Cold Mountain DVD

Advantages: Excellent acting, Beatiful cinematography.
Disadvantages: Could be a bit too long for some people.

...Cold Mountain is a truly wonderful movie, like a modern day Gone With The Wind, it blends a touching love story with the brutal backdrop of the American Civil War. Jude Law plays the lead role of a man going through trials that would have broken Hercules, to get back to the love he left behind. His acting is understated with a nod to the great Clint Eastwood. Nicole Kidman is equisitely beautiful in her role and the way her character adapts to hardship is marvelous alongside the quite mesmerising performance of Rene Zellwegger, which is both humurous and at times extremely touching. The fabulous Ray Winstone also puts in a great turn as a suitably menacing bad guy. This film is an epic western classic and has excellent cinematography and score to add to its meandering and often heart wrenching story.... Read review

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...Set near the end of the American civil war, solder Inman struggles to return home to his town of Cold Mountain in North Carolina to get back to this sweetheart Ada who he meet before the war. Escaping from the hospital, he begins the journey to his home. Ada is left alone in the town, struggling to run her rural farm after the death of her father. She has trouble surviving on her own because she's not used to the farm life and lives on the kindness of her neighbors until one of them sends over a woman called Ruby, a feisty girl with a hard past to starts to show Ada how to look after herself and together they get the farm into working order. But a group of men are tracking down any deserters from the war, and are terrorizing anyone suspected helping them. Meanwhile, Inman meets several people on his journey who help him on his way... Read review

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Advantages: Very easy to relate to the emotions in the film, realistic battle scenes
Disadvantages: Some people might find the story presentation annoying

...Cold Mountain did everything for me that a great film should. It made me laugh, cry, every human emotion is there. I loved the way that it presented the story through a series of letters, although I suppose some people might find this irritating after a while. I won't spoil the ending for those who have never seen it, but get several boxes of tissues ready. I suppose you could say it had more girl-appeal than bloke-appeal because it is a love-story and a sad one. Even so he Civil War battle scenes are quite gory, and there are some other bloody bits too, but they do remind you what life was like when medical aid was not on the end of a phone and when people were so poor and hungry they would kill for food. Some people will inevitably draw similarities with Gone with the Wind, but Cold Mountain is much more real and much more... Read review

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...Set near the end of the American civil war, solder Inman struggles to return home to his town of Cold Mountain in North Carolina to get back to this sweetheart Ada who he meet before the war. Escaping from the hospital, he begins the journey to his home. Ada is left alone in the town, struggling to run her rural farm after the death of her father. She has trouble surviving on her own because she's not used to the farm life and lives on the kindness of her neighbors until one of them sends over a woman called Ruby, a feisty girl with a hard past to starts to show Ada how to look after herself and together they get the farm into working order. But a group of men are tracking down any deserters from the war, and are terrorizing anyone suspected helping them. Meanwhile, Inman meets several people on his journey who help him on his way... Read review

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Advantages: Renee Zellweger is excellent as Ruby
Disadvantages: Hollywoodised, unbelievable plot.

...Sorry to the other guys who have praised Cold Mountain, but I'm going to give you the real picture (I've edited my original review, sorry ppl!!) . Yes, Cold Mountain is an epic tale of love in the American Civil War. Yes, it stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, and even a cameo from Jack White of the The White Stripes as deserter musician Georgia (This was what made me go and see the film). However, the plot is completely unbelievable. Jude Law, a builder, and Nicole Kidman, a posh pastors' daughter, decide that they fancy each other literally moments before he is whisked off to war. The cold and bloody war is hard on Law and the memories and photograph he has of Kidman are what keeps him going and determined to return home. How very sweet, but here's the thing. Years pass and while Law deserts the army he survives surely... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent acting, Beatiful cinematography.
Disadvantages: Could be a bit too long for some people.

...Cold Mountain is a truly wonderful movie, like a modern day Gone With The Wind, it blends a touching love story with the brutal backdrop of the American Civil War. Jude Law plays the lead role of a man going through trials that would have broken Hercules, to get back to the love he left behind. His acting is understated with a nod to the great Clint Eastwood. Nicole Kidman is equisitely beautiful in her role and the way her character adapts to hardship is marvelous alongside the quite mesmerising performance of Rene Zellwegger, which is both humurous and at times extremely touching. The fabulous Ray Winstone also puts in a great turn as a suitably menacing bad guy. This film is an epic western classic and has excellent cinematography and score to add to its meandering and often heart wrenching story.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful