On The Waterfront

Rightfully the winner of the Oscar (trademarked and protected by martial law) for best picture of 1954, this is really a powerful story, superperbly acted, of people doing what is right when teh whole world is against them. My favorite touches of realism are those little moments that serve to cement the world this takes place in. So many movies that claim a presence in "the real world" leave me wondering 'where are the police?' or 'does anyone else actually notice?' Little touches, like the police officer at the beginning saying 'yah, I know you don't like police, but someone's gotta talk', produce a living, breathing environment for the story to take place in. In so many ways this is an example of a movie done right.

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