The wonderful talent of Anthony Hopkins simply isn't enough to offset the terrible acting by Brad Pitt in this boring, overbearing nonsense of a film.
A great movie means more than throwing together a bunch of beautiful actors and gorgeous scenery. It requires good casting, good performances from all the leading actors, good writing -- all of which this film lacks greatly.
Honestly, I'm not an actor in the least, but I could easily have played Brad Pitt's character far better than he does, with the whole dear in the headlights spacey thing he does throughout the movie. It's not convincing, and it's not charming. It ruins the film. If you don't think so, it's because you can't see beyond his good looks, which is apparently what the director was hoping for.
A great movie means more than throwing together a bunch of beautiful actors and gorgeous scenery. It requires good casting, good performances from all the leading actors, good writing -- all of which this film lacks greatly.
Honestly, I'm not an actor in the least, but I could easily have played Brad Pitt's character far better than he does, with the whole dear in the headlights spacey thing he does throughout the movie. It's not convincing, and it's not charming. It ruins the film. If you don't think so, it's because you can't see beyond his good looks, which is apparently what the director was hoping for.