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- Jul 11, 2003
I just saw this last night. If you plan on seeing it, be sure to bring your dinner. It goes on and on and on. And that is my biggest complaint. The battle scenes are excellent but the length of them is not all together necessary. If Stone would have cut those scenes by 5-10 minutes each, that would work. The other complaint would be the convoluted affect that flash backs give. It takes some work to see what happened?
On the plus side, the performances are super. Kilmer, Jolie, and others are first rate, and Farell (given his private life) is really special doing some very tough intimate scenes. Not easy.
I wish that Stone, one of my favorite directors, would have worked better with the Film Editor on this and not rushed it for the Oscar showings. The story of this very young warrior is fascinating.
Joe
On the plus side, the performances are super. Kilmer, Jolie, and others are first rate, and Farell (given his private life) is really special doing some very tough intimate scenes. Not easy.
I wish that Stone, one of my favorite directors, would have worked better with the Film Editor on this and not rushed it for the Oscar showings. The story of this very young warrior is fascinating.
Joe
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