Not the masterpiece I expected...

Rating: 5/10 (7 February 2005)

but maybe I don't get it...!? Usually I am a fan of epic stories but in this case the cinematography drove me crazy... I could not focus on the story and the characters cause in a lot of scenes the camera showed something completely different from what interested me at that point! ...and I mean not only visual interest (eye candy) also psychological in terms of characters reactions etc. To me this epic had never an epic feel. I felt almost suppressed while watching cause the camera seemed to stay in medium long shots all the time and each frame seemed packed!! I always felt forced to lock at the detail of the action that was in the frame when I really wished to see what was going on from a greater distance!! I was longing for a long or panorama shot for more than 2 hours... not even the final battle when the action opens up was a relief...