All time classic!

Rating: 10/10 (24 September 2000)

I hate movies you can forget 5 minutes after watching them. Maybe that sounds a little pathetic now, but I think movies should be made for eternity. I mean real big movies like "Dances with wolves", "Schindler´s list" etc. "The english patient", Anthony Minghella´s adaptation of Michael Ondaatje´s novel, is one of this kind. This is my true imagination of cinema, not a fast-food movie . Ask a 13 year old boy what "Casablanca, and he will answer "A sort of chocolate". Sad but true. Don´t misunderstand me, folks, I´ve got nothing against pure entertainment, sometimes I want to turn off my brain, too. To all those people who didn´t like this film: I suppose you had your problems with all those flashbacks, isn´t it? This a love story you should turn on your head to let the emotions work. It´s about how the war destroyed the love between the people. Not to mention I really loved Gabriel Yared´s beautiful and epic score, John´s Seale´s great work as cameraman and of course all the actors, from Ralph Fiennes to Willem Dafoe. "The english patient" has deserved every single of its 9 Oscars. Possibly one of the best movies ever made. Unforgettable!