Good, but not great

Rating: 7/10 (18 February 2001)

Well, I have a feeling that if not for all the attention this film has received, I probably would have liked it a lot more. But given all the praise heaped on CTHD lately, I felt a tad disappointed upon leaving the theater. There were a few moments in the film that were really breathtaking, but for the most part the film as a whole was not spectacular. Also, I always hate to rail against the endings of movies, but this one I just did not get. It was completely abrupt and seemed out of place given the two hours of story that preceded it. Despite these criticisms, it was still certainly a good film (far better than Gladiator), but probably not worthy of the excessive adulation that has come its way.