10 times better than expected!!

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2003)

I couldn't believe how good this was. I went in expecting it to be good....but no more than that. Just "good". It was outstanding! I was so surprised. The acting, the writing, visual effects (physical/special) were amazing. This, so far, is the only 2.5 hour long movie that I will gladly see multiple times in the theater. Gore Verbinski really shows his versatility coming from directing "The Ring", which I thought was great - again unexpectedly. I will definitely be on the look out for his future projects. With these 2 movies he jumped right into "My Top 10 Favorite Directors" list.