Cold Mountain (2003)

Short and Simple Review by WubsTheFadgerFirst off, the film delivers a story that is profoundly powerful and heartbreaking. It shows us the needlessness of The Civil War and how it destroyed innocence and purity. The film shows us the drive and power of love and how it can overcome the greatest of odds. The ending is powerful and touching in so many ways.The acting is amazing. Jude Law delivers a stunning performance as a man who overcomes the greatest of odds. Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger also perform very well. Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Charlie Hunnam, Jack White, and Cillian Murphy all add so much to the story and the devastation of the Civil War. Natalie Portman's performance really hit home for me. She plays a woman who has lost everything and just wants hope. She is broken and torn. Her performance was stunning.The pacing is a little slow, but I was completely engaged throughout the entire movie. The runtime is a little overlong.Pros: Powerful and heartbreaking story, touching ending, amazing acting, Jude Law's performance, Natalie Portman and her powerful acting, and a great message about loss, love, and warCons: Some slow pacing and an overlong runtimeOverall Rating: 8.4

Movie Review: "Cold Mountain" (2003)Apart from any Buena Vista Picture sweetners, domestic fuether Disney enterprising affiliate Miramax Films, a company at its peak in award season 2002/2003 by winning the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2002 with the musical crime-story "Chicago" directed by Rob Marshall due to out-matching competition as "The Pianist" directed by Roman Polanski and "The Hours" directed by Stephen Daldry, comes the ultra-romantic, highly-moving story of love lost-and-found in North American Civil-War times of 1860s, when one single soldier by the name of Inman, portrayed with spiritual conviction and unfortunately not-matching visual appearance by character-facing actor Jude Law, who fights through trenches of mud and steal-clinking chains of enslaving abductions to come along an eternally-felt road of homecoming endeavors in embedded in high-end production-values-striking cinematography by John Seale and lengthy but exceptional editorial work implementing sound design by Walter Murch under further directorial input by spine-fiddling director Anthony Minghella (1954-2008), who creates atmospheres in favors of Oscar-worthy performances to conclusion for actress Renée Zellweger as scene-stealing supporting character lively Southern estate maid Ruby Thewes and Nicole Kidman as classic lady character of Ada Monroe put into household situations, building an emotional arc for leading character Inman; a character, who gets tempted along the way by splendid supports from Natalie Portman as neglected widow Sara to raging Village-Reverend Veasey, performed by Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014), needs to endure more than reality can give back to him toward fictitious Hollywood storytelling extravaganzas filtered out of seemingly simplicity-forcing book by Charles Frazier, which nevertheless won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1997.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Cold Mountain (2003): Dir: Anthony Minghella / Cast: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman: Provocative drama about distant affection and the peaks that are not as high as they seem. Set in mid 1800's Jude Law fought in the civil war and suffered injury but he reflects upon the woman awaiting his arrival at Cold Mountain. She is played by Nicole Kidman and she is the daughter of a minister whose lifestyle changes after his passing. This subplot is interesting but Law's trek across country is littered with pointless subplots that greatly weaken his necessity. This climaxes with a simplistic gunfight and shed tears that viewers likely won't fall for. Directed by Anthony Minghella who made a superior film called The English Patient. Here he is backed with fine production. While Law's role becomes greatly expendable, Kidman slowly becomes a woman when a ragged Renee Zellweger appears. They have a fine chemistry as Kidman gets her hands dirty and Zellweger gets her hands dirtier. Among cameos are Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a sleazy minister who steals his moments with humour and found guilty of a crime for which he meets consequences. Natalie Portman has a pointless role as a woman raising an infant son, and whom Law assists in a crucial moment. Theme of emotional endurance is evident in our cold society. Score: 6 ½ / 10

The movie was a romantic film that captured a love story as two people split up because of the Civil War. The movie shows both the relaxing parts of the war, the intense battle fields, the families struggling at home, and women's roles during the Civil War. In the beginning of the movie Inman the soldier who will soon go off to war and Ada, the daughter of a Charleston preacher man who has recently moved to Cold Mountain meet and instantly have a connection. The film then follows Inman as he struggles the difficulties of war so that he can return home to Ada, and Ada as she struggles to maintain the life she once knew after her father passes identifies key points of the Civil War. The movie shows gruesome scenes that show how the war ended up affecting many people's lives. The movie details how soldiers treated women and families and indicates the death and rape of many of the women and children. The movie also captures the age differences in the war and showed that many young men were off to fight the war. During the movie Inman and a few other men are captured and this shows that different soldiers would do anything they needed to try and win the war. Overall, the movie captured different aspects of the war pretty well. Although some of the terms or ideas used in the movie had not yet been used during the time period, the movie did a good job showcasing the important details and ideas of the Civil War that are educational and important for the audience to know. While detailing the Civil War the movie also described a love story that captured the audience and made them want to watch until the end.