Seabiscuit should be Oscar winner

Rating: Null/10 (5 February 2004)

The last movie I saw before this was Big Fish, which probably influenced my pure, ecstatic, overwhelming love of the movie Seabiscuit. I rented the Seabiscuit DVD, watched all the extra material, including great photos of filming by Jeff Bridges, and I watched the movie itself three times in three days. It's addictive, and gets better with every viewing. (I want to buy the DVD, and no doubt will.) I haven't seen the other movies up for an Academy Award this year yet, but Seabiscuit is very good and a very worthy movie of an award.
The characters are all great, and that it's an unfamiliar but true story makes it that much better. And Tobey Maguire is a better actor than I remember, (and my memory of his acting was not bad at all) and does a lot of his own riding. He's excellent in this movie and he's made a new fan. I always like Jeff Bridges, no matter what he does, so he adds a lot to this movie's likability. Chris Cooper is perfectly cast. The racing scenes, esp. with music, were breathtaking and I found myself replaying a lot of them. I'm shocked this movie didn't get nominated for Oscars for acting, especially Mr. Maguire, and the horse! I wanted to see more of Seabiscuit himself and his personality. What a creature, what a moving story, what a movie! I loved it. A++