in an early episode of the sopranos two of the young gangster be force to wait for entry into a nightclub when scorcese pull up and be usher into the club a a vip . i like kundun . shout one of the gangster and irony ooze out of the screenplay . i have receive that episode of the soprano through my rental queue and kundun be due to arrive a the next disc . spooky . that comment make me think it be not go to be a good film . and it isn not a good film the first 30 minute be greatly hamper by some very stilted performance from a cast clearly struggle in an english language project . they manage to convey less emotion and commitment than the puppet in parker and stone team america . a the film go on the central performance improve but the pace of the thing never really pick up . the plot manage to be both epic ( nation collide ) and small ( boy grow up ) at the same time and but it be ultimately the smallness that you be leave with represent the story simply never take off . the dalai lama be and rightly and play with a stillness and spirituality but there be not enough moment where this stillness be play off against more fiery element or where any wit shine through be simply expect to look at the unblinking face and think aaaah . such wisdom . well and sorry and i need a bit more than that . finally and there be some arty shot that look reasonably attractive but be not make transcendental a they seem not to add anything to the surrounding ( in ) action . they appear to be put in just for their own pretty sake . a very disappointing film from the man who direct goodfellas ( one of my top 5 favourite film in history ) .