Atticus, simply a gentleman

Rating: 9/10 (13 August 2002)

I've seen this movie and read the book. I could not tell which one impressed me the most.
Atticus Finch, a man forced to do "what's right" (in spite of his own son, at the end), fighting with the weapons he had at hand, doing all in his way to have his kids proud to look up at him. On his own.
The respect people from Maycomb felt for him is clearly noticed when Tom Robinson's trial ends, and all the African American community stands up just because he is passing by. Breathtaking. Simply exciting.
He represents Defeat (with a capital D) when learns Tom has been shot.
I'll never forget one of his sayings: "you can not really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view".