Over-Hyped

Rating: 7/10 (14 October 2008)

People will probably shoot me down for this, but honestly this movie was VERY over-hyped. It seemed as though the director simply made this movie for the very purpose of exploiting the sheer acting power of Daniel Day Lewis. His performance was phenomenal, however the movie itself was very lacking. The overall themes and plot-lines were very interesting and could have made an excellent movie, one that could have rivaled The Godfather, or one that could have rocked America. However the director crapped out. Many of the scenes are way too prolonged to the extent where the overall message of the scenes were shadowed by the length of the scenes. Also it was way to subliminal. I was talking to my friends father one day about the movie, saying that it was too subliminal. He assumed that I just wasn't "intellectual enough" or "too young" to understand the themes. However that was not the case, the themes are fairly easy too understand, however it is obvious that the director tried too hard to make this an "intellectual" movie, what with the overly subliminal ways of conveying the messages that almost ruined them, and the overly contrived dialogue. Overall I'd give this movie a 6/10, but because of Daniel Day Lewis and the rest of the incredible cast, I'd give it a 7/10. Really, the acting is this films saving grace.