Read the book forget the film!

Rating: 1/10 (28 June 2004)

I was totally put off by casting Nicholas Cage as Capt. Corelli, he was completely the wrong choice.Why don't the casting directors read the book and see how the characters are drawn? This is a soft gentle man, a musician whom Cage has no chance in a month of Sundays of being. First of all you need someone to look like the short pudgy character and Cage is anything but what Hollywood thinks will fill the seats! Oh and his accent was terrible!
At least the scenery was authentic and of course the romantic interest was cast well but whenever the movie makers try to make a popular book into a movie they rarely get it right because they think the book does not stand well enough on its own. They think the audience are dumb and don't think! Forget it enjoy the book.