Cold Mountain - go see it! (Score 0)

I was lucky enough to catch Cold Mountain in a sneak preview in Richmond a week ago, and it was, by far, the best movie I've seen all year. A lot of /.ers want to say Matrix or LOTR simply for goal of justifying the construction of those movies. Personally, only LOTR looks to be decent this year. Matrix blew major ass, was a total disappointment. The second one was decent, but failed in comparison to the first one. Kill Bill was decent, but was also overly simplistic. It's only redeeming quality was Uma Thurman and the direction- other than that the story was stupid, the gore was ridiculous and the dialogue was the same as every other Tarantino movie.

After a certain point, I would surmise for most people it's when they hit about 22 or 23 - they start to realize all the hollywood B.S. is mainly recycled crap from two decades ago. Rarely does a real gem come across, and Cold Mountain is that gem. Taken from Charles Frazier's brilliant book, and wonderfully acted, the dialogue, shots and characters really remind one what the silver screen can be like when it's done well.

Lord of the Rings will undoubtedly be great, don't get me wrong. But fantasy always takes second fiddler to a really great story set in the 'real world.' It's disappointing to see so many on here focusing on fantasy and comic books, losing the really good stories that are based in reality.