An important film about a historic event that opened my eyes

Rating: Null/10 (31 March 1999)

When I saw JFK, I realized I wasn't seeing just another film based upon real events. JFK was an eye opening film that told another side to the assassination of our 35th president. It featured two of my favorite actors; Kevin Costner who played Jim Garrison and Tommy Lee Jones who portrayed Clay Shaw both played an important role in bringing facts to light that may or may not be true. Jim Garrison was responsible for bringing the only prosecution in the JFK assassination. Garrison didn't have it easy looking for answers to his questions; he had to battle a lot of governmental red tape, and he still didn't get his answers. There were other Hollywood heavyweights who had added their names to this film besides Costner and Jones: Jack Lemmon, Donald Sutherland, the late John Candy, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, and Kevin Bacon. These actors might not have had major parts but they are tremendous talents and they all had important contributions to get this story out in the open so the American people could make their mind up as I did. In my opinion, this is one event that had to be brought to light in film so we could visually see what the real story had been on November 22, 1963; it also gave me information to base my decision on whether or not there was a cover-up or among the ranks of the government or not. With the flashbacks to that fateful day in November, I understood what the movie was about. Oliver Stone did a flawless job in recreating the events surrounding the JFK assassination. After watching JFK, I have reason to believe there was a conspiracy but I'm not sure because it seemed so one sided. This was definitely an eye opening history lesson that was told that everybody should see.