@RichardElden The individual states that make up the United States execute prisoners convicted of premeditated murder by a jury of their peers. People are executed in China for displaying Tienanmen Square pictures or making political blogs.
@benpg The US as a nation keeps killing innocent people by the thousands all around the world directly or undirectly, and this has been going on for decades. Don't try to limit the immediate damage to the "Individual States" that conform it.
@RichardElden You're absolutely wrong with every thing you have just stated. Add in the fact that the Chinese people live under a government that arbitrarily executes people for speaking against the government, blocks google and other web pages to prevent free information, and can't provide basic necessities like running water to over 60% of its rural population. Yeah, I think I'd rather stick to living in the US.
@RichardElden The United States has 12 aircraft carriers, China has one. The United States has 10,000 nuclear weapons, with the most advanced delivery systems on earth, the chinese have 200. The United States has a GDP of 14 trillion. The Chinese GDP is 4 trillion. How is China more powerful?
I was five years old during this time. Maybe if Kennedy and those involved could haave looked into the future to our present day, they could have just surrendered then and saved us all a lot of trouble.
What most people don't realize is that the Russians had alot more missiles that were operational that we had no idea about. Had we gone in and gone with the air strikes and the invasion like the military wanted to, it would've been World War 3. A lot of people don't realize that we were closer to nuclear war than people knew. This is a great movie. Great casting too. Greenwood as JFK was one of the better JFK"S that I've seen and the guy who played RFK was very good too.
Trigger-happy generals nearly destroyed this country during the Cuban Missile Crisis, not "Those God-damn Kennedys." John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy were both great leaders.
This film was so biased against the military it's not even funny. JFK made quite a few mistakes during this time. If you don't believe me, research it. Curtis Lemay performed the Berlin Airlift with great success without starting WWIII, he's shown here as a war loving maniac. Ridiculous revisionism.
@theschizoidman JFK was surrounded by hawks, inherited from Eisenhower. The Joint Chiefs lied to JFK about the Bay of Pigs prospects for success(a plan originated under Eisenhower)...knowing full well, that air support would be necessary, thinking that the new president would cave and escalate.
He didn't, then didn't blame anyone, but said, 'Success has many fathers, defeat an orphan.'
@theschizoidman Well the truth is bitter isn't it? Le May was a war monger, you probably don't know what he did to Japanese civillians in WWII do you? This man was probably responsible for the entire fire bombing of Japan's cities with mostly civillian casualties.
@daveibukun Le May only firebombed Japan because it was that or invade the mainland at the time. So either one million American lives lost or show the Japanese we aren't going to stop until they surrender. How bout you don't diss the greatest military power in the world you ass
@sbchamps99 OH SHUT UP!!!!! LEARN YOUR HISTORY. The fire bombing was not an alternative to bombing Japan. The US was going to invade any way and yes i would diss the so called "greatest millitary power in the world" (the greatest in your mind) whenever i feel like it.
Fredrick Douglas: A true patriot is a lover of his country who rebukes it when it needs to be rebuked and does not forgive its sins.
Perhaps you should learn something of your own history. Any of us can say anything we want to about the "greatest military power" and we have a duty to.
On the topic of Japan. Bombing it was the the only alternative. Japan itself had little access to natural resources and they were cut off. A blockade was also an alternative.
I also like Bruce Greenwood's JFK in this movie. One of the best that I've seen. Martin Sheen in Kennedy was also good. I do like Steven Culp as Bobby in this movie a lot better than the guy that played him in RFK.
Cia wanted an nucleare war but kennedy sayed no but what if he sayed yes? future chuck norris would time travel and save the world and kill the alliens by sending the nuke on them
@JVL8701 Keep dreaming. Kennedy wanted to use strategic nuclear weapons. He also escalated the arms race, entered the U.S. into Vietnam and attempted to have a foreign leader assassinated. Very prudent, indeed. Imagine he wasn't handsome. Imagine he wasn't packaged so well to you. Then look at him again. He was a good president, but far from innocent or an angel. Very far.
When Dean Acheson was telling the president how this all plays out, 2:34, it's amazing to me how he could so cavalierly describe this knowing that billions of people could die. Also, how the generals felt that Kennedy was a "coward" for trying to prevent this. These war hawks are like children playing with firecrackers.
Does anyone know where I can watch this movie? Preferably a site that is free with no surveys and no downloads where I dont have to sign up for anything.
@KiloByte69 Exactly. His policies mirror that of most Republican leaders far more than Democrat leaders. The party of JFK is long gone. Dean Rusk, JFK, RFK, Bob McNamara are now replaced by the Pelosis, Bidens, Deans. Pretty scary.
@vardiss22 I do love some of the banter that was in the film between Kennedy and his generals....especially when one of them said to Kennedy "you're in quite a fix Mr. President." I am fairly certainly that this exchange really did take place with Kennedy shooting back, "well if I'm in a fix....you're in it with me."
I completely agree. Although Greenwood's physical resemblence to JFK is relatively slight, he captured Kennedy's nuance and ability to see shades of gray very well. I believe that nuance and talent to "project out" move and counter-move by the Soviets and us served him and the nation very well during the Crisis. I think the reference to "The Guns of August" was perfect, something Kennedy himself talked about as required reading for his advisors. A good man at a difficult time.
@DaftSwank Greenwood was great and so was Steven Culp as RFK. Bruce Greenwood said that he and Culp would call each other up during filming and speak to each other in character.
@DaftSwank I agree. Martin Sheen also gave a good portrayal of JFK in the 1983 television mini-series Kennedy and Patrick Dempsey wasn't bad as a young JFK in JFK:Reckless Youth.
Agreed with, but only to a point. I think the movie was pretty good in spite of Costner's "Baaaasss-taaann accient." I thought Bruce Greenwood was quite good as JFK, and Stephen Culp did an admirable RFK. The fasciniating point for history is how Kennedy asked his advisors for frank and candid advice - thereby avoiding the "Group-Think" mentality that led to the disaster at the Bay of Pigs.
I think this is an exceptional film but Costners fake accent ruins it for me. Costner said himself i didnt want to play him without an accent because then it would just be me playing a character. Big mistake. Greenwood and Culp are spot on, GREAT choices
@cwhitfield1138 yeah im from boston and i feel its one of the hardest accents to portray.. i feel like if you cant do it dont. its not like the boston accent has anything to do with the story, its not like its good will hunting and it takes place in boston. costners a great actor to and it was distracting. i think it was 1 of those times where the actor prob had more influence then the director.
the actor who plays jfk is my teacher's best friend. I had a chance to meet him last year at a lecture at my school but i missed out. Now he is captain pike in star trek and i don't have his autograph :(
Goodness, can you imagine being the president of the USA? The kind of incredibly tough decisions you have to make that possibly determine the fate of the world.
At least Kenedi had.. almost all next presidents only did direct attacks.. i have seen no other complicated situation handle with the care Kenedi put into avoiding any blood.. even when that U2 was shot down and the pilot killed..
@RichardElden The individual states that make up the United States execute prisoners convicted of premeditated murder by a jury of their peers. People are executed in China for displaying Tienanmen Square pictures or making political blogs.
benpg 2 months ago
@benpg The US as a nation keeps killing innocent people by the thousands all around the world directly or undirectly, and this has been going on for decades. Don't try to limit the immediate damage to the "Individual States" that conform it.
xchimino2 2 months ago
@RichardElden You're absolutely wrong with every thing you have just stated. Add in the fact that the Chinese people live under a government that arbitrarily executes people for speaking against the government, blocks google and other web pages to prevent free information, and can't provide basic necessities like running water to over 60% of its rural population. Yeah, I think I'd rather stick to living in the US.
benpg 2 months ago
@RichardElden The United States has 12 aircraft carriers, China has one. The United States has 10,000 nuclear weapons, with the most advanced delivery systems on earth, the chinese have 200. The United States has a GDP of 14 trillion. The Chinese GDP is 4 trillion. How is China more powerful?
benpg 2 months ago
jfk tight ass
joshakb1 5 months ago
costners a friend and chief of staff (i quess)in this oe
and in the jfk movie he was the dea to bring a trial in the murder of jfk ??
daydaviddunn 7 months ago
I was five years old during this time. Maybe if Kennedy and those involved could haave looked into the future to our present day, they could have just surrendered then and saved us all a lot of trouble.
jrw661 7 months ago
whoa its buster kilrain from gettysburg awesome!!!!!!!!!
edyoung44 9 months ago
Nice job editing the movie down to only 5 minutes! The best scenes all on one clip.
tpwelsch 9 months ago
What most people don't realize is that the Russians had alot more missiles that were operational that we had no idea about. Had we gone in and gone with the air strikes and the invasion like the military wanted to, it would've been World War 3. A lot of people don't realize that we were closer to nuclear war than people knew. This is a great movie. Great casting too. Greenwood as JFK was one of the better JFK"S that I've seen and the guy who played RFK was very good too.
6021diesel 9 months ago
Trigger-happy generals nearly destroyed this country during the Cuban Missile Crisis, not "Those God-damn Kennedys." John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy were both great leaders.
Catclaw01 9 months ago
Thanks Christopherhalbower this is really going to help me in my social studies project
MrAnsonisbeast 10 months ago
americans have the dirty cheek to call them self the land of the free fucken dirty basteds
YUSKHAN 11 months ago
@YUSKHAN Get lost, troll.
AmericanAirlinesRule 8 months ago
@AmericanAirlinesRule
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YUSKHAN 8 months ago
@YUSKHAN fuck you u fukin bitch ass chink!
TheEagpro2 8 months ago
Greenwood didn't try so hard imitate JFK...he was BRILLIANT in this part.
Best ever portrayal.
LarryStaples 1 year ago
This film was so biased against the military it's not even funny. JFK made quite a few mistakes during this time. If you don't believe me, research it. Curtis Lemay performed the Berlin Airlift with great success without starting WWIII, he's shown here as a war loving maniac. Ridiculous revisionism.
theschizoidman 1 year ago
@theschizoidman JFK was surrounded by hawks, inherited from Eisenhower. The Joint Chiefs lied to JFK about the Bay of Pigs prospects for success(a plan originated under Eisenhower)...knowing full well, that air support would be necessary, thinking that the new president would cave and escalate.
He didn't, then didn't blame anyone, but said, 'Success has many fathers, defeat an orphan.'
This is history not opinion.
LarryStaples 1 year ago 2
@theschizoidman Well the truth is bitter isn't it? Le May was a war monger, you probably don't know what he did to Japanese civillians in WWII do you? This man was probably responsible for the entire fire bombing of Japan's cities with mostly civillian casualties.
daveibukun 8 months ago
@daveibukun Le May only firebombed Japan because it was that or invade the mainland at the time. So either one million American lives lost or show the Japanese we aren't going to stop until they surrender. How bout you don't diss the greatest military power in the world you ass
sbchamps99 7 months ago
@sbchamps99 OH SHUT UP!!!!! LEARN YOUR HISTORY. The fire bombing was not an alternative to bombing Japan. The US was going to invade any way and yes i would diss the so called "greatest millitary power in the world" (the greatest in your mind) whenever i feel like it.
daveibukun 6 months ago
@sbchamps99
Fredrick Douglas: A true patriot is a lover of his country who rebukes it when it needs to be rebuked and does not forgive its sins.
Perhaps you should learn something of your own history. Any of us can say anything we want to about the "greatest military power" and we have a duty to.
On the topic of Japan. Bombing it was the the only alternative. Japan itself had little access to natural resources and they were cut off. A blockade was also an alternative.
QuelDr0ma 2 months ago
The only downside of the movie is Costner!
brav0wing 1 year ago
I also like Bruce Greenwood's JFK in this movie. One of the best that I've seen. Martin Sheen in Kennedy was also good. I do like Steven Culp as Bobby in this movie a lot better than the guy that played him in RFK.
6021diesel 1 year ago
Cia wanted an nucleare war but kennedy sayed no but what if he sayed yes? future chuck norris would time travel and save the world and kill the alliens by sending the nuke on them
stjepanzero 1 year ago
people around him are war mongers.....but his prudent mind and his wishdome save mankind
JVL8701 1 year ago
@JVL8701 Keep dreaming. Kennedy wanted to use strategic nuclear weapons. He also escalated the arms race, entered the U.S. into Vietnam and attempted to have a foreign leader assassinated. Very prudent, indeed. Imagine he wasn't handsome. Imagine he wasn't packaged so well to you. Then look at him again. He was a good president, but far from innocent or an angel. Very far.
theschizoidman 1 year ago
@theschizoidman but he didnt.
JVL8701 1 year ago
Dumb question, who is the actor who is speaking at the beginning of this informing the table?
tyandkim 1 year ago
Does anyone else think Bruce Greenwood is amazingly hot in this movie? Because I sure think so!!!
VwDiva93 1 year ago
When Dean Acheson was telling the president how this all plays out, 2:34, it's amazing to me how he could so cavalierly describe this knowing that billions of people could die. Also, how the generals felt that Kennedy was a "coward" for trying to prevent this. These war hawks are like children playing with firecrackers.
amolapaz1 1 year ago
Steven Culp really looks and acts like Bobby, his movements, his face, his accent.. brilliant!!!
ikaael 1 year ago
I think Culp and Baker playing McNamara were both great
Vertigo2903 1 year ago
Does anyone know where I can watch this movie? Preferably a site that is free with no surveys and no downloads where I dont have to sign up for anything.
SASpursGRL21 1 year ago
thank god bush was,'t pres back then or any republicanpres
934johno 1 year ago
@934johno
Also thank God Kennedy wasn't your typical tail between his legs libtard.
KiloByte69 1 year ago 2
@KiloByte69 Exactly. His policies mirror that of most Republican leaders far more than Democrat leaders. The party of JFK is long gone. Dean Rusk, JFK, RFK, Bob McNamara are now replaced by the Pelosis, Bidens, Deans. Pretty scary.
theschizoidman 1 year ago
Is there a movie on the Bay of Pigs invasion and the rest of the Cold War in a whole movie?
rbatheNORSEMAN 2 years ago
It is a good movie and the fact that people are subjective enough based on an accent is infantile
welshtiger3 2 years ago
Yes, Bruce Greenwood was a very good JFK, but no better than William Devane's portrayal of JFK in "The Missles of October."
colderbeer 2 years ago
i agree....i actually give the edge to Devane in terms of personality, mannerisms and portrayal of leadership dynamic.
vardiss22 1 year ago
@vardiss22 I do love some of the banter that was in the film between Kennedy and his generals....especially when one of them said to Kennedy "you're in quite a fix Mr. President." I am fairly certainly that this exchange really did take place with Kennedy shooting back, "well if I'm in a fix....you're in it with me."
colderbeer 1 year ago
I like Bruce Greenwood as JFK. I think his portrayal was one of the best ever of the late 35th President.
DaftSwank 2 years ago 46
I think Greenwood's voice was a bit too deep for him to be a believable Kennedy, but he played the part very well.
democrat10 2 years ago
@DaftSwank
I completely agree. Although Greenwood's physical resemblence to JFK is relatively slight, he captured Kennedy's nuance and ability to see shades of gray very well. I believe that nuance and talent to "project out" move and counter-move by the Soviets and us served him and the nation very well during the Crisis. I think the reference to "The Guns of August" was perfect, something Kennedy himself talked about as required reading for his advisors. A good man at a difficult time.
lembillings 2 years ago 4
Dylan Baker's Robert McNamara was pretty good too . . .
bd1022 2 years ago
@DaftSwank yea he just doesnt look like the real jfk
legomaxmania 1 year ago
@DaftSwank I agree, but I think they should let Troy Aikman play him lol
whysoserious89 1 year ago
@DaftSwank mr. greenwood did not actually look much like jfk but he DID portray his demeanor quite well.
MsKeith1969 11 months ago
@DaftSwank Greenwood was great and so was Steven Culp as RFK. Bruce Greenwood said that he and Culp would call each other up during filming and speak to each other in character.
Schlomo1962 8 months ago
@DaftSwank I agree. Martin Sheen also gave a good portrayal of JFK in the 1983 television mini-series Kennedy and Patrick Dempsey wasn't bad as a young JFK in JFK:Reckless Youth.
xyPERSON 6 months ago
@DaftSwank I agree. I thought his accent and pace of speech was particularly well done.
FlowerChild65 3 months ago
This isn't a permission slip, this is your report caaaaaaaaaaaaard!
iDraw3G 2 years ago
Costner RUINED this movie with his FAKE ACCENT(sp?)
cwhitfield1138 2 years ago
@cwhitfield1138
Agreed with, but only to a point. I think the movie was pretty good in spite of Costner's "Baaaasss-taaann accient." I thought Bruce Greenwood was quite good as JFK, and Stephen Culp did an admirable RFK. The fasciniating point for history is how Kennedy asked his advisors for frank and candid advice - thereby avoiding the "Group-Think" mentality that led to the disaster at the Bay of Pigs.
lembillings 2 years ago
I think this is an exceptional film but Costners fake accent ruins it for me. Costner said himself i didnt want to play him without an accent because then it would just be me playing a character. Big mistake. Greenwood and Culp are spot on, GREAT choices
cwhitfield1138 2 years ago
@cwhitfield1138 "This is your report caaaaaarrrd!" Also loved the scene where he had to run (in slow motion nontheless) after the U-2 shootdown.
lembillings 2 years ago
Costners accent is AWFUL
cwhitfield1138 2 years ago
@cwhitfield1138 yeah im from boston and i feel its one of the hardest accents to portray.. i feel like if you cant do it dont. its not like the boston accent has anything to do with the story, its not like its good will hunting and it takes place in boston. costners a great actor to and it was distracting. i think it was 1 of those times where the actor prob had more influence then the director.
pat442389 2 years ago
The funny thing is the character hes portraying didnt have an accent. Costner, i agree is a fine actor but here, he makes a great movie just good.
cwhitfield1138 2 years ago
the actor who plays jfk is my teacher's best friend. I had a chance to meet him last year at a lecture at my school but i missed out. Now he is captain pike in star trek and i don't have his autograph :(
poolpax 2 years ago
Bruce Greenwood gave the best portrayal of President Kennedy ever, in my opinion. Steven Culp was uncanny as Bobby Kennedy.
Schlomo1962 2 years ago 3
where is the whole movie online??????????
kevindionstevens 2 years ago
You got a netflix account??
jubsjobs90 2 years ago
Goodness, can you imagine being the president of the USA? The kind of incredibly tough decisions you have to make that possibly determine the fate of the world.
daveibukun 2 years ago 34
At least Kenedi had.. almost all next presidents only did direct attacks.. i have seen no other complicated situation handle with the care Kenedi put into avoiding any blood.. even when that U2 was shot down and the pilot killed..
sparrowlt 2 years ago 2
Unnerving
Petto84 2 years ago
@daveibukun
Yup. Few men in history have had the responsiblity of leading the most powerful nation on the planet. Em
redwingsmike3718 1 year ago
@daveibukun
The most difficult job in the world.Undeniable.
SuperVerm1n 1 year ago
can u upload the movie??? or tell me where i can find this movie online?
polosport529 2 years ago
Or you could buy it for around $5 on Amazon.
BritishVlogger 2 years ago 3