Mongol

[pasithea]

Friday night I went to see Mongol with centauress and prickvixen

I really enjoyed this movie but I should mention that it's not an action film. It has the slow pacing of a chinese drama but the cinematography, acting, and effects are quite good, and it was really interesting to see Ghengis Khan presented as a sympathetic and intelligent character rather than a ruthless savage.

It's really hard for me to think of a good film to compare this with. It's somewhere between Ran and a soviet propaganda film I watched in one of my film history classes. It's the sort of film that I think paka would really enjoy, and it was definitely one of the better films I've seen this year.

Comments

[paka.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention. I'd heard about it but didn't think it had a US release yet. I was kinda wondering where they are showing it here?

And Jenghis Khan wasn't a ruthless savage. He's basically the reason there's a written Mongol alphabet; that was basically his government project. His empire tolerated a variety of religions and had a very efficient messenger system for communications. This is admittedly the same guy who had entire cities worth of people butchered, but he seems like a pretty enlightened dude when you compare him to say, William I or some of the Crusader leaders whom we're taught are history's "good guys." He's actually sort of a lesser god among Mongolian animists.

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

It's playing at the Camera 7 at the Pruneyard. I'd be willing to watch it again if you wanted to go see it with me.

[paka.livejournal.com]

I would dig that! And I really want to hang out with you soon, anyway.

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Okay. what nights are you free? :)

[rigelkitty.livejournal.com]

It's interesting how the trailers on tv are all spinning it as a grand action epic.