JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) | Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman

JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) | Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman | One star as history, four as a film

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	JFK - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman Warner Home Video, 2003 average customer review:based on 334 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Does the truth really matter? I submit...

That no, in this case it does not. Regardless of whether you believe that the assasination of JFK was a conspiracy, this movie is well worth the time. It is significant for its courage in bringing to the front of viewer's minds the thought that yes, our government can, and sometimes does, conceal the truth from its people. This movie's scope is not simply the assasination of John F. Kennedy, but the naive belief that our government, and indeed any government, should be blindly trusted. By reminding us that all power corrupts, this film illustrates the simple fact that every citizen must question his government's motives and actions, and that in order for democracy to continue, information must flow freely.

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One star as history, four as a film

This film is without question effective and engrossing, done by a very talented director.
As a history of the Kennedy assassination, however, it is a horrible joke, all the worse because people take it at face value. Stone comes from the 'throw-it-all-at-them' school of conspiracy theories, where he's completely unconcerned whether all of his facts are correct, fit together, or even contradict each other; he just wants you to accept something, anything.
He had been a hero to me before this film, with 'Salvador', 'Platoon', and 'Wall Street', but he lost me completely and forever with this cynical pack of lies. He surely knew that much of what he was putting out here was false but did it anyway. An absolute disgrace.
To go through all the evidence here is, naturally, impossible, but perhaps one typical example wouldn't go amiss: Stone calls Oswald a good American, just trying to live a good life. Here's the truth, well-established and documented. Oswald bought the rifle and was even photographed with it, photos verified by top experts. He used the rifle to try and kill General Edwin Walker 6 months before, a fact verified by forensics and by the testimony of Marina, to whom he admitted it. On the night before the assassination he stayed with Marina (they were separated), breaking what had been his habit (he generally only stayed on weekends), because he had to pick up the rifle which was kept in the garage. He took it with him, in the guise of 'curtain rods' wrapped in paper (what a phenomenal coincidence, to have taken something the same shape and length as a rifle to work the day of the assassination!!), to work the next day. That morning he left his wedding ring and almost all of his money with Marina (what a coincidence, to have done this on the day of the assassination!). Then, after the assassination, he abruptly left without speaking to anyone, rushed home to grab a pistol, left immediately, entered a cinema without paying (I'm skipping the murder of the policeman, assuming him a "good citizen")then fought a policeman who approached him, even pulling the trigger, which didn't fire. All of this is fact and well-documented by unimpeachable sources. Does this sound like the actions of an innocent man to you, as Stone would have it? What a joke!!!
If you must see this thing then enjoy it as drama, taking the rest with a grain of salt. I know there isn't the least chance of this, however.

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