When they started playing gospel music, I could barely contain my laughter

Rating: 5/10 (24 March 2006)

A very amusing flick, boldly exploring nearly all the major Hollywood clichés. The guy gets the girl, the guy wins the fight, the other guy who was jealous and betrayed him ends up sacrificing himself, you know the deal: the usual. There were some interesting scenes. I now know that if I want to hide my presence during winter I should eat some snow, preventing my breath from turning into vapor the second it leaves my mouth and/or nose.
I liked the movie. It opened the way to openly gay movies like Brokeback Mountain. There's lots of scenes where you just think that Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes will get it on. And admit it, they're hot. They'd make a really great couple. Rachel Weisz doesn't quite cut it compared to them, but she does give a pretty good "OMG I'm losing my virginity and it hurts" impression, her eyes almost impossibly distended.
I wonder if they're ever going to make a movie that actually accurately portrays the battle for Stalingrad. But so far it's pretty neat to see an American movie where the Russians are actually the good guys! Anyway, it's an entertaining movie. So don't expect to learn any deep truths about life (probably movies are a bad place for that anyway); watch it to be entertained.