One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto both received Golden Globes for their performances and they definitely deserved them. Matthew's character in the film is a 'regular Joe', southern, Rodeo junky in the year 1985. At that time HIV was largely considered to be a 'homosexual disease'. Matthew's character, coincidently, is a major homophobic. In the beginning of the movie he is diagnosed with HIV and from there his world is about to turn upside down.
Jared Leto plays a Transvestite who is also infected with HIV. His performance is amazing! Both of these actors deserve the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor!! And the film is based on a true story. What an eye opening, raw, inspiring and heart warming story :)
I really need to watch this - I saw JL interviewed and the clips look amazing!
ReplyDeleteYes! I should blog on my top five films for the past year...hmmm.. perhaps top ten lol. So many good ones this past year! You definitely need to watch this movie asap ;)
ReplyDelete...also, Matthew did win the Academy Award for Best Actor for this film :D
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