Too dark and mean to be 'magical' to me!

Rating: 5/10 (15 January 2007)

I must admit that this movie was shot beautifully and acted extremely well! I cannot fault the director with the way the story unfolded... my problem was with the story itself! WAY TOO MEAN AND DARK!
This wasn't a movie about magic at all; it was a revenge movie plain and simple! I don't need to see happy go lucky endings every time I sit in a theater, but to have two characters that have such self loathing and mutual hatred that only intensifies, is disturbing! At the end of the movie, I watched all characters slip into such a dark and mean place, I wanted every one of them to die!
I left the movie wanting the 135 minutes I wasted sitting there returned to me! I think that actors with the talent of Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, not to mention the incredible Micheal Cain can choose much better vehicles to showcase their abilities!