One of the year's best

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2003)

Cold Mountain. Good movie. Nicole is soooo pretty. I fell in love with her all over again. She's supposed to be starving and suffering. Didn't look it. She is so breathtakingly beautiful. Renee is so funny and spunky. Lots of oddball characters and B list star cameos. My favorite was Natalie Portman in a heartbreaking performance. Best war battle scene of 2003 ( the turkey shoot in the bomb crater ). I didn't think Minghella had it in him to display such intense, in-your-face carnage. Return of the King battle scenes come in a distant 2nd to this ferocity. The movie's ending had me crying like a woman. Easily one of my favorite movies of 2003. Thanks for reading. Bye.