Good, but tends to Drag sometimes.

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2002)

I came away from the movie feeling that it wasn't as good as I thought it would be yet it was worth watching. Although it drags on in certain areas, the story was told with passion and the cinematography was splendid to see. The fight and action scenes were thrilling and some of the dialogue exchange was done with sincere emotion. Good performances all around especially by Ian McKellen who deserve to win the Oscar. A couple of the problems I have are the movie wasn't on even keel like one minute riding a turtle than the next riding the bullet train (not that I'm saying the pacing can't be varied, otherwise it would just be bland and boring) and some of the scenery scenes were done a little too long and could been cut shorter without compromising the integrity of the story. This movie does deserve to win some of the categories at the Academy Award like cinematograpy and actor in a supporting role, but not Best Picture.