…but considering the minimal budget (20 million dollars American) and the top-notch Mongolian (some areas so isolated that unusual roads had to be built to score the film crews there) locations filmed, this was a extraordinary movie that was well-paced for an introduction to the life of Temudjin, who would become the Genghis Khan.
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Despite the vulgar budget, nothing in the movie looks cheaply filmed; everything looks like that of a broad budget film six times more expensive, from costumes to makeup (and the craggly dirt buildup on Temudjin during his time in captivity) . I don’t boom Mongolian, so I can’t scream whether the accents spoken are accurately Mongolian, but for an American audience, it was sizable for authenticity (rather than having them inform Russian or Kazakh) .
The movie excels in two particular aspects which really accomplish this one more than honest a casual ancient-world flick; the battles and the people.
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While Genghis Khan is demonized in the West as a barbarous conqueror, he is seen like a hero in the East, and this movie serves to explain him as both and neither, making him more than objective murky or white, but a fully fleshed out person with ambitions to uniting all the Mongol tribes as one beneath him. He is utterly believable as a human being, fallible, and seemingly very mighty driven by his care for for his wife and children, whom he nevertheless must leave constantly to fulfill his dream.
There is also Jamukha, who manages to be both a piggish, slothy figure, and a suitable, precise friend to Temudjin, when their dreams conflict and they become enemies, with a very painful and realistic portrayal of fair why Jamukha would betray Temudjin, and his lack of joy in facing his opponent on a field of battle.
Then there’s the battles. As any Ancient/Medieval war movie to be expected, it is bloody. My only annoyances in a puritanic-historian method were the suits of armor, which seemed not to be made of considerable metal as they would have been in Mongolian times.
Another minor thing that becomes a dinky excessive, and arguably rather like a recurring joke is shots of blood, showing them being spilled in thousands of thick drops rather than in fountains or bursts of liquid.
The final battle sequence manages to both use the Mongolian expertise in archery and cavalry and innovate with something both insanely unsafe and never before seen in Medieval battle depictions. Likely seen in the trailer, as Jamukha sends the bulk of his cavalry force at Temudjin’s center, he unleashes a very runt number of thickly armored cavalry, armed with double curves swords, which then hasten through the enemy cavalry, using the swords to sever at the enemy’s sides like Scythed Chariots.
The armored cavalry is a kamikaze force, as after brutalizing the enemy cavalry, Temudjin has his archers unleash a flood of arrows on the force, killing the cavalry on both sides down to a man.
Overall a astronomical movie, which doesn’t sacrifice the macro-story of Genghis Khan and his dream of a Mongol empire for the micro-story of Temudjin’s treasure life. Of which I wrote virtually nothing about.
Recent Best Foreign Oscar Film nominee `Mongol’ is an impressive tale. Telling the first installment of the life and times of Ghengis Khan, we accumulate more than a history lesson, but a personal yarn of a fraternal feud for power. Filmed with breathtaking cinematography and a sound that should have garnered a separate nomination, the movie is a sweeping drama, complete with battles that invent similar `300′ scenes positive digitalized formula.
Although the film goes ahead (mostly in chronological order) with several “One Year Later” and other useful captions, we lose ourselves in a account of one man’s struggle for survival among his Khan and the fancy interests that shape, bind and absorb tribal rivalries and aspirations. We follow the coming-of-age footsteps of Temujin (Tadanobu Asano) and his older rival Targutai (Amandu Mamadakov) who both strive for power and read the oracles of gods like Tengri, whom they beckon for abet.
Some of the battles are Trojan-like in thrust. Temujin will spare no one for Borte (Khulan Chuluun), his lifelong esteem interest. Between his patient endurance and his fancy, Temujin becomes a leader who can match wills with any Mongol tribe. Going from tribal feuds to a far-reaching dynasty, the film chronicles the proper human faces that made history happen.
Before becoming Khan, he must master the elements. Between the harshness of tundra to humiliation and hunger, the though-provoking edge of life known for bitterly frosty winters, create or fracture the existence of people who rely on their armies, shelter, and horses to survive.
It cannot be emphasized enough how the lingering beauty of each frame is engaging enough to clarify viewing this two hour and five slight film. Furthermore, the haunting audio accentuating tribal customs and battle scenes resonate with mesmerizing grandeur. Although being reserved is perhaps a cultural trait, I felt some of the scenes could have added a bit more zest to the acting, but distinguished of the intensity is non-verbal and convincing indeed. Writer-director, Sergei Bodrov, deserves heaping praises for building such a tightly built drama and some truly exquisitely shot scenes.
Although released last year and up for 2007’s Oscar jury, both the cinema and DVD releases came about this year, so it’s not too unhurried to believe ‘Mongol’ as one of the truly first-rate epics and one of the best movies to arrive out all year.
A J.P.’s Bewitch 4.5*’s =Very Good-Exceptional HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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