Made For Cinema

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 2005)

This film is undeniably beautiful. I enjoyed it immensity but it is undoubtedly made for cinema. The cinematography, set and costume design and the direction are superb and I can imagine that on a nice 50 foot screen it would be a magical experience to say the least. Unfortunately, for me at least, I only got to see it on a rather disappointing 14" screen. I say unfortunately because it takes away everything that is brilliant about this film and leaves only the rather thin plot. The plot is interesting but is basically the same story told by different people which, without the overwhelming beauty of the pictures can get rather tedious. This is still film making of the highest quality but really needs to be seen on a decent sized screen. A 14" screen is just not worth it.