Almost 12 years later, still one of my favorite movies.

Rating: 9/10 (9 December 2013)

I still remember the first time I saw this movie in my pre-teenhood, and I remember how important of a piece of film it became. From the intense intro going into the creation of Jude Law's character into a hero, I loved it all the way through. It ushered into me a small fascination with things related to WWII and Russian themed music. I still remember the soundtrack of this movie though I haven't seen it in a couple years. I wasn't too big of a fan of the forced love story between Jude Law's character and Rachel Weisz's character. I also felt the way that Jude Law's character is thought dead wasn't that important to the way the story played out. Other than that, I felt the climactic final battle between Jude Law and Ed Harris' characters was also appropriate. It was one of the most selfless acts when Joseph Fiennes took the bullet to reveal Ed Harris in the final duel.