Could have been fun, but impossible to follow battle scenes

Rating: 4/10 (16 October 2000)

I saw this with low expectations but with the hope that it would at least have exciting battle scenes. I know a lot of people love this film, but for me the battle scenes almost all went something like this: grimace, cut, swinging arm, cut, blur, cut, chariot wheel, cut, flying arm, cut, close up of leg, cut, flying head, cut, chariot wheel, cut, tiger, cut, etc, etc. How could anyone follow it? I had no idea what was going on during the battles most of the time and thus found myself getting more and more bored. The film definitely looked great, but the battle scenes were a bore because of the extreme closeups and quick cuts after quick cuts. Weren't the battles the main attraction? I can't recommend this film as a result.