Sunday, December 26, 2010

An Actors Profile Part 1

January 5th Kevin Costner in...
When I was trying to figure out how I would go about finding what actors I could do for the month I was really struggling to get a set list down then from on high I was given a gift. My friend David Benke said we should watch six movies by a different actor each month. It was this that said I had found my source of inspiration. Me and Benke had always joked about doing a Kevin Costner fest for many months but now we were put to the task of watching six of his films by the end of January. So here we go with the first of these films in the 1991 political classic JFK.

The film runs 206 minutes and for every single second you can't pull away from watching one of the most fascinating studies in what is the most talked about case in American history. Costner plays Jim Garrison the district attorney of New Orleans. He like everyone else witnessed what happened that fateful day on November 22 1963 in Dallas Texas. The film begins with the shooting and from there we follow Costner and his team in their stuggle to bring to light who shot Kennedy and why it was done.
Now it has to be said that Costner is a good actor and it shows in this film because of how he holds the audiences attention. He can't do an English accent to save his life but he can hold a nice southern twang and have you cheering for him the whole time. I also like to believe that Costner has the wonderful luck of being supported by an amazing secondary cast who can prop him up at his lesser moments in the film. The cast is dam huge and you need a talented director like Oliver Stone to be able to rangle them all in. With a cast that includes Garry Oldman, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy and Kevin Bacon you know that you are going to get some wonderful scenes. I have to say that Costner is the bulk of this film because of how much time he spends on screen. This wonderful performance is so well played and you feel that Garrison will do anything to solve the mystery and bring peace to the nation that is at unrest.
JFK-4/5 Stars

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