[John H K]

I thought The English Patient was terrible for two reasons:

1) I was hoping for both main characters to die the whole movie. Just can't make a movie work that way. Both were fairly contemptible people.

2) The entire movie just was infused with this "Hey, I'm trying to win an OSCAR" feel.

Problem with criticising TEP is at times the people who did like it for some unaccountable reason always accuse people who didn't like it of being uneducated low-lifes who only like violent action adventures or something; nothing could be further from the truth in my case.

Main other movie which I cannot fathom the popularity of is Forrest Gump. No idea how on earth that thing could win awards.

[KC_Conspirator]

I was hoping for both main characters to die the whole movie. Just can't make a movie work that way. Both were fairly contemptible people.

Problem with criticising TEP is at times the people who did like it for some unaccountable reason always accuse people who didn't like it of being uneducated low-lifes...

Your first point is exactly right - the two main people do the wrong thing at every turn and I hated them as well. Your second point is the problem with most movies loved by the pervert movie critic/artist crowd. Its the same reason I will never see "American Beauty".