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| Sludge |
Posted - 06/02/2010 : 21:05:02
Mongol recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, beginning with his choosing a bride at the age of ten and concluding with him leaving her, yet again, to seek revenge against the people who enslaved him.
I googled the fourum and didn't see much about Mongol. It's now streaming on Netflix and Amazon. I've seen it twice and it sort of grew on me. I'm interested to see other work from writer/director Sergei Bodrov.
While there are plenty of battle scenes, it's a film about relationships. The bride B�rte is portrayed by Khulan Chuluun, who was spotted by the casting director in the visa line at a Chinese embassy. She had never acted before.
A follow up film entitled "The Great Khan" is apparently in the works.
If you haven't seen this yet, I'd say give it a look. |
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 07/18/2010 : 00:44:46
Mongol
Yup, it does seem standard epic fare and it is indeed hard to reconcile Tem�jin with the future Genghis Khan. Still, 4/5. |
| Sean |
Posted - 06/21/2010 : 11:02:01
My main complaint with this was it all seemed too familiar. It never 'felt' like Mongolia in the Middle Ages (although it certainly looked like it). Perhaps the people were just too modern with their mannerisms, or they were too clean, or they had modern ambitions and emotions... or a blend of all of the above.
Nice kid falls in love with pretty girl, is intensely loyal (and so is she) and their love knows no boundaries in time or space. Heard that one before? Whether it's 1300BC Troy, 1400AD Mesoamerica, or 1200AD Mongolia; or whether it's made by Americans, Brits or Russians; these epic romantic tales during wartime all seem to end up looking and feeling the same. I think that's mainly down to sanitisation and standardisation of plot elements and modernisation of characters.
Much of the plot was quite accurate (I checked) although some inconvenient facts were omitted (e.g., his multiple wives) and overall it was an enjoyable yarn but I never felt that this nice kid could have ever become Genghis Khan. I'm curious to see in the sequel how they turn him into the genocidal megalomaniac who destroyed the cities (and their inhabitants) of whomsoever dared refuse to kiss his arse.
No better or worse than the many other movies of this genre.
7/10 |
| damalc |
Posted - 06/04/2010 : 04:30:00
Sludge is right. See this film. Great work all around, especially cinematography.
If you really wanna enjoy it, watch it after "The Conqueror," starring John Wayne. |
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