"Anthony Hopkins was so over the top hammy in his later scenes that I thought it was some kind of inside joke on his part." - Entirely agreed. We're light years from The Remains of the Day with this film.

Also, if you're interested, part of this article gets into here's why Legends of the Fall is a lead balloon for me:

https://medium.com/illumination/why-the-best-tragedies-are-funny-7143d492698a