Kind of slow drama

Rating: 7/10 (19 June 2005)

This is one of those movies you know how they're going to be from the first scenes. You do see the male and the female liking each other, you know they are going to fall in love, but you watch it all the same to see HOW they are going to proceed on doing that. You know there is a war and you already know how it's going to end, but you watch the fight scenes anyhow. You know he is going to die because she saw it in a prediction and in the movies predictions are law, but you still watch to see how he is going to die. You know who the bad guys are, you know they are going to die every one of them, but you watch to see it happened and get that feeling of relief that life does have a point.
OK, the script was better than the average romantic drama, the actors all played well, the sound and direction were great, so you can call Cold Mountain a good movie, but only taken separately from all the other movies in the genre from which it parts only minutely.
The nice landscapes in the background are Romanian, by the way, and this is one of the reasons why I chose to see this movie. And while I managed to endure its entire length without fast forwarding and I watched it with my wife, I would not do it again.
Conclusion: this is one of those movies you watch with the lady. Nothing more, nothing less. It's not terribly romantic, either, as it fails to convey that "Ooo" feeling that makes women feel warm inside.