led by Jim garrison. All the reviews I've read so far have one thing in common. The very first line reads something like: "The history is dubious", or,"It's pure conjecture", before moving on to safer territory, such as the cinematography and editing. They all feel the need to state that they personally do not believe there was a conspiracy. A sympathy shared by the rest of the country apparently, since no new investigations have occurred since Jim garrison lost his case against clay shaw. From what I understand, president Kennedy was a good man, one of the few US-presidents who tried to do right by his people. And yet, decades after he was murdered under circumstances that a four-year-old would have found suspicious, they still favor ignorance over common sense. This man may have forfeited his life to help his fellow Americans, who apparently didn't care enough to dig deeper. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. A husband and father was murdered, and nothing has been done about it. It makes me sad.