I saw Cold Mountain on DVD last night, for the first time since I saw it at the movie theatre.
It's a good length movie (2 1/2 hours long), and consequently you need to have some staying power to not get distracted and pull out a computer and start working on something else, as I unfortunately found myself doing.
It's a decent story, and reminds me of why I dislike people who try to force others to do things. It also ends in a way I hadn't originally expected, Hollywood surprised me.
However, as a flatmate said, it seems at time like they got together writers and a cast, and wrote a script geared towards getting someone an Oscar. I can't recall if they succeeded.
I agree with at least one commenter on IMDB, Zellweger is the one who captured my imagination the most, presenting a character who is so unlike anything else I've seen her do, and yet seemed so real.
So:
- Would I see it again? Yes.
- Would I reccomend you see it? Maybe.
- Would I own it on DVD? Probably not.
- Overall score: 7/10.
