Truly disproves the single bullet theory - sorry Arlen!!

I LOVE Gary Oldman and that is probably the #1 reason I went to see this movie. He always seems to transform himself into whatever character he plays (i.e., "Sid and Nancy"). So I couldn't wait to see how he did as Lee Harvey Oswald. (He did great!) Also, I like Oliver Stone movies.

I don't remember anything about President Kennedy being assassinated - I was only one month and a half old. Whenever anyone starts reminiscing about where they were when Kennedy was killed, I always say I imagine I was in my crib.

Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) is the New Orleans D.A. that basically disproved Arlen Specter's "single bullet theory". That was a great scene where Garrison is in court proving his point and disproving Specter's. Costner did just "ok" as Garrison. I am not a huge Kevin Costner fan, I think he does some parts well - mainly those that don't really require a big range of emotions. So as an attorney, he did ok.

I thought some of the other actors had much better parts to work with. Tommy Lee Jones ("Clay Bertrand") for one. I didn't even realize it was him at first, what with his bleached blonde hair. Kevin Bacon also had a terrific role as a gay prostitute. Joe Pesci ("David Ferrie") was the weirdest looking one, with all that awful makeup and bad toupee. He looked like the male version of Tammy Faye Baker.

There were so many stars with just little parts in the film - Jack Lemmon ("Grumpy Old Men"), Laurie Metcalf ("Roseanne"), Jay O. Sanders ("Roseanne"), Michael Rooker ("Sea of Love").

Sissy Spacek played Garrison's wife and she did ok, but again, I'm not a big Sissy Spacek fan (although I liked "Coal Miner's Daughter"). Gary Oldman did great. He looked like Oswald - at least from pictures I've seen and he did an American (southern) accent quite well.

Watching the Zapruder film always shakes me. And watching it in a darkened theater on a big, big screen absolutely stunned me. The music that was used really accentuated the movie. While I wouldn't rush out to buy the soundtrack, it did complement the movie.

I got chills watching this movie especially as Garrison is figuring out the story, or at least what he thinks happened and how he thinks things were covered up. The part where I think Oliver Stone went too far though, is when you see a faceless person drop a bullet onto the gurney with Kennedy's body. That's where I said to myself, "Ok, Stone, you've gone far enough, even I don't believe that happened."

I did go out and buy Garrison's book after I saw the movie, but I didn't get through it. There were so many figures in the whole Kennedy assassination that it was hard enough to keep up with on film, and I just couldn't keep them straight in the book. Although I did like the pictures in the book - but I must warn you, the pictures are graphic, some from Kennedy's autopsy.

FYI - the real Jim Garrison played Earl Warren.

I do suggest that if you like this movie, that you see "Ruby" which gives more insight into Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald.