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I thought this was a good story, but when they pulled Medgar Evers body out of his grave, that just blew it for me right there. The media in the background says "Evers body was surprisingly intact after 30 years." Then we have to watch and have our intelligence patronized by a quick shot of a man who is obviously not dead. It boggles my mind why Rob Reiner didn't think the general public knew that a dead body decays to bones in a matter of years, and if it is somehow preserved, it still shrivels up like a raisin.
As for the story, it was very good, but I thought James Wood' portrayal of evil was way too overblown. Like black and white, so to speak. Real people have good and bad to show, but Byron De La Beckwith seemed almost inhuman in his constant spouting of hatred. The characters in "Mississippi Burning" seemed more real.
Otherwise this was a good movie, but these two points I have made really degrade it. I am sure that if a racist was to somehow view this movie, he/she would be laughing at the flaws.
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Verigo 24 July 2001
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