"Cold Mountain" dialog

Rating: 4/10 (30 March 2008)

First of all, the movie was not as "original" as they claimed it was going to be.It was nowhere close to being as good as "Pride and Prejudice". I have no idea why this movie was so acclaimed.There also seemed to be a lot of wasted footage. While the long, pausing scenes usually intensify the feeling they are trying to express, these scenes just seem to be fodder to make the film "movie" length.
The acting was good, though nothing so memorable to nominate Oscar worthy. But the part that got me the most, was the repeated line, "Come back. Come back to me". I kept waiting for them to add,"Come back to Cold Mountain".
Overall, not a bad movie. I liked it. I didn't love it.I won't buy it or even watch it again.
I will add that the cast did an overall good job. I mainly think the writing and directing just got a little complacent with having previous success.