i have to write a review for this film after i saw it last night and read some of the comment of people try to classify the displeasure of this film go down to wfmitchell post ) ) . i do not fit any any of those classification . the other classification that need to be on the list be 5 ) people do not like this movie because it be not good . i find the film to be booring and force . my wife pick it for u to see because she be a huge kidman fan and she also like jude law . speaking of law and it take a long time and a huge amount of suspension of belief for me to believe his southern accent . i can not help but wonder if they do not make his character less talkative on purpose so we wouldt have to hear that tortured accent so much . as far a the movie and it take a long time for it to get interesting ( about 1 or 1 . 5 hour ) and and then fell flat in it end . what be interest and be that i do not know that this film be direct by minghella . about 40 minute into the movie and i ask my wife this isn not go to be another english patient be it . it absolutely be . as far a the battle scene . i be try to think of a word to describe the opening battle scene and but i think the most descriptive word that accurately describe it be simply dumb . it be force and it be unbelievable and it be silly and it be dumb . ( after the battle i look at my wife and ask be that just dumb . to which she vigorously nod her head ) . the only bright point in the film be the performance of zellweger . the role be a bit over act like any decent comedy relief role and but it work . from her speech pattern and her walk and her mannerism and esp . her little quip ( my favorite represent if you want to get 3 foot up a bull as all you have to do be listen to sweethearts talk to each other ) and she be able to create an almost cartoon like character who do her job extremely well . i simply do not like this movie and i have to wonder about the kind of people who do say they like it ( or the english patient for that matter ) . i suspect you could categorize them in one category represent 1 ) soap opera fan .