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"Cold Mountain."

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I liked "Truly, Madly, Deeply," very, very much (though I hated the young love interest). Alan Rickman was sensational and the emotional impact of the film was intense.
The other Minghella film I saw was "The English Patient," which was so over the top----it lost me when the Indian hunk with the butt length hair appeared for no discernible reason---it made me laugh. It made my "worst film" list for that year.
Understandably, I was unsure of what to expect. Well, it IS long...but my interest, my KEEN interest, was held for the almost 3 hours.
Sure, there were huge holes in the story and some acting was over-the-top...but the cast is magnificent, most of the acting is superb, and the epic story holds well together.
At some point, a good film becomes like a friend: you want to overlook faults and concentrate on strengths. This film is NOT what I expected, i.e. a Civil War soap-opera. Rather, it is an action film coupled to a love story. Both are handled well---very well.

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Re: "Cold Mountain." - RobertB53 19:46:19 01/06/04 (9)
Didn't you love the use of shape note singing! Very effective. As, too, was Ms. Kidman whose restrained use of dialect offended not my Southern ear. This Aussie was able to do what, I doubt, a Yankee actress could have: convince me. (Maybe Streep could. "I had a fawm in Afwica.")
If you found the subject matter interesting, tinear, read "None Shall Look Back" by Caroline Gordon, one of the South's finest writers.
- "This Aussie was able to do what, I doubt, a Yankee actress could have." LOL! - clarkjohnsen 12:45:57 01/07/04 (7)
  Two words: Katherine Hepburn -- with a voice coach.
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  - Katherine Hepburn did have a voice coach for her GWTW audition and... - TWB 16:35:22 01/11/04 (0)
    still the role went to Vivien Leigh (a Brit) the only actress that they say came close to the character other than Leigh was Paulette Goddard... While I agree that KH was a great actress, she is not in the same league with Streep in terms of character development. Certainly in terms of breadth of work Hepburn wins...
  - Two more... - tinear 18:39:02 01/07/04 (0)
    SHE DAID.
  - Remember Vivian "Scarlet" Leigh? n - albee33 16:54:38 01/07/04 (4)
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    - You do know she was British, right? nt - tinear 18:38:21 01/07/04 (2)
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      - Re: She was a British porcelain, of the purest kind. nt - patrickU 01:20:04 01/08/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: You do know she was British, right? nt posted by tinear on January 07, 2004 at 18:38:21:
        
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      - Natch. I'm from the South. All our Nabob fantasies revolve around that movie. n - albee33 18:59:23 01/07/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: You do know she was British, right? nt posted by tinear on January 07, 2004 at 18:38:21:
        
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    - She joins the short list. nt - clarkjohnsen 17:40:43 01/07/04 (0)
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- Thanks...I'll try and find the time to read your suggestion! nt - tinear 06:58:28 01/07/04 (0)
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