long, over rated and tragic - that it is so popular

Rating: 4/10 (6 April 2008)

Admittedly,I read one or two comments from the IMDb just to get a feel for the film before viewing. I felt confident with the cast list and excited by the comments on the film's visually stunning images. I also thought that I would be going to get Nick Cave's 'melodic' soundtrack to the film.
No chance! What a lengthy two hour tedious amount of drivel. That story could have been edited to one hour if it was not for the pretence of lingering images of shadows and so forth.
After two hours I was willing the assassination to take place, the characters may have been given some depth - but they were just plain boring! The story meanders in a plot which does not build tension but instead just meanders along from one dark scene to another.
And as for the train robbery scene: I have seen better masks in Tim Burton's 'Nightmare Before Christmas!' Why is everybody brainwashed by this film?