This is one of the dullest and most overrated movies I have ever had to watch - and no, I didn't come into it expecting "Hollywood fare" (god, what a cliché phrase...do all these prissy reviewers merely throw that term into their reviews to remind themselves that they just watched a foreign flick?). I merely came in expecting an interesting film with decent acting and some nice cinematography.
Instead, I was treated to three repetitive vignettes featuring women and children I didn't care at all for, stilted dialogue made ten times worse by the fact that I could understand what they were saying, and hit-you-over-the-head symbolism (WAVES CRASHING, for god's sake). I have nothing positive to say about this other than it had some nice scenery, but even the SCENERY was ruined by the director's insistence on dragging out every shot at least 10 seconds more than was necessary.
Avoid this like you would an angry Persian on a horse.
Instead, I was treated to three repetitive vignettes featuring women and children I didn't care at all for, stilted dialogue made ten times worse by the fact that I could understand what they were saying, and hit-you-over-the-head symbolism (WAVES CRASHING, for god's sake). I have nothing positive to say about this other than it had some nice scenery, but even the SCENERY was ruined by the director's insistence on dragging out every shot at least 10 seconds more than was necessary.
Avoid this like you would an angry Persian on a horse.