A.C.’s Review: A
TALE OF TWO CONTRAST Part 1 - I
recently viewed two movies that are the polar opposite of one and other in
terms of storytelling but share the same style in that they both are vying to
be a serious adult oriented movie. First
up Parkland.
Is
a retelling of the weekend in Dallas when JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey
Oswald who was later gunned down by Jack Ruby. The alleged focal point is on
the Doctors at Parkland Memorial Hospital and their attempts to save the
president. After he dies they pretty much exit the story until later when
tasked to save Oswald but that scene is a blip on the radar. So the film was
pretty much left with a gaggle of interchangeable secret service men and
Abraham Zupruder and the events surrounding his sale of the film to LIFE magazine.
The characters are little more than stick figures whose names, despite initial subtitles, did not stick. The only memorable performance is by James Badge Dale whose sympathetic portrayal of Oswald’s brother is the heart of the film as we are shown his horror at what his brother has done and how it will forever taint the Oswald name.
Best Scene: The Secret Service refusing to let the Dallas coroner perform an autopsy on JFK at gunpoint thus condemning history to endless speculation of which direction the bullets came from…the book depository building or the Grassy Knoll.
A.C.’s Rating: It’s
a fine DVD rental but perhaps not worth full price. Matinee maybe.
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