Movie never really added up

Rating: 3/10 (21 February 2016)

I couldn't wait to see this movie. The previews were stupendous, the setting was a fascinating time in history, and the casting seemed perfect. I'd watch the trailers every few days to sharpen my interest and get ready for the entire movie.
What a letdown! Each scene of the movie was wonderful and delicious, but the whole movie added up to a fat zero. It was like watching someone hold up the individual pieces of a jigsaw puzzle but never assemble them into a big picture. I came close to walking out of the movie halfway through, but I soldiered on, hoping the ending would snap everything into place. It didn't.
This movie could have been so much more with the addition of a sturdy plot line. As it is, it's merely a random sequence of richly detailed scenes and wispy subplots, culminating in a giant question mark that pops and leaves the audience grumbling, "That's the end?!?" Very disappointing.