Has it all - and has nothing

Rating: 3/10 (25 January 2006)

I was looking forward to see this movie - story looked great, De Niro is a great actor...what could go wrong? Well - I am very disappointed. All was much under expectations. Do not get me wrong - nature was fantastic(but I might better see documentary about this place) and story still might be interesting...only it feels that HOW it was done is so shallow in comparison how it was there to be. I will skip criticism of some technicalities - language of Indians, using muskets in water and so on... Problem was that symbols were hitting into the face...nothing was left to imagine, to feel. All was very much on surface and did not go deeper. People there were not real, did not have personality...
My overall feeling was like if I am invited into great french restaurant and am served hamburger with french fries and drinking coke. Too bad... Alena