L.A. Confidential is AWESOME!

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2001)

This is perhaps the best movie I have ever seen. Better than Titanic any day, it is rare to see a Hollywood movie revolving around character development to the extent that L.A. Confidential does.
Kevin Spacey is awesome as the L.A.P.D. version of Dean Martin. Suave, sophisticated, intelligent - by far the most intriguing of the cast. Russell Crowe is excellent as the muscle cop Bud White. I find Guy Pierce irritating, though - must be because I'm Aussie and Crowe is heaps better anyway! James Cromwell certainly exudes the aura expected of a Chief of Detectives and I like the development of the relationship between himself and Exley. Other names on the honour roll include Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito.
But it is not enough to describe the main characters. There are SO MANY characters and sub-plots throughout the movie, so many subtleties that you need to watch it several times to pick everything up. It is such an intense and absorbing movie experience, entertaining, thrilling and an almost flawlessly accurate portrayal of L.A. and the L.A.P.D. in the 1950's.
I don't want to say any more as I may reveal too much and spoil the most awesome movie of the last two decades (at least). It redefines the expression of a MUST SEE! Watch it and absorb it and fall head-over-heels in love with it, just like me.