I'm torn over this one

Rating: 6/10 (30 July 2003)

This is one of those movies that you really want to like. It's unbelievably well-made and succeeds on many levels:
-It looks great.
-It sounds great.
-It is well acted.
-It has great special effects.
-It has a great plot.
-It has good action scenes.

Despite all of these good points, something just didn't work for me. The pacing was off and I found it too long. I think it would be a much better movie if it were 1/2 an hour shorter. I found myself checking my watch several times-not a good thing.
The length of the movie offset most of the good points for me and I gave the movie a 6/10. It was really hard for me to submit the vote. I could tell that someone really labored over this movie and tried to sweat the details. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter how hard film makers work on their craft if it fails to deliver the goods, right?