quite a disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (5 January 2009)

All throughout this movie I had the inkling feeling that the explanation at the end of it would be quite disappointing, but fortunately it was not! I won't spoil it here, but it was quite a good and slightly unexpected ending. The journey on the other hand was as boring as it could be! My wife usually gives a good indication whether a movie is any good: she falls asleep quite fast when it gets boring. From the corner of my eye I viewed her nod off when we were only 20 minutes on the way. And I have to agree with her: it was very slow, tedious and had a sincere lack of tension. On the good side: Christian Bale is a good actor! He gave a magnificent performance, but at none of the moments I could identify with his personality. I think that was exactly the point, because how can one live with oneself after having done what he did. I give this movie 4 points for the acting of Christian Bale and the others, but none for the story. It was just not worth spending a little over one and a half hour.