Sublime to boring

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2006)

The first half of this movie seemed like a sublime dream - with beautifully intimate scenes and wonderous landscapes. Unfortunately the director couldn't keep up the bar he had set for himself and the film slipped into a boring hour of self-indulgence with the most abysmal performance (yet impressive accent) from Christian bale. Its difficult to think what the director thought would impress us during this hour? The predictable conclusion? The simple lack of plot and blatant mid-film re-use of the previous love stories scenes and emotions? Its like hes made two movies and the second one isn't very good and starts at about 90 minutes into the movie (when you'd expect to leave). Really disappointing, maybe wait for the DVD when you can push stop.