wow

Rating: Null/10 (20 September 2002)

for those of you expecting my usual rant about some excessively hyped piece of hollywood schlock, prepare to be disappointed...but i will keep it brief.

my feeling as i sat there mesmerized by it and as i left, was that this is THE GREATEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN **. an epic of such magnificent proportions, i was moved to tears at the movie's conclusion, not by a specific scene or tragedy, but by its sheer magnificence and the powerful impact it had upon me. the same wave of emotion cascaded over me an hour later as i talked about it. maybe it was my mindset at the time. maybe my emotional state. maybe it's a guy thing, or more appropriately, the boy-within-the-man thing. then again, maybe it was just that good!

** notwithstanding that the impact movies such as 'pulp fiction', 'jackie brown', 'the godfather', 'rushmore', etc. had upon me is not immediately clear in either my heart or mind.