What is the academy thinking? This is a horrible, long, disjointed story!

Rating: 1/10 (17 February 2008)

I just wasted 3 hours of my life watching this movie. I'm fairly sure when I look back at my 5th grade writing, that a story is supposed to build to a climax and then work it's way down a bit. This movie flat lines in terms of no plot development and the use of the words flat lines also works for it's more common connotation. I don't want to spoil this for anyone that may want to see this as I hate when people do that but I couldn't even figure out the main protagonist and antagonist as the focus shifts so often, never getting into enough depth with any of them.
I'll admit the acting(Daniel Day Lewis) is superb and the cinematography makes for a very authentic feel, but I guess I put too much stock in the story. How about some good, old-fashioned entertainment. I guess I blame myself as I rarely like the same types of movies as the Academy does, but I don't think I'm wrong in this case.