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Maris

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 4:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was not that impressed with this movie. Totally predictable. Rene Zelwigger gave a great performance but the movie itself was the kind of movie I would rent, not what I would spend forty bucks seeing (tickets and popcorn for all)

Egbok

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 7:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this movie last night. As Maris states, it is a predictable outcome. However, I like these type of storylines and I wonder if I would have loved the movie if I hadn't recently read the book first.

Renee Zellweger was spectacular in her performance as Ruby! I hope she gets some type of Oscar nominations for this performance.

Ruby's character in the book was so much richer and her beginnings were stark and humble, that I came to root for Ruby as I read the book.

If you don't go see the movie, I'd highly recommend that you read the book.


Mak1

Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
DH and I saw it today. I tried to like it, but overall I didn't. It was too predictable and too long. I don't mind a movie being long when it keeps my interest. DH didn't like the ending.

The best part of the movie for me was Renee Zellweiger's performance. She was outstanding! I was getting quite bored just before her character showed up.

I would probably like the book better than the movie.

Hippyt

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmm,three blah reviews. I'm disapointed,guess I'll read the book.

Maris

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So how the heck do you spell her last name?

Egbok

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 5:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Maris! I actually just picked up the Calendar Section of the Los Angeles Times to look at an advertisement for Cold Mountain.

It's spelled Renee Zellweger.
(with that little accent mark over the second "e" in her first name, the first "e" after the "n").


Mak1

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol, I was wondering too! Thanks, MsEgg. I didn't mention it before, but Jude Law isn't bad to look at. It's almost worth sitting through the whole movie just to see Renée's performance and Jude's looks.

Eliz87

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The first time I saw Renee Zellweger was in Jerry Maguire, and I really didn't like her. I think that was probably because the character she played in that movie seemed a VERY unlikely match for Tom Cruise. She was just mousy.

But I've seen her since then in Chicago, Bridget Jones' Diary, a made-for-TV movie that was just on last month, and something else, and now I think she's absolutely brilliant. Nicole Kidman was on The View not too long ago and called Renee "one of the best actresses of our time." (I've also seen her on talk shows and she seems totally down-to-earth and wonderful.)

I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie to see her performance, and I always enjoy Nicole Kidman (except in Moulin Rouge). And Mak1, you're making me mighty curious about this Jude Law! :-)

Egbok

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 11:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OT here....I'll hijack this thread....

Yes Eliz, you've got to see Jude Law...yummy delight is all I'm going to say!! Okay..I'll say a few more things about Jude. Those eyes, that jawline, those lips, those eyes...awwwwww, he's so cute!!

And as for Renee in Jerry Maguire...I thought she was so good in the movie and I always, always use her line "you had me at hello" whenever I possibly can...LOL!!


Brenda1966

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this a while ago and never posted because I didn't have much to say. It is a good film, but not great. The best part is Renee and her relationship with Kidman. The romance between Kidman and Jude seems a bit weak and I probably wouldn't buy it if I didn't have a crush on him myself!

I liked all the acting, the story was just so tragic.

After I saw it I wished I had seen House of Sand and Fog instead, but since I try to see the movies up for OScars and Golden Globes I would have eventually seen it sometime.

As for Jude Law -- yummy! He was in a bizarre movie called Wisdom of Crocodiles about vampires. I remember it because his eyes were SO stunning.

Ketchuplover

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
talk about wisdom teeth :)

Newman

Monday, January 26, 2004 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was underwhelmed by the movie as well. Why all this hype? Frankly I couldn't get past page 12 of the book either.

Still I'd give it a B, but wouldn't put it as one of the five best movies of the year.

Jude Law desserted. I don't think they developed that very much. What was he thinking? THat he'd just go back to Cold Mountain, hook up with Ada, who he barely knew, and live life happily ever after??

The villain Teague didn't make sense to me either. He didn't look old enuf to be excluded from the Rebel army. His young sidekick definitely should have been fighting for the south. What was in it for them, to go around shooting suspected desserters? Were they any better than desserters themselves? Why weren't they at Petersburg or Antietam??

Rslover
Member

11-19-2002

Friday, February 13, 2004 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I enjoyed the movie and thought the performances were excellent, particularly Renee's. It seemed like Romania was the perfect location. The Brit and Australian actors played good southerners.
But, I did find it rather strange that a movie about the civil war had no black actors? (or did I miss something?).


Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 7:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just saw it today. It was better than I expected, and Renee was great...stole the show.