Beautiful!

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2004)

In my mind the best movie of 2003. Yes, "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was a wonderful movie, "Cold Mountain" was everything I want to see in a movie. It had a beautiful romance that came at the very beginning of the Civil War. The most romantic part of the movie is that they fight to hang onto, some hope that the other is not dead or wed another.
"Cold Mountain" shows what war will do to people. There are scenes in the movie that will make you laugh, cry and even realize that even in the darkest of ages, even in the most desolate of times there is some hope that people can hold onto.
For those people who have read the book it maintains the true essence of Charles Frazier's masterpiece. It shows the beauty of the South and the terrifying events that changed America forever.
Inman's struggle is a version of the "Odyssey". Inman's eternal struggle will make you reach for your tissues. When he tells yells "I'm done, I am done fighting." It makes you fall in love with him ten times over. He has struggled to leave the war, but it seems that the war is only at his doorstep.
Thank you Anthony Minghella for making movies such as this. Thank you for maintaining the classical way of film making.
Cold Mountain gets a 10.