not worth paying $10 to see

Rating: 5/10 (9 January 2006)

I can't say that I would recommend seeing this movie. The acting was average, not excellent. The scenery and locations work was excellent in the film. Ang Lee did a good enough job directing the movie. The problem lies within the story. The story quite simply unfolded too slowly. The first third of the movie dragged on too long and the dialog between the main characters left me bored and I almost left at that point. I simply did not care about the characters at all because by the time things picked up I was completely unattached from the movie. The unfortunate part about this movie will be when awards season comes around. The only reason I think this movie will win awards is because of the homosexual theme in the movie. There will be pressure to vote for this movie because of the topic when in reality the acting and script was simply average. Not worth wasting $10 on. I would recommend Munich instead.