Cold Mountain

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At the end of the American Civil War, Jude Law journeys home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with Nicole Kidman. Renee Zellweger is in there somewhere too.

I thought this movie looked pretty boring, but decided I should watch it anyway. It was much better than I expected. It was very long, but then I knew it would be.

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Jude Law and Nicole Kidman both play very, very shy people that are starting to flirt with each other without being indecent. They finally admit their feelings for one another when he is called off to fight in the Civil War. The war takes everyone that isn’t too old to fight or isn’t able to fight due to some disability. They promise each other that they will be together again after the war. Of course, the war lasts three years before he is injured and is on his way home. He can’t come home normally since being injured during the civil war doesn’t mean you are out of it, like nowadays. You are in it until you die or the war is over. Anyone that tries to leave while injured will be killed so he has to be sneaky while making his way back to Cold Mountain. He can’t tell her this is what is happening so she just prays he has read her letters, but has no idea if he is still alive.

It might seem odd that she was actually waiting for him all that time since they barely knew each other. It wasn’t like she could really move on though since who would she move on to? All the men were in the war.

Renee Zellweger plays a woman that is sent to help Nicole Kidman learn how to live on her own since she has a farm that is falling apart and doesn’t know how to run a farm or clean a house or make any food. Renee is awesome. I liked her character a lot.

Renee is the best part of the movie, but Jude Law and Nicole Kidman might be the prettiest people in the world. When they finally get together at the end, it’s quite sexy. I didn’t like the very end. It was realistic, but bleh! That last sentence will only make sense if you see it.

Rating: A-

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