Virtually unwatchable

Rating: 3/10 (7 December 2004)

Oddly, this movie was heralded for it's visual granduer. Meanwhile, I found it virtually unwatchable. I struggled through the first 20 minutes on DVD before stopping to head here to see what others had written. Maybe I was missing something. Apparently not. I appear to be seeing everything the movie has to offer, the supposedly clever juxtiposition of modern music in a "period" piece. I say "supposedly clever" because I found it trite instead of clever. I was supposed to be enamored by the rich, visual tapestry of this movie. Admittedly, it was impressive, but not impressive enough for me to suffer through the paper thin plot of the story. I found this movie annoying. The film making was novel, though I think calling it "inventive" would be a stretch.