This was the best film of the year 2000!

Rating: 9/10 (18 April 2002)

I dont know where the Motion Picture academy was in 2000 because this movie was the best film of the year 2000! This is the best Revolutionary war movie ever(though there haven't been that many revolutionary war movies-I have always wondered why but Hollywood has always acted like there has only ever been 2 wars- WWII and the Civil War). One of the things that made this film so unique is that it deals with the Revolutionary war in a fashion that is a drama, war story,love story, and a action movie all rolled into one film-and it is great! Given the subject matter and scope of this film,I dont think there is another film to compare it too. I believe this to be Mel Gibson's best movie ever. everthing is perfect in thisfilm- the acting is great,the photography is magnificent,the costumes are well done, the story as captivating as it is interesting,the special effects are AWESOME, and the music score is also very well done. - This film is a masterpiece. I had to see it 3 times at the theater and I bought a DVD of it as soon as it went on sale, I also purchased the soundtrack(film score) on CD. this film is inspiring and entertaining at the same time. I read somewhere that this film was based on a real person,however I have never found any real person that corresponds to depictions in this film-I do not believe this was based on a real person,I dont even know how stuff like that gets started. Although this film is fairly recent(made in 2000) it has already taken it's place as one of my all time favorite movies. As far as the Academy Awards go, this wasn't the first time I've seen them totaly miss the years truly best film(remember in 1998 Les Miserables didn't get nominated for anything either)I give the Patriot it 5 out of 5 stars - A perfect film - its great