How this won best picture (and 9 Oscars in total) in 1997 is beyond me. The heartbreaking ending is surprisingly good, and the story has a message I can appreciate, but that does not make up for the serious pacing issue it has. It takes no less than 1 hour to finally get the story started, and even then it takes another hour to actually become interesting. Personally I think it would have been a lot more enjoyable if the entire storyline during WW2 would have been left out and instead we only would have seen the part that takes place in Africa, before the war.

How this won best picture (and 9 Oscars in total) in 1997 is beyond me. The heartbreaking ending is surprisingly good, and the story has a message I can appreciate, but that does not make up for the serious pacing issue it has. It takes no less than 1 hour to finally get the story started, and even then it takes another hour to actually become interesting. Personally I think it would have been a lot more enjoyable if the entire storyline during WW2 would have been left out and instead we only would have seen the part that takes place in Africa, before the war.

you’re a bad bad person Count Lászlo , emotional movie tho we love a forbidden love story

you’re a bad bad person Count Lászlo , emotional movie tho we love a forbidden love story

❝We are the real countries. Not boundaries drawn on maps with the names of powerful men. I know you'll come carry me out to the Palace of Winds.❞
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An epic love story that is virtually perfect.

There's so much I could say and yet nothing at the same time. Nothing would do this film justice. Everything, from the acting to the cinematography to the score had no flaws.
My only gripe is that I didn't watch it sooner.

❝We are the real countries. Not boundaries drawn on maps with the names of powerful men. I know you'll come carry me out to the Palace of Winds.❞
• ───── ✬✥✬ ───── •

An epic love story that is virtually perfect.

There's so much I could say and yet nothing at the same time. Nothing would do this film justice. Everything, from the acting to the cinematography to the score had no flaws.
My only gripe is that I didn't watch it sooner.

Любовь, дольше чем война.

Любовь, дольше чем война.

Unfathomably boring and good performances can only make up for so much. Not a single interesting thing happened and it didn't even have any cool shots. I couldn't help but think of Out of Africa, which at least looked cool sometimes; English Patient doesn't even take advantage of its setting and often uses terrible sets or backdrops instead. I guess the makeup on Fiennes looks okay, but he looks less like a burn victim and more like an old citizen of Whoville. Hard to follow and even harder to watch.

Unfathomably boring and good performances can only make up for so much. Not a single interesting thing happened and it didn't even have any cool shots. I couldn't help but think of Out of Africa, which at least looked cool sometimes; English Patient doesn't even take advantage of its setting and often uses terrible sets or backdrops instead. I guess the makeup on Fiennes looks okay, but he looks less like a burn victim and more like an old citizen of Whoville. Hard to follow and even harder to watch.