If the only elephants one has seen have been the Asian kind, an African bull elephant is another kind of thing again, as is Gérard Depardieu. -Sorry, what about him made me think of elephants? Perhaps the way he barges and bellows his way through the role. I was worried now and then that some of the other characters might break. His ability to stay alive is also pretty elephantine. I don't think I've seen a longer death scene outside of Wagner. Fatally wounded in one part of Paris, the hero staggers to another part, staggers around a large garden long enough to say goodbye to the rest of the cast, pauses, ruminates, wanders somewhere else, collapses to the ground - but he's still not quite done for yet ...
So, the hero gives us a bit of a headache and is at best ridiculous (at worst, dislikeable). Is that really so bad? Is it enough to ruin a story with some poetry in it, so beautifully shot?
Yes.
So, the hero gives us a bit of a headache and is at best ridiculous (at worst, dislikeable). Is that really so bad? Is it enough to ruin a story with some poetry in it, so beautifully shot?
Yes.