Highly overrated

Rating: 6/10 (1 August 2006)

This film was greatly overblown. I now wonder why it garnered so many Oscar nominations. It just didn't do much for me. This film is supposed to be this great emotional roller-coaster, but I wasn't able to get involved with the characters very much. I'm not quite sure where it went wrong for me. Perhaps the homosexuality did it, since, in my moral upbringing, that's a terrible sin. The acting wasn't at fault, as it was quite good. The cinematography shows a lot of beautiful scenery and that part was enjoyable. The story is pretty good as well. So I think the problem is just me thinking all the time that these guys are going straight to hell. And it just ruined the film for me. I've heard that if you're not bawling your eyes out at the end of this, you aren't human. Guess I'm a donkey or something, because my eyes were dry. Sorry, it just didn't click for me.