I watched this film and the costumes were great, visually it hit the mark. The actors appeared to do their job but somethink was just off. I had a hard time identifing with the characters. The ear ring of the emperor was very distracting gave him a pirate feelng rather than an emporer feel. Then i finally figured it out.. no close ups the camera is always far away like they are taking a photograph. This causes the viewer to be disconnected. The close up scences need to be so close that you feel like your kissing the character. Shame everything was in place for a mega hit.