**mild spoilers although this is a movie documenting a significant historical event*
I found PARKLAND to be haunting and covering a completely different aspect of that day that sent shivers down my spine.
The scene in the hospital room of the doctors trying to save Kennedy is raw, real, and seems as accurate as one could gather from accounts. The dialogue feels so spot on.
The secret service detail of them bursting in with rifles and the amount of blood in the ER are such bone clenching details in script and costume, props, etc.
Whoever plays LBJ for that one scene - A +.
Nonetheless, what feels most real to me is the actual assassination from Zapruder's perspective. I literally could feel the honest to God horror of those three gunshots. Him screaming, "They killed him, they killed him."
There are some aspects of the film that didn't resonate quite as powerful. That being the Lee Harvey Oswald's brother/funeral/mother trio. The guy playing Oswald's fabulous - I just wish they'd followed the famous plane ride as LBJ scrambles as the new president.
This movie inspired me with even more new ideas for a film about the JFK Presidency.
BTW, whoever created the body of JFK. He made the movie. Kudos.
Ted Ryan www.modesthouseproductions.com
I found PARKLAND to be haunting and covering a completely different aspect of that day that sent shivers down my spine.
The scene in the hospital room of the doctors trying to save Kennedy is raw, real, and seems as accurate as one could gather from accounts. The dialogue feels so spot on.
The secret service detail of them bursting in with rifles and the amount of blood in the ER are such bone clenching details in script and costume, props, etc.
Whoever plays LBJ for that one scene - A +.
Nonetheless, what feels most real to me is the actual assassination from Zapruder's perspective. I literally could feel the honest to God horror of those three gunshots. Him screaming, "They killed him, they killed him."
There are some aspects of the film that didn't resonate quite as powerful. That being the Lee Harvey Oswald's brother/funeral/mother trio. The guy playing Oswald's fabulous - I just wish they'd followed the famous plane ride as LBJ scrambles as the new president.
This movie inspired me with even more new ideas for a film about the JFK Presidency.
BTW, whoever created the body of JFK. He made the movie. Kudos.
Ted Ryan www.modesthouseproductions.com