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Amazing epic combining romance, drama and blood-geysering battle sequences that paints a broad portrait of the life and times of Genghis Khan. What I loved about this movie is that it doesn't focus at all on Genghis Khan's claim to fame of conquering half the world. Rather, it spells out the upbringing and starting steps of him as he grows up and turns into the world's most famous Khan. Reading history books alone, it is difficult to see him as just a little boy but this movie delivers those images in spades and it is quite a remarkable story. I was enthralled when I heard that the director was going to make this a trilogy. This first part will be hard to beat. Most definitely recommended. One of the year's best pictures.
9/10
14.8.2008 -
patrick,sullivan@ - age: 26-35
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Poor knowledge about Mongolian history, Mongolian customs and Genghis Khan himself. I don't believe people like it so much. All the Chinese people and Mongolian Chinese around me are disappointed in this movie.
3/10
11.8.2008 -
guangguangl@ - age: 18-25
We need more realistic and truthful movies like this one and less of the general Hollywood crap.
9/10
8.8.2008 -
gogo@ - age: 26-35
Excellent movie, visually stunning, and seemed very authentic. Nice work.
9/10
8.8.2008 -
nonsens@ - age: 26-35
Really glad I went to see this film. The cinematography was worth the price of admission. Like "Atanarjuat the Fast Runner" (Inuit movie), you get to see how people have made a living in harsh climates. You also see how violent and cruel that life can be. Thought the 2nd half of the movie jumped from scene to scene with big gaps. Like someone stepped on the accelerator. After the movie "300", have seen a lifetime of gory, digital blood already.
8/10
6.8.2008 -
bruce,murphy@ - age: 50+
One of the best movies I've seen in a very long time. Kudos to Sergei Bodrov!
10/10
1.8.2008 -
borasca0107@ - age: 36-49
A timeless tale, beautifully filmed, and spun in a way that grabs your attention, from start to finish. An epic film, well acted and well directed, with spectacular realistic battle scenes.
10/10
1.8.2008 -
jonandtess@ - age: 50+
This movie was AWESOME!! Would like to see it again!!
9/10
30.7.2008 -
schristie30@ - age: 26-35
Excellent foreign film. The actors all had excellent training and played their roles well. Personalized the man who was the Leader of the largest empire ever known. May have left a some viewers a bit short with the jump from young man to final battle but was excellent nonetheless.
10/10
30.7.2008 -
jeb_thailand@ - age: 36-49
I didn't like it at all. The movie was exceedingly long and boring during most times. Wasting a lot of time with useless dialogues that didn't add anything to the story. The story itself felt a bit broken at times, as if they had a whole scene removed. There are nice landscapes, some good footage, few action scenes, and music that makes the movie worth to watch. But I wouldn't recommend it. Didn't do for me as anything in particular. Wasn't a good romance movie, wasn't a good biography, wasn't a good action movie... wasn't a good anything :( 4/10.
4/10
29.7.2008 -
golden_bladers@ - age: 18-25
Even though I'm glad I saw this before Batman, I was awed. Breath-taking panoramas, excellent fight scenes, awesome sound (really), a timeless love story with twists & turns that only real life could produce, you don't even notice the sub-titles the acting is sooo good. I really thought I was there back in time riding horseback with the wind in my hair amongst to the Mongols. I went to this movies based on the reviews and geez did I get my money's worth! Best movie next to Batman, Iron Man this year, GO SEE IT!!!
10/10
25.7.2008 -
sonicsociety@ - age: 36-49
Amazing!!! Worth some oscars!! Actors are so great that I will get this movie when it is released.
10/10
21.7.2008 -
danylebire@ - age: 36-49
This movie is a masterpiece of cinematography. I recommend it to anyone interested in these kind of films. I'm very unfamiliar with Mongol history but I was blown away at how difficult Gengis Khan childhood and how well he treated his own men. It's a bit long but I prefer it that way to complete the story-line. I'm pleased to hear this is the first of many to come.
9/10
20.7.2008 -
satrac@ - age: 26-35
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Meet Genghis who has lives to spare - during this movie he escapes from captivity when having a wooden noose around his neck (he does this twice - as a child and then as an adult), recovers from an arrow wound, his wife rescues him out of Chinese slavery... All this is decorated by wonderful scenery and comical dialogue. At one point he tells his bride how she will not be able to withstand his amorous approaches, in some scenes with his warrior brothers there is simple grunting. There is little explanation as to how he rose to power and consolidated the various Mongol tribes. At one point in the movie he is cavorting on the steppes with his wife and children and in the next scene he is the leader of a vast band of warriors. The transitions in this movie are baffling. Perhaps the director thought all the horseback riding and endless walking would suffice as an explanation. There is even less elucidation on Genghis the battlefield tactician - the battle scenes in the movie are reminiscent of the style of 'Lord of the Rings' In real life Genghis had several wives and concubines - so much for the comic romance.
6/10
19.7.2008 -
mikebrunet@ - age: 50+
The story line was boring, very boring. But the costumes, the acting, the effects - made this movie a gem. I'm glad to see that Russian cinematogrophers are finally making decent films.
9/10
14.7.2008 -
j8212@ - age: 18-25
Beautiful pictures. The movie is comprised with hundreds of changing paintings. The actors were very committed and did an awesome job.
10/10
13.7.2008 -
lyu@ - age: 26-35
It's brilliant! I loved it. There were a couple of moments where I was closing my eyes (during the battles) since I don't like seeing blood, but I'm deeply impressed, even the next day, as I'm writing this.
10/10
10.7.2008 -
ksiusha_d@ - age: 26-35
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Undoubtedly one of the best films I have seen in my many decades of film watching. Though the history is not entirely accurate (i.e. this film would have you believe that Genghis Khan was monogamous) and since films of this genre all too often accentuate the positive attributes of conquerors, setting aside the unpleasant truth of just how ruthless they needed to be to attain the rank they achieved, the film story as told is still very well done, if only because the themes running through it are timeless. Tough guys want to trample over you and members of your family life. Your rightful inheritance is stolen from you. You resist, and for your resistance, you are beaten down. You are sold into slavery. Still you persevere, and in the end, as the future Genghis Khan character does in this film, you triumph despite formidable odds because you know yourself, and you inspire people by being fair to them. In many ways, the storyline is not a new one. And it may be simple. Yet somehow the historical backdrop against which it is told elevates this film into a potent reminder of what strength we humans are made, particularly when that strength is combined with that of others into a common societal desire. While watching this film it made me feel proud to be a human if only for the fact of how far we have come as a species, and the fact that we are the by-product of thousands of generations that survived the most difficult of challenges. Genghis Khan's story certainly reminded me of this fact.
10/10
10.7.2008 -
ex967@ - age: 50+
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