a true modern epic - review of final cut

Rating: 9/10 (19 January 2008)

I first saw this film in it's theatrical cut and thought it was pretty but nothing more, but recently i was compelled to watch the final cut. After putting it off for a while due to it's 3 and a half hour length i finally got round to watching it.
what can i say i was completely blown away the first 3 hours were truly stunning, beautifully filmed and wonderfully acted, my previous ideas on the film were destroyed. the final half hour i found dragged on a bit but it was a fitting ending to a stunning epic.
In my view the final cut has made a very average film into an incredible, sweeping epic. It is truly something when a film can go from being a 4 star film to a 9 star film in ones mind.
If you can view it in High definition as I have also done as this makes it even more of a spectacle and a true modern epic.