Anthony Thorne
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2000
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I love the film, and the presentation on the new DVD is fantastic. There are sequences in the movie that, to my mind, simply could not be any better. One of my personal favourite sequences is the ballistics test from the window of the depository, where Costner and his assistant discuss the pros and cons of trying to shoot a moving car from that location. The way the sequence segues into that montage of imagery (ending with Jackie O's scream) is astounding.
I'm very impressed with the commentary on the disc, too. Stone is very open and articulate in his discussion. I'm comfortable with the idea that some others might disagree with his conclusions, but I feel that his argument is pretty solid and the movie itself is spellbinding. The latter fact is what I value most about JFK - The Movie.
Nice to see that this thread has remained pretty tolerant of opposing points of view, too. I've seen threads on other sites that quickly degenerated into fairly personal attacks on both Stone and fans of the movie. Here at HTF we get interesting discussion and a lot of enthusiastic comments about the qualities of a great movie.
EMPIRE Magazine in the UK listed JFK as being one of the 10 best films of the 90's. With the caveat that they restricted their list to English-language (and predominantly American) films only, I'd imagine that they're not too far off the mark.
I'm very impressed with the commentary on the disc, too. Stone is very open and articulate in his discussion. I'm comfortable with the idea that some others might disagree with his conclusions, but I feel that his argument is pretty solid and the movie itself is spellbinding. The latter fact is what I value most about JFK - The Movie.
Nice to see that this thread has remained pretty tolerant of opposing points of view, too. I've seen threads on other sites that quickly degenerated into fairly personal attacks on both Stone and fans of the movie. Here at HTF we get interesting discussion and a lot of enthusiastic comments about the qualities of a great movie.
EMPIRE Magazine in the UK listed JFK as being one of the 10 best films of the 90's. With the caveat that they restricted their list to English-language (and predominantly American) films only, I'd imagine that they're not too far off the mark.