cold mountain

ok, so my best guy and i went to the 4:00 showing of cold mountain.....we had both read the book some time ago......maybe several years ago......and were not quite clear on the particulars...but we did remember, at the end.....how the book ended.....and we were still stunned that the movie portrayed the tragic ending moreso than the book......that is really the bottom line about this movie.....it was better than the book...........visually beautiful......horrific beyond hell..........there were parts that i could not watch...and as my eyes were averted i pondered the realization that the civil war, like all wars, was certainly worse than what i saw in snatches on the screen.......and that strong women were the reason that the south survived the war, and the years after the war.............and oh, what i would not give to look and act like nicole kidman.....she will surely have the last laugh on the tom cruise divorce.....he will fade away, and she will bloom as one of cinema's brightest talents.............in this film, she is breathtaking............even in the worst moments..............and then there is jude law as inman........who falls instantly for ada (nicole) ..........and spends the bulk of the movie getting back to her................oh, my.......and then there is renee zellweger and jack white.....he of the white stripes........they add so much to this film..........it is so fitting that one hears that they are an item........gentle readers......mm is in a conumdrum (a latin term spoken in a critical part of the movie, by the way....) whilst she was blown away by this film.....she really wants lotr/rotk to not only be nominated for an oscar, but also receive said oscar for best picture based on general merit for the entire trilogy........................on the other hand....cold mountain is so true to the book, so emotionally draining, so cinematically perfect....................oh my.....................