Lawrence who?

Rating: 10/10 (23 June 2000)

After finishing this almost 4-hour epic, I wasn't quite sure what I thought of it. The fact that the main character was never truly fleshed out to a distinct individual bothered me; that many of the things he did weren't really explained. This faded quickly though as I realized he was more fleshed out than any other character I'd seen before. He had self-doubts and flaws and was stoic at times and weak at others, hated and loved at times he couldn't explain, just like a normal human being. My questions of why this is said to be one of the best movies of all time were soon extinguished. T. E. Lawrence was one of the most defined characters ever brought to film simply because he was also one of the most undefined.