Simply not my type of movie

Rating: 4/10 (20 January 2008)

Visually, aesthetically and if we're talking about details, by all means this is a wonderful movie. I felt that it was too convoluted, though. And very long. And I understand, that it is a "thinking movie" and that the characters were probably meant to be just as they were acted, but many characters, save for Clover and Edward Jr., came off as too unemotional. Edward was a man who thought a lot, and the film captures this, but also by keeping him as so strictly introverted and controlled, he lost my interest. He is a very complex character, as many are in this movie, but their very nature just personally made the movie drag for me. Simply put, this is a rather long movie that you must pay careful attention to and you should probably know you like this Godfather-y genre to truly enjoy it. Otherwise, it may not be so moving. It has it's good delivery and wonderful settings and characters, but it just didn't do it for me.