I Dunno Man !
If I were to review this movie, I would be be in the "middle of the road". First the positive side: Good production values overall; you could tell it's a high budget film. Second: Cinematography was pretty good (minimal filtered lens usage) plus they filmed most of it in native Mongolia. Third; acting was alright, actors and actresses did their job as per Director Sawai ordered them. Now on the negative side (the nitty-gritty part): First some historical innacuracies eg: the reason Temujin killed his half-brother (there were some embellishments) of course I could be wrong since there were no written records of the biography of Genghis Khan, all were oral. Watch A&E's "Genghis Kahn Terror and Conquest" documentary if you want his "technical" life biography. Second was the music soundtrack! Come'on! You could tell it was a Japanese composer (with all his orchestra) trying to inject some 20th century music emotion into a 16th century era film. It was overwhelming,to the point that I have lower my volume on my amplifiers so as not to loose my mood in watching the movie. They could have used some indegineous Mongolian composer and musicians. Third; there was an overall leanings towards the "Typical Japaneses Samurai" films genre. You could tell (If you've seen Samurai Films), when Genghis Khan have meetings before a battle. Anyway this movie was good overall, but if you're a full- pledge Hollywood Film Afficionado I wouldn't reccomend this movie to you!
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