Great movie; Oscar worthy

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2000)

If this movie doesn't win Best Picture and Denzel Washington doesn't win Best Actor then I'm giving up on the Academy all together. This was quite possibly the best movie of the year (with "Dogma" a close second but that's a biased remark). This movie had it all, great characters, a moving story, and superb acting. What is even more amazing and moving is that this is a true story about a real man. It's sad that something like this happened in the home of the "free" but in the end justice prevailed albeit tardy.

This was also Denzel's best work since "Glory", which won him an Oscar. But then again it followed a lack laster "Bone Collector" but I like his work. Washington is probably one of Hollywood's best actors despite sometimes being type casted as the angry black man but no one does it better. All I have to say Tom Hanks better not get the nod over Denzel for "The Green Mile" because Hanks wasn't great and he's highly overrated but then again I'm still bitter because he beat out John Travolta (in "Pulp Fiction") for best actor for "Forrest Gump". All I hope for is the end of Hollywood's fascination for Hanks while there are better actors out there today.
I think the Best Picture award will be between this movie and "The Green Mile" because they have similar stories (a black man imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit and those who support them) but "The Hurricane" was believable and it should be since it's a true story while "The Green Mile" was nothing more than Stephan King fantasy with touching undertones. But then again "Titanic" won this award so there have been bigger mistakes.