I've now viewed The English Patient over a time span of 25 years since originally seeing it in the theatres back in 1996. I found it dull, confusing, and oh so superior then and I feel no different now. Full of profoundly mysterious romanticisms such as: " the stars are so messy, I was trying to re-arrange them " , and "we are the same , we are both in love with ghosts. " The characters are wholly unlikeable and annoying save for the Sikh Lieutenant. The flash forward/ flash back narrative involves a burn victim recalling his affair with a married woman during WW2. The movie flashes forward and backward so often that there's no time for scenes or characters to develop. And guess what the book is one of those rare exceptions it's just as awful as the movie. The desert looks nice though.
Review of The English Patient
