A Child's Painting

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2006)

It was what I expected...really boring and hard to sit through. Colin Farrell's role could have been played by any average actor out there; it was a bunch of voice-over and him walking around in bushes with a smirk on his face. Oh, and that annoying Irish accent of his was...well...ANNOYING! Christian Bale's performance unfortunately was not enough to better this movie in any way although his efforts are appreciated. - The supporters of this movie call it a beautiful piece of art. These people have very bad taste in art, and a poor view of what art really is. I guess maybe they feel special or something when pretending to appreciate the "wonderful opportunity" of watching trees and water for 2 hours accompanied with pretty music. Good art MOVES people, this however was completely devoid of any emotional intensity and the love story triangle thing was unconvincing. There wasn't any suspense, there wasn't any real drama, and the battle sequences were far less entertaining than they should have been. I actually believe that many supporters of this movie took simple delight in watching freaky Indian people run around like animals making strange noises. Also, good art INNOVATES, while this is simply an old story (probably not even accurate) that nobody gives a s*** about anymore presented, just like I figured, in a very boring and pretentious manner. - If this is art, it's a child's painting of a sunny day. Now, don't get me wrong, this child is quite the drawer and the picture will certainly get hung on the refrigerator by mother, but if you didn't like it like I, and couldn't wait until it was over, don't worry, it wasn't your fault.