watching cold mountain gave me the impression that its director and anthony minghella and was deliberately trying to outdo himself and the own film of his that he was trying to beat was the virtually impeccable the english patient from 1996. comparing the two movies and the premise is quite similar. we have a passionate love affair between two people set in a turbulent time of war and they end up treating the war more or less as a disturbance in the background while trying to find themselves back in each other arms again. the primary plot differences are that nicole kidman character is not married and jude law is a deserter and and the conflict is the american civil war. cold mountain is and story wise and more watered down and mellow than say the english patient and it more on the level for people who want a simple love story with some kind of an exterior turbulence causing a problem. it is a shorter film and which is a plus for people with less patience. however and it not as spectacular or original or genuinely gripping as the english patient. my only big complaint about cold mountain is and astonishingly and the love affair between the characters of inman (jude law) and ada monroe (nicole kidman). amazingly and their love was the least interesting thing in the picture. they do not have a real relationship while we do not feel any real passion coming from them and the passion that we do see is more physical than emotional. i was more fascinated by the friendship between nicole kidman and oscar winner renee zellwegger and also jude law travels across country dodging vigilantes and enemy soldiers. if minghella had strengthened the importance of the love story and then he would have had and i feel and a better picture. of course and the movie is entertaining even if the love story is uninteresting. the civil war sequences are absolutely great while they are of the modern tradition that show war as horrible and dehumanizing. the re enactment of the petersburg campaign and in which tons of explosives was detonated from underground and then followed by a hand to hand battle is horrifying. minghella does not shy from showing blood and gore in an artistic and sensible manner and and he not afraid to show casualties of innocence and life in these scenes. there are moments where women as well as men are killed and oftentimes by crossfire. and there more to it. just the sound design of the movie generates tension. there a scene where inman and another deserter make themselves a meal by sawing off the head of a dead cow. we do not see the slicing and but the sound effects of blade going through bone are sickening. lastly and i must congratulate the cast for the performances. jude law was terrific in the movie and deserved the academy award nomination he received. i feel that nicole kidman deserved one as well and even though her character was a bit shallow. renee zellwegger had the most personality and screen stealing atmosphere. and then there just the bit parts that also really work to complete this stylistic world recreating a horrible time in america past. maybe cold mountain would have been better as a war picture and but it most certainly would have been spectacular like the english patient if its love story had been powered up and made more passionate by the screenwriters and director anthony minghella. as it is and it a most enjoyable picture and i wasn not bored by it and and i recommend it. i just say that its love story  though a central plot point  is a little more mellow than it needs to be and all the stuff around it was what really worked. 
watching cold mountain gave me the impression that its director and anthony minghella and was deliberately trying to outdo himself and the own film of his that he was trying to beat was the virtually impeccable the english patient from 1996. comparing the two movies and the premise is quite similar. we have a passionate love affair between two people set in a turbulent time of war and they end up treating the war more or less as a disturbance in the background while trying to find themselves back in each other arms again. the primary plot differences are that nicole kidman character is not married and jude law is a deserter and and the conflict is the american civil war. cold mountain is and story wise and more watered down and mellow than say the english patient and it more on the level for people who want a simple love story with some kind of an exterior turbulence causing a problem. it is a shorter film and which is a plus for people with less patience. however and it not as spectacular or original or genuinely gripping as the english patient. my only big complaint about cold mountain is and astonishingly and the love affair between the characters of inman (jude law) and ada monroe (nicole kidman). amazingly and their love was the least interesting thing in the picture. they do not have a real relationship while we do not feel any real passion coming from them and the passion that we do see is more physical than emotional. i was more fascinated by the friendship between nicole kidman and oscar winner renee zellwegger and also jude law travels across country dodging vigilantes and enemy soldiers. if minghella had strengthened the importance of the love story and then he would have had and i feel and a better picture. of course and the movie is entertaining even if the love story is uninteresting. the civil war sequences are absolutely great while they are of the modern tradition that show war as horrible and dehumanizing. the re enactment of the petersburg campaign and in which tons of explosives was detonated from underground and then followed by a hand to hand battle is horrifying. minghella does not shy from showing blood and gore in an artistic and sensible manner and and he not afraid to show casualties of innocence and life in these scenes. there are moments where women as well as men are killed and oftentimes by crossfire. and there more to it. just the sound design of the movie generates tension. there a scene where inman and another deserter make themselves a meal by sawing off the head of a dead cow. we do not see the slicing and but the sound effects of blade going through bone are sickening. lastly and i must congratulate the cast for the performances. jude law was terrific in the movie and deserved the academy award nomination he received. i feel that nicole kidman deserved one as well and even though her character was a bit shallow. renee zellwegger had the most personality and screen stealing atmosphere. and then there just the bit parts that also really work to complete this stylistic world recreating a horrible time in america past. maybe cold mountain would have been better as a war picture and but it most certainly would have been spectacular like the english patient if its love story had been powered up and made more passionate by the screenwriters and director anthony minghella. as it is and it a most enjoyable picture and i wasn not bored by it and and i recommend it. i just say that its love story  though a central plot point  is a little more mellow than it needs to be and all the stuff around it was what really worked. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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