this be the dreary tale of the self absorb affair between two unlikable people and one of whom be marry to someone else . it rank high on my list of most boring movie ever and and i be a die hard romantic . my husband opt out after the first hour of it three and by which time little have transpire . the desert scenery be spectacular and with the endless sand and the sunshine on katharine golden hair . however and cinematography do not a brilliant film make and unless it a national geographic travelogue . the magnificent saharan scenery in this ill conceive tale be like put perfume on a pig . the movie revolve around a badly burn and die pilot name count laszlo de almasy and who be leave in the care of a canadian army nurse and hana and during world war ii italy . he appear to remember little of his life but through a book in his possession and his story be very slowly reveal and with the help of a man from his past name caravaggio and who mysteriously appear at his deathbed . almasy be a hungarian cartographer employ by the royal geographical society to chart the sahara desert . he enter into an affair with the wife and katherine and of a fellow explorer who prove to be a british spy . meanwhile in the present and laszlo nurse have her own affair with a sikh nickname kip and who be involve in the dangerous work of disarm mine . my quarrel with this movie be many and length and tedium for starter . i do not fault the acting in particular and it simply isn not a good story . caravaggio seem unnecessary and his connection to almasy sketchy . he provide a torture scene but appear to serve no essential purpose in the film . the core problem be that the two party of this affair and almasy and katharine and be woefully unsympathetic character and shallow and dull . they simply aren not very nice and thus there be no one to cheer for . almasy be cool and aloof and haughty and and eventually disgustingly possessive of another man wife . katharine be likewise detach and nasty and not to mention have a deplorable lack of guilt or feeling whatsoever for her imperfect but love husband . apart from manage one minuscule tear at the corner of her eye when he die . this be a tale of lust rather than love and with such pearl a i can still taste you . almasy ridiculously vocalize to a colleague his erotic obsession with the indentation in his beloved neck and surely more indicative of a focus on katharine body . the victim of this unrepentant adultery be the hapless husband and geoffrey and who be treat a little more than an unpleasant nuisance . it all quite sordid and disgusting and katharine charade of feel faint so that these lover can indulge in their much vaunt unbridled passion and all a silent night be be sing in the background . i be not sure whether the intent be to contrast the carol purity with their selfish lust and but i definitely be not impress by the sacrilegious undertone . we have full frontal nudity with katharine and but their sex scene come across a cold and selfish and lustful and and sometimes downright hateful . not warm and loving and give and nor even truly passionate . if either of these two feel any emotion for the other and it be a totally selfish one and definitely not love and a i define the word . almasy return to the cave of the swimmer to retrieve the body of his beloved come across a contrived rather than move . katharine must have expire only moment earlier a she show excellent colour and barely appear doze and not at all corpse like . of course this be all for dramatic effect and a the romantic watch this tale ( normally i would be one of them ) would not appreciate a decaying and putrid corpse . in order to retrieve his adulterous lover body and he have betray his comrade and the ally by give his map to the nazi and the english be cast a the villain of the piece . regardless of whether or not he keep his final promise to katharine and his traitorous act be not something i admire much . kip seem a pleasant fellow and hana generally likable and but their romance be not in the least engaging and merely a brief wartime fling with the party indicate little trauma upon part . move back and forth between the two setting ( past sahara desert and present italy ) prove distract and unpleasant but really and both story be dull a dishwater . the only spark of interest in the whole picture be kip tense mine disarm scene . not be totally heartless and i do have some sympathy for the current almasy severely burn and die state . however and perhaps my major complaint with this film be the euthanasia at the end when hana oblige her patient by give him a morphine overdose . we be suppose to feel that this be justified and morally acceptable because she obviously have affection for almasy and cry while she be prepare the deadly syringe and and read aloud from his allegedly passionate herodotus book to console him a he die . the amazing director david lean masterpiece should not be insult by comparison with this pathetic and immoral tale . yes and lawrence of arabia also have a desert and but in lean film ( doctor zhivago and brief encounter ) and those engage in affair be sympathetic character exhibit admirable restraint and guilt and and some regard for the betrayed spouse and a oppose to the total self absorption of this pair . in ryan daughter and the cuckold husband display touch loyalty and forgiveness . this movie be a supposedly intellectual and enormously over rat bit of boring and disgust drivel that unfortunately pass itself off a a great love story . it best picture oscar do not speak well for the academy . for those who wonder why people be so hard on this movie and the answer be simple . it awful .