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A Moive of Incredible Will
This movie blew me away with its power. A gripping tale of a civil war soldier trying to make it back home to his one true love. While I would has liked one thing to be different in the ending, it is still one of the best movies in recent years. A must own.

insult to americans and the cival war
dudes, look, we know what the civial war was a about, like, blood, battles (i'm not knockin the battles in this movie, the first 10 mninutes was great blowin up the bullwerks at vicksburg, or wehrever the heck it was.) but, dudes, things were not all immoral and sh**, with people rapin people in the forest, and the movie was too plotty and lyrical at the same time, like a bad vamp -- and the austrailian girl was way too useless and weak for bein a city girl, OR a counrty girl. and the moment that cheesed my grits most was when the townee evil dudes stabbe the farmer dude, and crunch his wife's hands in the fnce (yeah, right), and... ready for this... AMBUSHES THE WAR VET SONS WHO ARE HIDING LIKE PU**IES IN THE BACK -- NO FREAKIN WAY WOOD CIVIL WAR VETS BE SCARED OF NO TOWNEE. THEY WOULDA FREEKIN KICKED SUM TOWNEE A**. CIVEL WAR VETS ARE BADD-A**. civil war killed 1 in 12 of the US population, so next time a brit wants to make a historical melodrama out of the greatest moment in our countryes history, we should let larry david do a crappy add-libbed reality series about the Quenn Mother. also, makin bad civil war movies like this make sit harder for good ones to get made. vets represent! i'm out. j.

A War veteran's Journey Home
Cold Mountain is a movie set during the Civil War era. It covers the life of a confederate soldier from his time in his home at Cold Mountain, to his service to the South, to his eventual return to his home following a battle wound.

Jude Law plays the lead character, Inman, and he is joined by co- star Nicole Kidman as Ada Monroe. The previews for this film tried to portray it as an incredible love story between Inman and Ada. It really isn't like that. The film is mostly about the Civil War and Inman's journey back home to North Carolina. He and Ada write back and forth and they spend a good deal of time thinking about each other. But this film is more of a wartime drama than a romantic picture.

Cold Mountain moves slowly at times and the movie is very long- more than 2.5 hours in total length. I found it to be mostly enjoyable, and some of the scenes with Inman overcoming obstacles as he journeys back home are intense and memorable. On the other hand, there are many scenes that should have been axed by the editors. Some of the scenes, during the film's slower moments, could have been eliminated without having any adverse effect on the film. This would have made the movie more concise and helped it move at a faster clip.

This movie was nominated for a few Academy Awards and it did win one: The Best Supporting Actress award, which went to Renee Zellweger who plays Ruby, a woman who has lived her life as a drifter and is now living at Cold Mountain, helping Ada tend to the family farm. Zellweger is quite good as the hard- edged, gritty young woman and she deserved the award she received. Cold Mountain also received a nomination for Best Cinematography- an award it certainly deserved to win with all of the great scenery. But it came up short in this category.

War films are often overrun with violence and Cold Mountain does have its share. There are some nasty scenes of blood and gore and you will find yourself looking away from the screen more than once. But this is, after all, a war film so some violence is expected.

Cold Mountain is a very good movie overall. I cannot comment on how it compares to the novel it is based on since I have never read it. But I can say that the movie is a good one and I recommend it for anyone who enjoys solid performances set to a backdrop of gorgeous scenery.

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