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Simple yet Powerful
COLD MOUNTAIN is a simple story that delivers a powerful message about love. It is both beautiful yet brutal in its story of romantic love. Jude Law was perfect as the Confederate soldier returning to his loved one.

Unashamedly Melodramatic, and Succeeds ... Almost
"Cold Mountain" is a proof that good story and photography can be very fascinating so as to make us forget the obvious flaws of the entire film. The film is trying to be romantic, but the central characters are emotionally detached; it is breathtakingly beautiful (kudos to John Seale, "English Patient"), but way too long; and, hey, Renee Zellweger mightbe Texas-born, but is Jude Law an American? Or Nicole Kidman?

Actually, Nicole was born in Hawaii, but surely looks gorgeous as the priest's daughter Ada Monroe, who moved to Cold Mountain in 1864. She meets a local boy Inman (Law), and before he leaves the village to join the Civil War, she exchanges a brief kiss with him, which changes the lives of the two. He vows to come back no matter what it takes, and we see Inman leaving the battlefield without permission, and going back to the home hunted by the army, and also Ada, who waits for him to come back, enduring the unhappy incidents back in the village, being helped by a wild and independent girl Ruby (Zellweger).

What ever you see in "Cold Mountain," you have seen in the previously made American history dramas -- especially "Gone with the Wind." And as to Law and Kidman, yes, they are handsome, to be sure, but cannot spark the fire that should thaw the snow falling on this mountain. The problem is not acting -- it is excellent -- but the too long middle section, in which so many episodes are inserted with supporting actors.

Support comes from everywhere. See how Inman meet Eileen Atkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Philip Seymore Hoffman, and Natalie Portman on the way home as if the film insists on using the names of these talents. However, I don't know the casting can be all justified (I think Portman is miscast), and if you blink (yes, literally), you will miss Jena Malone.

You also get ubiquitous Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone, Brendan Bleeson, Charlie Hunnam, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Jack White (his debut as actor), Lucas Black, and so on and on. The clout of director Anthony Minghella? Possibly. But I believe there is a better way to prove that.

"Cold Mountain" gracefully exudes the bitter-sweet smell of romance, and also never fails to present the painful memories of the war. It is always great to watch, and never stops the story. But as a whole it should have been tighter, or at least concentrated the relations between the man and woman though it still deserves watching for those who love romantic stories.

Breathtaking Journey of Love.
Cold Mountain is a beautiful movie set during the American Civil War. A North Carolina town of Cold Mountain has sent it's beloved sons to war leaving behind Mothers and Lovers. Our two main characters are Ada (Nicole Kidman) and Inman (Jude Law) two Cold Mountain residents dedicated to there reunion after the war, but the war drags on and there correspondence is the only thing that unites them in a terrible time of American History.

The movie tells of Inman's journey back to Ada and the parrallel story of Ada trying to survive on her fathers farm. Both characters take a journey in spirit and determination to survive the horror that has become there existance during the war.

I loved the intertwining of music and drama in this movie. Anthony Mingella did, as expected, an excellent job etching the powerful feelings of hope and dismay with haunting music written by Sting and performed by the clear voice of blue grasses own Alison Krauss. I am from North Carolina am familiar with the native music of the area and thought the music in the movie very similar and so wonderful.

Although, this is a Love Story more than a movie of the American Civil War it stirred the feeling of my Southern Roots. The movie did not contemplate the reasons for the Civil War but it was a vehicle for ours lovers seperation. I found the depiction of the Petersburg battle flawed not entirely accurate to history but then again the war is not the focus in the movie.

I was in aw of the cinemontography of this movie, magnificent. A gorgeous movie that needs to be seen.

Perhaps I am biased, since I am a North Carolinian, but I thought this movie excellent, bittersweet, wonderfully acted, and crafted by the best in the movie business today. I would recommend this movie.

I was so touched by the Lovers' correspondence between each other the quiet love between two people spelled out in words. You hear Ada reading her letters to Inman on his journey back to her and your heart aches for the both of them......sigh.

girldiver:)

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