An interesting film, but is on for far too long.

Rating: 6/10 (24 June 2013)

JFK
Wow... this film was a mission to get through.
It was good, but way too long. It was on for just over 3 hours... but it really did feel like it was longer.
The movie is about the assassination of the former president John F. Kennedy. What I really liked about this film was the fact that they used real footage of JFK. There were no actors playing him, it was actually him. He got shot right at the beginning of the movie, and then the rest of the movie was about District Attorney Jim Garrison, who believes that Lee Harvey Oswald was used as a patsy and Kennedy was shot by someone else. It then turns into a court drama.
I did like it, and it was very interesting, but it just seemed to be a very slow going movie.
There were some fantastic performances though. The cast list was amazing in this movie. Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Kevin Bacon, Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Donald Sutherland, John Candy, Michael Rooker & Wayne Knight.
The film was made by Oliver Stone. The man is a legend and knows how to make a great film.
The make-up was not so good... Joe Pesci looked terrible. He was wearing a really bad wig and huge fake eyebrows. But later in the film, you see they are supposed to be bad. Tommy Lee Jones' wig though was hilarious. I couldn't help but laugh when I first saw him. I wasn't expecting John Candy to be in it... I was pleasantly surprised. He was a great actor and he made so many classic movies. He is still missed now.
I didn't know much about the JFK assassination when I watched this. I obviously knew about the conspiracy behind it all and the grassy knoll. But I didn't know much details. This really interested me in the movie and made me want to look into it a bit more. It is one of those mysteries that probably will never be solved.
I will give this film 6 out of 10.
It would get a higher mark it if wasn't on for so long... It did not need to be that long and it ruined it a little bit for me.
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