Mongol

Discuss this movie being released into the US revolving the rise of the Mongol warlord Genghis Khan

When will it be released?

Originally Posted by Crucifix

When will it be released?

It was already released in the US, but it was a Limited Release. Unfortunately, it's not being shown in my city.

i saw a preview and it looks really good, unfortunately its a foreign film and it wont get the publicity it needs to be successful.

When I saw the trailer I was expecting like, yay, Large battles, and horses, and bows, and slaughter and stuff like that. Nicht.

The movie was horrible. I don't want to tell you how the story is, you will have a good sleep all by yourself.

Originally Posted by Cavalier

When I saw the trailer I was expecting like, yay, Large battles, and horses, and bows, and slaughter and stuff like that. Nicht.

The movie was horrible. I don't want to tell you how the story is, you will have a good sleep all by yourself.

Well, I enjoyed "Alexander" so perhaps it'll be right up my alley

Originally Posted by Prince_of_Macedon

Well, I enjoyed "Alexander" so perhaps it'll be right up my alley

Notince the "Nicht" in the end of my sentence. You will be very dissapointed by the battle.

Bytheway, Alexander rocked!

1) The final battle was awesome.
2) This is like the 3d or 4th thread about this film.

Originally Posted by Cavalier

Notince the "Nicht" in the end of my sentence. You will be very dissapointed by the battle.

Bytheway, Alexander rocked!

Yeah, I noticed it. And that was the whole point of my reply.

You see, most people hated "Alexander," but I was in the small minority of people who enjoyed it. Thus, I was taking the minority-stance in saying that I might actually enjoy "Mongol" since I also enjoyed "Alexander" (which most people denounced).

Anyway, glad you also liked "Alexander."

Originally Posted by Prince_of_Macedon

Well, I enjoyed "Alexander" so perhaps it'll be right up my alley

I also liked Alexander, especially the final cut version. (i think it was nearly 4 hours) But more depth is given to other characters.

I have seen the mongol already. I enjoyed it although there are a few historical accuracies. As others mention the inaccuracies of the clip of the battle alone.

Historically epic movies have a tough time with basically everybody. I speculate the normal theater going viewers would not enjoy such films and "history fanatics" cite historical inaccuracies. Producers and filmmakers try to make the movie appealing to the overall public but "history fanatics" dwell on historical inaccuracies. Making the success of a historically epic film doom from the start.

Edit: I remember reading somewhere ( i forgot where ) that this is the first film of a trilogy. The first film ended with Temujin attaining power over all the Mongolian tribes.

large horse battles is indeed what they showed in the trailer...

and thats something I've seen done in few movies, except old asian ones which failed to capture the epic feeling, most likely due to technology limits

looks really good, LotR style epic battles

I'll definitely dish out ten bucks or so to see it. Could be like Conan the Barbarian but with even more mongols and cool horse battles.

Well, I watched Mongol several months ago and it wasn't really bad (though the Russian dubs sounded funny on a Mongol background, at least to me). But I should note that the movie itself is not an epic war movie (the only great battle from the trailers is at the end of the movie), but more of a... Steppe adventure? It's more about Genghis Khan himself than about his fights and/or conquests. So if you prefer such types of movies and aren't simply expecting "large battles and lots of blood" through the whole of it, you might like it.

somehow those mangudai (?) reminds me of 300.

Thank god it will be released in my city, NYC. And it does remind me of 300

i saw a preview and it looks really good, unfortunately its a foreign film and it wont get the publicity it needs to be successful.

Always though that its silly because foreign films have done very well in the US in the past.

I think most people were expecting "Gladiator." In any case, I hope "Mongol" comes to DVD in the near future so that I can rate the movie for myself

I enjoyed Alexander very much, and I look very much forward to Mongol.

Whether or not large scale battles are a major aspect of the movie, doesn't make or break the movie for me. But I can understand that the trailer is supposed to give a taste of how the movie is, and that the taste given isn't representative. But no trailer has ever been representative.

Here's an interview with the director.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLhAcnV6d_E

Another interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNlaD11TJDg

I watched it few months ago. The movie is very good, but there is not too much depth to it, if you know what I mean.