A big disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (12 November 1999)

I finally made time to see this film, expecting a visceral, emotional experience. Instead I was (in order) bored, angry, sleepy, and bewildered. Is this the groundbreaking film that everyone was gushing over last year? From all the talk I expected a head-on assault at the beginning of the movie. What I did see was a heavy-handed and frankly uninteresting battle scene. From there the movie only got worse. I didn't care a bit for any of the characters, least of all the Tom Hanks lead and the obnoxious Matt Damon. While the film looked spectacular, that's all it was: surface. There was no depth whatsoever to any of the characters or situations. I feel like maybe there is something wrong with me that I don't see what all the orgasmic gushing over this film is about. Plain old boring.