for all those giving less than stellar reviews...

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 2009)

Just because part of this movie is un-realistic does not mean that the entire movie needs to be realistic. This movie was absolutely fantastic, spellbinding and I loved it from start to finish. A perfect combination of fiction and non-fiction, that's how I saw it. It wasn't depressingly realistic or completely phony, in my humble opinion it had the perfect balance. It was a 'fairy tale' as many have said with some very grisly realities injected into the 'childhood' portion of the movie. This movie does not claim to be a 'true story' and deliver bogus depictions of factual events, so get over it. This movie was made for the joy of viewers world-wide and I believe that it has accomplished that goal.. A perfect fusion of bolly-Hollywood which should win the Oscar for best movie this year, I feel that aside from Hollywood politics and politically correct biopics made by actors for a sure-fire shot at an Oscar (Milk) that this was the most enjoyable movie of 2008.