A movie about the pursuit of the truth.

Rating: 10/10 (14 July 2008)

I had always hated this movie for pointing out the bad things about the US government in order to get public appearances. I don't like movies like that. Making a good movie, you need to have good acting, good directing and a good plot. Having a controversial topic doesn't make you anything special. However, since everybody was praising this movie, I decided to give it a try. But, I have to admit and I slept during watching it for its.
On another lovely morning, I got up at 5:00 a.m. in the morning, everything was still dark, I couldn't see anything. Since I already got up, I had no intention of falling asleep again, and I didn't know how to cook then. Inn order to kill my time, I took out the DVD of Jfk and inserted it into the DVD player. When I finished watching it, it was already eight o'clock in the morning, and sun had already come out. I sat there, stunned by the movie's delicacy and genius.
How wrong I was. I thought this was just going to be another simple-minded movie about another theory on the Kennedy's assassination. But this had every single element a good movie required, no more, no less. Why it didn't win the Best PIcture of 1991 is beyond me, I was still touched by Jim Garrison's pursuit of the "truth"(at least the truth he believed in). The society lacks this kind of people. Searching the minority truth may occurred to somebody, but nobody dared to do that because their actions were always referred as "fanatical", "useless" and "brainless". Well, JIm Garrison defeated these accusations with great courage and steadfast dedication. The 40 minutes in the court was one of the most precious scenes ever filmed in movie history. This movie lasted for three hours, the shortest time in my life, personally. I've never seen any movie that divided three hours so neatly. Schindler's list had some redundant scenes, Dances With Wolves had some major plot holes, Tiatnic was too sappy, The Deer Hunter had a really need-to-cut marriage scene, and ONce upon a time was just plain boring. However, I can't even find a single flaw of pacing in three hours, not even one. THree hours of JIm Garrison's investigation seemed unilateral, but it never bored me. Instead, it gave me new insights into history, inspired me to seek the truth I believed in. In short, I have to quote;" This is the shortest there hours I've ever spent in my life. "
The actors were perfect. Kevin Costner never gave such a blistering performance ever since. Kevin Babon, Gary Oldamn and Joe Pesci were also very well-done. And we could forget the most memorable performance from Tommy Jones(Oscar-deserved). The cinematography was top-notch. And Oliver Stone immersed himself in directing, and his direction was much more better in this than in Platoon IMHO. This is Stone's best movie since Platoon.
How come this never didn't win the Best Musical Score in Oscar. The score boiled my blood, it made me revere Jim Garrison's eagerness in pursuing his truth. Lovely score.
The ending was one of the best endings I've ever seen. usually, I can have a definite feeling for the ending, but this one was surely the exception. THe ending kept me stunned in be-wilderness. I didn't know how to feel about the ending. IT was both uplifting and depressing. First, I was sad about (Possible Spoilers) JIm Garrison losing the case, and then I saw his outline walking towards the sunset as a symbol of the pursuit of truth, and then the lovely score began, I was stunned. I turned off the TV and had my breakfast without a word. I noticed how bad a government could be if it doesn't put people ahead of politics.
Now, I've watched JFK at least six times. Each time, 205 minutes flies away, but they were never wasted. Ecah time, I learned more and more about the movie, and more and more about the Pursuit OF THE TRUTH.
This is truly a GREAT movie, strongly recommend. My vote: 10/10.