Good movie: Could have been great

Rating: Null/10 (9 June 1999)

Meet Joe Black is just one of those movies that you see a preview for and you feel a deep emotion from it, but then you see the whole movie and wonder where all the emotion went.
Let me just say that Anthony Hopkins is by far the most talented actor on the face of this earth, and he did a great job with his role. Brad Pitt did the job he needed to do. People may think the character was stiff, but that was his role. He was death. Was it just me or does Claire Forlani have a hard time seeing. She is always squinting throughout the film. I was waiting for her to say,"I love you Joe but where are you at exactly". All the supporting roles were sufficient.
What was wrong with Meet Joe Black, was that you cannot feal any sadness for Brad Pitt a.k.a Death. He is not human so how can you relate to him. By the end of that loooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggg birthday scene I could care less about the human characters also.
The movie was acted well, the direction sucked(slow and tedious even when it wasn't supposed to be), great script, and somewhat good idea. Remember slower and longer is not necessarily better Martin Brest.