Stone created several characters out of thin air and much of the film is just flat out fiction. Stone admitted that himself, justifying it by saying it was an alternate fiction to the official fiction.
The reality is Garrison persecuted this poor man Shaw, and used Shaw's homosexuality to do it, probably contributing to Shaw's early death.
And the difficulty of firing the shots is hilariously exaggerated, as always. The distances are not remotely far enough to require a sharpshooter. Millions of people who have never touched a gun before would have a good chance of pulling this off with only ten minutes practice with the rifle.
There is some hilarity. Kevin Bacon's character is entertaining and has a hilarious line. The Mr X character, very convincingly and soothingly played by Sutherland, cautiously carefully meets Garrison under the radar AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL THEN STROLLS WITH HIM THROUGH THE NATIONAL MALL.
Yes, there are a lot of suspicious things with the case, but wholesale making up stuff hardly contributes value.
The reality is Garrison persecuted this poor man Shaw, and used Shaw's homosexuality to do it, probably contributing to Shaw's early death.
And the difficulty of firing the shots is hilariously exaggerated, as always. The distances are not remotely far enough to require a sharpshooter. Millions of people who have never touched a gun before would have a good chance of pulling this off with only ten minutes practice with the rifle.
There is some hilarity. Kevin Bacon's character is entertaining and has a hilarious line. The Mr X character, very convincingly and soothingly played by Sutherland, cautiously carefully meets Garrison under the radar AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL THEN STROLLS WITH HIM THROUGH THE NATIONAL MALL.
Yes, there are a lot of suspicious things with the case, but wholesale making up stuff hardly contributes value.