gavinm1
I watched this movie and I grew up in the 1960's and this movie told it like it was. A lot of people did not like the war and that it was wrong. Basically it was about people who had the right to make a choice and to stand up and say that the war was wrong and that they do have a right to protest it. The one son made the choice to go to war and the other son chose not to. The daughter also had to right to choose whether or not she wanted to keep the baby that she was going to have.The music and the clothes were very authentic and so were a lot of the scenes from the war, the riots, the Black Panthers, Woodstock Festival, the Hog Farmers, Haight-Ashbury district and the Watts Riots. The thing that did disturb me was the scenes where black people were being beat up by whites, mainly the KKK.The only scene that I thought was stupid was when one of the leaders in the apartment was stupid enough to light up a cigarette in the same area that he is building a bomb and blew himself up.I did like the ending because no matter what their difference of opinion was, the family was brought back together.
jengle52
"The 60's" is a superb movie. I believe that Jerry O'Connell played an excellent part as the soldier who went off to fight in the Vietnam War. Personally, I love learning about the 60's and everything around that time period, but I firmly believe that anyone can enjoy this movie.To summarize, the movie is great. The actors do a great job, and the movie tells a great story of the 60's in a historical manner.
duce122
The 60s (1999) D: Mark Piznarski. Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Jerry O'Connell, Jeremy Sisto, Jordana Brewster, Leonard Roberts, Bill Smitrovich, Annie Corley, Charles S. Dutton. NBC mini-series (later released to video/DVD as full length feature film) about the treacherous 1960s, as seen through the eyes of both a white family and a black family. The film's first half is driven by the excellent performance of Dutton as Reverend Willie Taylor and evenly spreads the storyline between the families. However, Dutton's character is killed halfway through and the black family is completely forgotten in a dull, incoherent, and downright awful 2nd half. RATING: 4 out of 10. Not rated (later rated PG-13 for video/DVD release).
JuanitaG
It's scary when aging baby-boomers start remembering the 1960s as the "good ole days." "The 60's" is a bloated ode to the decade of drugs, sex, and irresponsibility. The acting and writing by all of the characters is sup-par at best. The only thing worse than this mini-series was "The 70s," which aired a year later.If you want a historical perspective, I suggest you don't watch this mini-series, but go to the library. If you want to see movies about 1960's, I suggest watching "KIDS" and "TRAFFIC." These two movies accurately describe the awful legacy this decade gave to younger generations., which I belong to.
