Great film making, built on lies.

Rating: 8/10 (11 February 2011)

JFK is a great movie with a great cast and Oliver Stone is a first rate film maker, a master. This movie is a story built on shameful lies playing on the viewers emotions of a fallen president with a masters skill of the art. When confronted about his lies and proved deceptions, Mr. Stone was called out rightfully so and he ended up finally calling his movie JFK a "Counter Myth" to the government lies about the assassination.
That's healthy, informative and constructive? Building on his (Stone) perceptions of lies to this American event that still brings hard felt emotions to most who remember and still feel its impact, is a travesty Stone did not share his doubts only, but created a 3rd dimension that never happened, and never did. I call it a slap in the face to the viewer and shameful to many viewers to come, that know nothing of the Kennedy assassination and now see JFK as FACT 101.
This movie has become the world's "general understand" of what happened in Dallas 1963, and the events before and after. Its a travesty for that simple reason. It is clear to me Mr. Stone has a real love and devotion for Pres. Kennedy's memory, as do I and many around the world, but it's clear viewing his 3 hour lie that he believes the myth, and so should his viewers. A good movie director does not is make a good historian. Artistic License may work with movies like Amadeus or Lawrence of Arabia and a lot of others, but calling out close to everyone in our government and their mother's in the murder of Jack Kennedy is a travesty . Hey Oliver, Jack would not be impressed, only saddened by your efforts.