Not THAT bad...

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 2004)

Okay so it was definitely no the epic that it was hiped-up to be in all of the months before it's release.....but people are trashing it like it's the worst movie ever made. I honestly don't think it was THAT bad. I don't really think that it was bad at all, just not spectacular.
The performances weren't Oscar worthy, but some of them were good, especially Colin Ferrell and Jared Leto. Those are two damn-good actors and I don't care what ANYONE says. All of their scenes together were very good, whether you can tolerate the "gay" factor or not, you can't deny the realness of their relationship.
I think that Angelina Jolie was pretty good, not as believable as I would expect from such a talented actress, but pretty good. Also, she DID age, to whoever said that she didn't. She sure doesn't have all those crows feet and gray hairs, that she had at the end of the movie, in real life. And as far as her being close in age with Colin, let's not act like Angela Lansbury didn't give a magnificent, Oscar nominated, performance as the mother of Laurence Harvey, who is only 3 years younger than her, in the original "The Manchurian Candidate". Of course Angelina's performance can't even come close to Angela's, but the age thing is doable.
My bottom line is that it wasn't this years best, but it was MOST DEFINITELY not this years worst. I enjoyed it for the most part, with special accolades to Colin Ferrell, Jared Leto, and the always brilliant Anthony Hopkins... Good movie, not great, but Good movie!!