Cold Mountain : Anthony Minghella directs this Oscar-winning adaptation of the novel by Charles Frazier. At the dawn of the Civil War, the men of Cold Mountain, North Carolina, rush to join the Confederate army. Ada (Nicole Kidman) has vowed to wait for Inman (Jude Law), but as the war drags on and letters go unanswered, she must find the will to survive...
WARNING: I AM GOING TO RUIN THIS MOVIE.
I dont really have anything positive to say about this film. It is supposed to be this epic story of hardship and love during war, but its really just a bunch of suck that takes way too fucking long to end. Its trying to be emotional and tragic by showing you the lives of these characters, but, they kind of forgot to develop the characters or their relationships enough for you to care if theyre starving or dying.
The script was terrible. Most of the dialogue left me wondering how any of these actors read the script and still decided to take a part this movie. Its cheesy and over-dramatic.
The acting was fine, but, the actors werent given any big acting challenges. Most of the movie is everyone looking off into nothing appearing lonely, sad, worried or in pain of some kind. I think Im going to vomit when they announce the Oscar nominees and everyone in this movie is nominated. The only person who should be nominated and who made any part of this movie worth while is Renee Zellweger. She had a few key comedy lines that made me laugh for a moment, but I quickly returned to wishing the movie would end.
The only other thing slightly worth while is when Nicole Kidman and Jude Law finally have sex, and even that wasnt very satisfying. Plus, its not until the very end of the movie and its definitely not worth sitting in boredom for 2 1/2 hours to see.
If you still plan to see this movie, I recommend walking in for the last 20 minutes. Then, you wont have missed anything, you wont be wishing for that 2 hours of your life back, youll get a little Nicole nakie time, a funny line form Renee and watch Jude Law finally die, just like Ada saw in the well. Thats another thing! What the fuck is with movies and predicting the future? "I saw you comin back to me." Excuse me while I puke all over Anthony Minghella for writing this shit. Next, someone will smash cheese on their forehead and theyll read the future in the shapes it makes. These are the kind of things you edit out of the movie script, even if they were in the book.