Marina-
This is close to the same reaction I had to _SD_ after I had seen it
once. I discussed with a reading group of mine, specifically to help me
iron out some details that were unsettling to me...and I came to the
conclusion that I had really wanted to like it, but it was just plain
bad.
Fiennes's character is *not* a hero and doesn't try to be one. He is
the protagonist, but Cameron is definitely not scripting a hero in that
character. Bassett's character comes close to being the hero of the
film, but saddled between idiotic lines and her character's unbelivable
devotion to Fiennes's character, she falls short. We won't get into
Lewis's character. All three of them are completely unbelievable after
the first hour, and it gets worse in the second.
I thought the movie was a mess. Nice visuals, and an attempt at a
thought-provoking storyline (something Cameron seemed to have lost after
_The Abyss_) give the movie the worthiness of a once-over when you're
alone on a Friday night. Other than that, go rent _Taxi
Driver_...there's believable self-destructive behavior with no pretty,
bow-wrapped package at the end...
- Geoffrey
-- "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." - Ford Prefect
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