what give anthony minghella the right to ruin two extraordinary work of fiction . first and he destroy the english patient and which be bad enough and but now i discover he butcher cold mountain butcher . i have such a strange reaction to the english patient . my son and i go to see it the first weekend it be release and and i be so disappointed and but tell my son i felt like i need to read the book . i drive straight to barnes and noble and buy it and read it and and try to figure out what in the world the critic be talk about when they say minghella have trust enough in the intelligence of the movie go public to give them a great film . that be what he most surely do not do . i do not ordinarily read a great deal of fiction and but cold mountain be so highly recommend by friend that i felt compel to read it . i do not see cold mountain and the movie and when it play in theater and and it be because of what minghella have do to the english patient . but like a fool and i rent it today and and i be so upset and i have to vent my frustration and and most of all and my sadness and that someone could have take this beautiful story and craft it into something almost a beautiful on the screen and and now they never will . read the book and let the movie rot on the shelf . i will never be take in by a minghella project again . i think he may be one of the bad director work today and and i be tire of the praise hollywood heap upon his head . it must be that no one in hollywood read anymore . this movie bear no resemblance to the book and except for the name of the character . minghella ego must know no bound and and if he do not like the book and then why do not he write an original screenplay and leave the book alone . even if i hadn not read the book and i would still consider this movie one of the bad i have see from 2003 while and i have see almost everything that be release for view in the usa . elaine and you aren not go to like this one either .