Long, Boring and Pointless

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2005)

I've decided to watch this flick with my girlfriend due to the rather high rating it had (IMDb 7.6 out of 10).
Both I and her were quite disappointed with the movie. Although only an hour and a half long, I had the impression it was at least 2 hours long, during which I was occasionally thinking when will the point of the movie finally arrive.
When it finally did, I was far from being surprised or shocked, and actually part of the point was pretty obvious to me throughout most of the movie.
To sum up, I consider watching this movie as a waste of time. I find the movie to be quite uninteresting, boring and pointless. I also find this movie to be too long (depite the rather standard runtime). I feel like the same story could have been told in half the time. In contrast, I could easily watch the extended version of "The Return of the King" (almost 4 hours long) without feeling the movie is long.
The only good thing about this movie is Christian Bale's act, which is very good and convincing. It's a pity that he has chosen such a terrible film to act in.