Terrible waste of time

Rating: 3/10 (7 January 2012)

I should start out by saying that I have a very bad grasp of learning names, and I think that is sorely needed in order to follow this movie.
With all the hype preceding this film, I expected something great. I was very much disappointed. For the first half hour or so I was waiting for the movie to get going. Gradually, I realized it never was going to. As others have pointed out, there were scenes where people were apparently supposed to be giving each other deep, meaningful looks. Interestingly, the music clashed with this device.
In fact, I would say that the sound track was actually pretty good, and was looking for a good movie to accompany it. I found my mind wandering about such things as whether it would be possible for a sound crew to get awarded on a film that was otherwise a dud rather than paying attention to the film itself. Having said that, even the music seemed to sort of peter out before the end of the movie.
I was also bothered by some technical issues. Near the beginning of the film, we are presented with a scene of Budapest. Apparently, the traffic must have been edited, because it bounces up and down relative to the city. No excuse for that, and I found it distracting. I grant that most people probably wouldn't notice it, though.
It was all I could do to stay awake. Should I also point out that I fell asleep during "Harry Potter"?