Actors: Sergei Bondarchuk, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Ludmila Savelyeva
Rating: 4 out of 10, Amazing film that is also one of the
most boring that I’ve ever seen. This was a gag gift from a good friend so I
had to watch it. Having to read subtitles while the Russian and French were spoken
was an added benefit. There were also
repeated and very long soaring shots into the sky which I’m guessing must mean something
to Russians (escape?). I’m not an astute enough movie goer to see all the craftsmanship
that apparently went into this. I know it’s revered in the official movie
critic world. It is so long. Okay, now that I’ve got that off my chest, the Napoleonic
War scenes were some of the best military action scenes I have ever seen There were
literally tens of thousands of extras, all flawlessly synchronized. You all
know the plot so I won’t recap the Pierre, Andrei, and Natasha triangle. I
guess if you claim to love movies you should see this but God, it was painful.
MVP:
Bondarchuk as the hapless Pierre (he also directed)
