Wish I knew what happened

Rating: 2/10 (16 January 2012)

I have a lot of things to say about this movie but will keep to only a few points:
1) It didn't make any sense to me or my friend who I saw the movie with. The dialogue didn't reveal anything outright and instead the characters would reveal important information through their expressions. Though I couldn't understand what was being revealed, you could then tell by the way another character reacted that they both had come to an epiphany. That's great, but please share it next time. Essentially, this movie was almost impossible for someone to decipher who has not either read the book or seen the TV series. (side note: when the big mystery was solved in the end, not one person in a theater of about 100 made a noise. I think all of us were either bored by this point and unconcerned with the outcome or we were simply lost and confused as to how we got to this point - and therefore, unconcerned with the outcome).
2) Even though Gary Oldman portrayed this character well, what a boring character. Just about every scene with him consisted of him staring off, pondering silently. This was even the case when he was having a conversation with someone. When it was his turn to speak, he would wait a good thirty seconds or so before saying two words (that meant nothing to me) and then he would look at the guy very seriously and then we'd cut to another scene. I get that it was a mind-boggling mission that he was on, one that required great thought and concentration, but it was both confusing and boring.
3) The cinematography has been described as being fantastic and though there were some great shots, there were too many attempts at great shots and it was rather distracting.
Lastly, I will say that there was a bright spot in the movie and that was the acting. It's just a shame that the rest of the movie couldn't do it's job around these men.