Kundun

KUNDUN (1997) - Mar. 7, 2005
Though essentially well-directed by Martin Scorsese, this film was extremely slow paced, and at times downright boring. The main problem was that there weren't really any characters. There were lots of people in the film, but we don't really get to know any of them. Even the Dalai Lama himself is never developed beyond the superficial. If you put a gun to my head I honestly would not be able to name a single character from the film. So it's sort of tough to ever really care about anything that happens when we never get to know a single person. The film looked good, I suppose, but good visuals can only go so far. It also doesn't help that there's a point where it seems like the movie should end, but then it keeps going for what feels like another half an hour. It was quite interminable. **