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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 8839290287882
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 1303
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 126 minutes Rating: R
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First entry in a proposed trilogy, Mongol vividly captures the beauty and brutality of ancient Mongolia. Beginning in 1172 and ending in 1206, Sergei Bodrov's Oscar-nominated epic presents future conqueror Ghengis Khan as more lover--and fighter--than diplomat. Against his father Esegui's wishes, nine-year-old Temudjin chooses his own bride, whom he marries in the years to come. Hopes for the future, however, turns to thoughts of vengeance when the clan forsakes the boy upon Esegui's death. While Temudjin (now played by Zatoichi’s Tadanobu Asano, a quietly commanding presence) makes his way in a cruel world, turncoat Targutai (Amadu Mamadakov) becomes the new khan. When an opposing clan kidnaps Temudjin’s wife, Börte (Khulan Chuluun), he eventually retrieves her, but betrays blood brother Jamukha (Sun Honglei, Seven Swords) in the process, leading to further enslavement and more Kurasawa-style slicing and dicing. Throughout his travails, Temudjin comes to believe that Mongols must unite to share the same language, culture, and set of values. Sustained by his faith in the god Tengri and the devotion of Börte, Temudjin sets out to wrest control of Mongolia from Jamukha and his women and children-killing hordes. Except for an over-reliance on CGI during the climactic battle sequence, Mongol equals the scope and grandeur of historical predecessors, like Braveheart and Hero. If much of the cast is Chinese and Japanese, Bodrov, who directed Prisoner of the Mountains, conjures up authenticity through detailed costumes, Mongolian dialogue, and remote Central Asian locations. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Rating: - A little slow paced, but highly entertaining.
An excellent movie. A little slow paced, but highly entertaining. It differed at times from other historical accounts I've read of Genghis Khan; but I thouroughly enjoyed the presentation of the Mongolian actors, language, scenery, culture, and traditions.
Rating:  - "A Mongol on the Roof"
After John Wayne and Omar Sharif, A Genghis Khan who finally (to western eyes at least) looks right. "Mongol" is a very good DVD. I rented it from Red Box (a DVD rental machine found at U.S. supermarkets) the day before Thanksgiving and the family watched it that night. It matched a large amount of my reading as far as land and culture were concerned. How historically accurate the film is, I'm not sure. No two books in English seem to be in total agreement on the life of Timojen (I've seen it spelled three or four different ways), so I won't comment on the accuracy. The violence was rather less graphic than the PG-13 rated "Beowulf" or a lot of video games (I'm wondering why the "R" rating); the worst is that when a sword strikes, usually just out of frame, a spray of blood flies up. Otherwise, there are sexual situations but no nudity.
Whether Genghis Khan was a good guy or a bad guy depends on which end of the sword you were on. If you didn't take up arms against him and payed your taxes (which generally dropped under the new overlord), he pretty much left you to run things your own way. The quality of life for the common herd seems to have improved, a saying of the time was "A virgin could walk from one end of the empire to the other with a bag of gold on her head with complete safety." To the Mongolians, he is something on the same order as George Washington is to most Americans.
I liked "Mongol" enough to add it to my wishlist this morning.
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Rating: - The story of an Alpha Male with a vision
Everything about an epic is done on grand scale: It is a work of art that crosses a great expanse of land, involves several generations, and focuses on the life of a great hero and including magic and great feats. "Mongol" certainly meets this definition. Temudjin is not yet a hero, but by the end of the film, the viewer sees this man rise from year after year of personal defeat to becoming Mongolia's greatest leader, indeed, one of history's greatest leaders.
Add to the basic story line taken directly from the mists of history when little was recorded of this particular hero is a cast and crew of epic proportions. Sergei Bodrov, the director, is Russian; Tadanobu Asamo, who plays Temudjin, is Japanese, and Khulan Chuluun, or Borte, Temudjin's hand-picked wife, was picked by the director from the streets of a city in Mongolia. Sun Honglei, who plays Jamukha, the blood brother, is Chinese.
The story follows history accurately, as best is known. As another reviewer did, I also want to compare this film with "Genghis Khan: To the End of the Earth and Sea," directed by Shinichiro Sawai, a Japanese, with Takashi Sorimachi, a Japanese actor in the title role. "Mongol" may have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, but I tip my hat to "Genghis Khan" for a more detailed story and a better understanding of characters across the board: Temujin, Borte, the mother, the blood brother.
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Rating: - Before the Golden Hordes
Although this compelling film is about the life of the infamous Ghengis Khan, he was not given that name until after the time period covered here. His birth name was Temudjin, and the film follows him from a nine year old boy, until approximately his early thirties when he unites the numerous Mongol tribes under his banner. As one would expect, life on the Mongolian steppe in the 12th century is harsh; constant tribal warfare, being kidnapped and sold into slavery, having your bride stolen by a rival tribe, seeing your father poisoned to death; this is the environment that molded the young Temudjin into a hardened killer. The film is very violent, but it is also beautiful in its own way. Even in such a harsh atmosphere, there is room for love, loyalty, brotherhood, and honor. I can't speak for the historical accuracy, but the film does seem to paint a relatively benign picture of Temudjin, his betrayal of his blood brother Jamukha notwithstanding. Considering that the guy was essentially a mass murderer, I can definitely see how some would call this a whitewash. From a technical perspective, the film is nearly flawless; breathtaking cinematography, great acting, amazing score, fight choreography, costumes, etc. The film is put together very well. One is tempted to compare 'Mongol' to such historical epics as Braveheart and Gladiator, and in some ways it is similar, but I would say Mongol is less romantic, and more realistic, but equally good in its own way.
Rating: - Excellent!
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I loved this movie. The quality and visuals were excellent.
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