I wouldn't say it's a great film it does drag and is extremely depressing (lacked humor) but I'm still recommending it the acting and character development was good. It's still a decent film to watch. But not very re-watchable . 6/10.
shareBut not very re-watchable
Ehhhh maybe I should put its not the memorable masterpiece some make it out to be. Still lacks good characters and a plot really. The acting and visuals helped it and made me glad to see it. But still nothing special
shareI first saw it when it was released in 1994. I was twenty-six that year. At the time I thought it was a powerful and meaningful drama. I also fancied myself a bit of a hairy-chested he-man so the male dominated storyline appealed to me as well. Over the past twenty-two years I've caught bits and pieces of the movie on television, but not watched the entire movie. Three days ago I finally sat down and put the DVD in.
In 2016 ,at the age of forty-eight, I find that the movie/story plays very differently now. First of all the movie is gorgeous to look at (it won the Oscar for cinematography) and the production design was lavishly financed, but the acting is overblown and the story is melodramatic. I guess that as I near my fiftieth year I have come to realize that many problems can be avoided by common sense and maintaining control of our impulses and emotions. What I once looked upon as being a story about strong and powerful personalities on the scale of a Shakespearean tragedy now appear to me as being a overwrought tale of foolish, impulsive and immature people. It's a very slick and competently made Hollywood melodrama, but the only lessons it teaches is grow up and use your brain.