not a very good movie!

Rating: 5/10 (29 November 2007)

there are many problems with this movie for me to recommend it. all i can say is it has a good intention to be a good movie but sometimes that's just not enough. it's almost trying too hard to be something but the director couldn't make his mind between making a stylish film or telling a compelling story and it turned out neither stylish nor compelling. it didn't engage me emotionally till the last 20 minutes but it was a little too late. the middle part of movie is BORING and it drags. the war segment probably the most expensive to produce but has the least to say about anything other than 'how awful the war is' cliché. there are a lot of time line jump around but it adds more confusion than suspension. the story is not that complicated and the jump around is unnecessary. Knightley's one dimension acting ability is getting tiresome to watch since her promising pride and prejudice. even the somewhat clever soundtrack (by incorporating the sound in the story line) is too obvious and showy. if this movie were up for Oscar race, 2007 would be a very poor year.