utterly disappointed

Rating: 5/10 (24 December 2007)

I have to say I am completely surprised at the numerous positive reviews on this mediocre film. This film had a lot of hype and was compared to Titanc, which made me want to watch it, and I am very disappointed. I don't think I completely understood the film in the first place, but it still doesn't nearly live up to the hype. The film is very slow, as in there is a lot of waiting to see what would happen next. So, you wait, and then expect something big to happen, but it never does. The entire middle part of the film was a bore to me. Parts of the ending seemed good at first, but by then, I already had negative impressions on the film. Throughout the film there were shots that were beautifully shot and some good touching scenes, but the film doesn't do much for me. I am rather mad at all of you who claim this to be the best film of the year or whatnot. I obviously missed something, or you views are just into this type of "artsy" film. That's another thing too.....this film seemed to try to hard to be artsy and to touch on people's emotions. All it did was drag on and on. Once I lost interest, it never came back.
Having said all of this, I may just have to watch the film again on DVD. I'm curious what important info I happened to miss.......if all of you claim it to be so good. And considering I like "beautiful" and "touching" films, it makes me even more angry that this film seemed to miss all of that for me. But honestly, didn't this film drag on and on, especially during the middle of the film? The shots and scenes didn't do anything for me. Alright, I'm actually still mad about this film now, so convince me otherwise. What did I miss?