Review of Far from the Madding Crowd

I have to start with the pros: very good visual production, costumes, music and acting. Now the cons: the script is really bad. And considering it's based on a book already written, this movie feels like a very swift summary of the novel, a trailer, without any in depth analysis of why things happen, how each character feels about what's happening and no real purpose for anything.... Halfway through the movie I felt disconnected, wishing it to be over, not caring for any character and considering it a waste of time. Probably there was not enough time to include all the action in a 2 hour film, as it usually is, but maybe some unnecessary long scenes could've been shortened for the sake of introducing new ones. Nevertheless, I really want to read the book now, to see whether there's a better development in written than on screen. I've seen better period dramas adapted from novels , this one didn't do it's job, in my opinion.