Pointless and highly, highly disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (1 August 2008)

I have seen many a film. I'm studying acting (woopie do, eh?) and I watched this movie because Marlon Brando was in it. The film started off interestingly enough and to be very fair to it, the first 30 to 40 minutes were good and fairly intriguing. there was some excellent camera work and wonderful images (e.g. the helicopters coming over the waves, brilliant).
Then the film goes downhill. the character developments were appalling. I didn't feel an ounce of sadness when any of the main characters died. I was just intrigued to see the final showdown- Brando and Sheen. That was disappointing too, except for Brando's great monologue. it is a classic monologue, but for an actor of Brando's ability, he deserved more in the movie. i could watch him all day and he out-classed everyone as usual. However, Sheen was very good.
There was too much sex and nudity and this ruined the movie. That kind of stuff is better off in a playboy magazine. I think any movie that uses sex and nudity is not a classic, because it relies on this to get people interested. Romantic movies could have good intimate scenes, but the directors NEVER manage to show true love between two actors. Most actors don't know what love is, so when they are told to do scenes of this nature, they always act bordering on pride, which is not love. the only film that ever did show real intimacy and beauty was Titanic i think. 9 songs was a disgusting joke. Any director who uses sex and nudity pointlessly to get people interested is disappointing to me and it was a shame because this director is excellent usually.
I saw the redux version, but i have heard that the original is much better. Yet, i was so disappointed since this film was so hyped up i shall not be seeing the original.
If you want to waste 191 minutes of your lives, watch this crap.