Best film of the year (that i've seen)

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2000)

The one thing that struck me most about this movie was the cinematography. Now I used to laugh to myself when people would bring that $5 word up in a comment until I saw what real cinematography was. Many people have raved about the Talented Mr. Ripley and its wonderful cinematography but all that happened was they took Italy and made it look like Italy. Hell I could do that. To me real magic is taking a boxing match and using camera angles, music, and other film techniques (which i know nothing about) to make it look like poetry. The shear beauty of these scenes were pleasant to watch. The scenes in jail focusing solely on Rubin's cell and the solitude which he experienced made it fell like we were inside of his mind. This movie was powerful and though I don't hand out 10 very often this movie definatley earned 10/10. Academy Award Prediction --best cinematography.