Review of L.A. Confidential (1997) by Tim G — 10 Oct 2011

L.A. Confidential is possibly the greatest crime mystery film ever made, the film is so perfect in every aspect and it just is so sure of itself that it just made me tingle on how perfect it was. The plot uses every aspect of LA in the 50's to make us feel like we are really back that long ago, I mean just the storytelling and the mystery of the film makes me just want it to go on forever, and the intensity of some of the moments had me just eyes wide open at the screen just smiling and screaming "hell ya" or something just because the story and moments are so exciting and raw, and the characters are unforgettable, there was not one moment in the film where I doubted that these characters were going to be in my mind for a long time.

The cast is tremendous, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce deserved Oscar praise for this film, they were both so perfect in their roles and had me rooting for them the whole time and I loved them, Kevin Spacey was great as well and although he didn't have the best performance in the film, he certainly was still great, and Kim Basinger was great as well, and although I was stunned when I discovered she won a Oscar for the film, I guess I can kind of see why but I think the other performances were much better, but don't get me wrong, she was great as well, they were all great.

I also enjoyed the music choice for the film, it used jazzy and old music to give it that boost to make us feel like we are in the 50's, and even better was the score that was completely great. Now I know the film is not an action film, but I wanted to give the director credit for making some very realistic and awesome shootout scenes, I was very impressed.

L.A. Confidential is one of the greatest films I have ever seen in my life, it is an incredible mystery and crime film, and I consider it to be one of my all time favorites and a complete masterpiece.