There will be something better than this

Rating: 1/10 (23 January 2008)

Daniel Day Lewis is a great actor so I gave it a 1 otherwise it would be a negative 1. This movie made "The Unforgiven" look like a high voltage action movie with this being so - Slow is not the right word - more like agonizingly painful. No real story line - terrible subject as as storyline (oil in the early 1900's)- no reason for any of the characters being the way they are - no reason to watch the characters as they are - no redeeming qualities to walk away with - no inspiration to gain from it - no ending worth discussing - no dialog worth remembering - no reason to see it and definitely no reason for me to have sat there for 2 1/2 hours watching it. I guess I just couldn't believe it could be that bad and that some how - some way it was going to build to something even if it was in the last 5 minutes but it was not to be. Don't waste your time now or when it comes out on DVD. Watch "Dexter" on TV and save your money - it's more compelling, more fun and at least you have an understanding of who you are watching.