Cold Mountain

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Summary: i really rate no star becuse............
Review: i order 2-28-05 and its now 3-8-05 and ever snice i order i email him he never email me back so if i was u i never buy from him plus i would never order from amazon again b/c movies use to thakes 3 dayys to arrive now it takes weeks so ithey lost 1 cusmer i hope more

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Summary: All in all, pretty good film, despite flaws.
Review: I had problems with two aspects of the film:

1. The acting by Nicole Kidman was a cardboard cutout of the stereotypical Southern belle who seemed too concerned with her accent and mannerisms to give much attention to personality.

2. The lack of homework on the albino character of Bosie. This was played, however, very chillingly by British actor Charlie Hunnam, who I failed to even recognize until I saw his name in the credits. He plays the title role in "Nicholas Nickleby" and is unrecognizable in "Cold Mountain". The fact that those who suffer from albinism have poor eyesight would have rendered the gunslinging exploits of bouncing Bosie improbable seems to reflect a lack of homework on the part of the filmmakers.

Jude Law, as always, is excellent as his character traverses the way home a la The Odyssey back to his true love. The Civil War scenes are very heartrending. The characters he meets along the way, including the lavicious reverend, the lonely young widow, and the hooligan hillbillies are wonderful and add much-needed respite from the weightiness of the Civil War subject matter.

Renee Zellwiger, a bit over the top, but a wonderful character that took the pain out of watching the scenes with the boring Kidman character.

I recommend this movie, but not as a true-to-canon depiction and not as a definitive authority on 1860s history. For entertainment purposes, it's worth seeing.

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Summary: A Very Sentimental Experience . .
Review: First of all, Nicole Kidman puts forth a brilliant performance in this movie. From a spoiled young girl of wealth to one who quickly has nothing and has to learn some very tough lessons about survival, she comes through with flying colors.

I could feel her pain and the pain of her love who so desperately tries to return to her. Not uncommon, for the bond of true love is strong. Gripping scenes throughout kept my interest. Excellent example of friendship from those whom we least expect it. Renee Zellweger is a favorite and was a delight to watch her in this extraordinary role.

But the end was not what I expected. Definately worth seeing.



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Summary: I REMEMBER EVERYTHING about his movie
Review: I love this movie it is so sad yet so poetic. The lines are just phenomenal. i remember so many quotes from this movie it is crazy. I love it so much i suggest you rent it or buy it you won't be upset.

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Summary: Well done but limited
Review: They should have called this flick "The English Patient Moves to the Confederacy" for the parallels between this movie and that other Anthony Minghella romance, "The English Patient", were so obvious in production values, script writing and direction as to make the Civil War film prequel to the World War II epic.

This film stands on its own, of course, and is a nice tale of love, war, romance and adventure. It is full of big stars and tends to get better the longer it goes on. I thought the movie meandered quite a bit the first 80 minutes or so, then improved markedly with the appearance of Renee Zellweger's character, whose portrayal dominated every scene.

As to the love story, well, I've seen better. As to this movie deserving the Oscar for best film, I can't go along with that either. This is a good movie by any standard. But I saw "Fargo" uncut the next night and immediately saw the difference between this good movie and a completely original and very great film.

So enjoy "Cold Mountain" for its compelling scenes, lengthy but involving story, and Zellweger's Oscar-winning portrayal and hope that Minghellas does not next bring the Hundred Years War to the screen.

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Summary: Left me Cold
Review: I have an appreciation for great films - but although I loved the scenery and story line I felt it was completely ruined by the graphic sexual scenes. When I bought this, my copy said PG by mistake. It is a strong R rating. I don't feel it has much to watch except the superb performance by Renee Zelwegger. I don't recommend it and I love most period pieces.

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Summary: Should Have Won Best Picture Of It's Year
Review: This movie in my opinon was the best movie of it's year and it's a tragic shame it didn't beat Lord of The Rings for the title with a great cast, beautiful script, and wonderful music this movie did not go wrong in any sense. Once again it's one of those Civil War movies that takes place in the South but, delievers a "anti-war" vibe from the dialouge and action squences-- perhaps because you see more losses than trimuphs.

In the movie Nicole Kidman moves to Cold Mountain with her father who is a preacher... she quickly becomes the infatuation of a local boy Inman. Nicole and Inman quickly become attracted to eachother and with a couple of encounters they grow to love one another. When the war starts Inman quickly enlists to fight for the South leaving Nicole behind. When Nicole's father suddenly dies she finds herself alone fighting to survive with no life skills it's a real struggle for her-- she writes Inman and tells him "come back to me." After recovering from a serious wound Inman makes the decision to try to go back to Cold Mountain encountering, whore houses, yankees, less than honorable chirstians, and a goat lady. But, deserters are being shot for desertion. Reese Witherspoon comes into the mix as the loud mouthed and strong willed Ruby who helps teach Nicole life skills. I won't give away the ending. But all in all this movie is about love, loss, faith, and the struggle when we're lost to come home to the ones we love.

I'm not usually a Nicole Kidman fan and I didn't really like her Southern accent but, she did great as the spoiled preacher's daughter who finds herself alone after her father's death. Reese Witherspoon in my opinon did a lack lester performance as Ruby who helps Nicole learn how to survive on her own. Jude Law does a great job but, not good enough to win the Academy Award for best supporting actor. Great visual effects, stunning scenery, and well-written script make this movie sparkle.

Only two things wrong with this movie are it's length and it's also one of those movies you can only enjoy once. All in all I highly recomend you rent this movie and pass around the tissues for this one is a tear-jerker!

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Summary: It was okay!!
Review: I finally saw this film about a few months ago, well all I can say is that it was alright. But besides that, there are some factors that didn't give this movie a full five stars: the fact that Kidman looked SO out of place in it was obvious, and romance, nothing there to begin with, just some lonely southern guy lusting after some spoiled rich pretty girl, and believe me, I have a feeling that is the only reason he liked her was because of her looks. Anyway moving on, there was something that I can see between Inman and another woman in this movie and it was with Natalie Portman's character - those two had chemistry together, I mean look at the one deleted scene of them on the DVD, she comes out of the cabin, he looks at her, you can tell, and even the director himself said there was attraction between them. So I hope this review helped, if not, oh well!!

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Summary: Love story this ain't
Review: Loved the book. I got the unabridged audio tapes and listened to it before seeing the movie on DVD.

Gruesome and violent, it definately makes you hate some of the characters but does very little to endear you to the main characters of the story.

Unfortunately in the movie the love story was just about non-existant. A glimpse, a stolen moment and a glass of water does not equal the epic love story of all ages.

The scenery of the movie was excellent and really is what saved this movie from being 1 or 2 stars. If they could have given an oscar for best actor to the background, this should have been nominated.

This is the kind of movie you go see if you liked the horse whisperer or brave heart and you thought to yourself "I'd love to go see where they shot that film!"