Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)

Undescribable Perfection

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Unlike many historical films, having an interest in the subject area is not needed at all to enjoy and appreciate this movie. The visuals, stunning scenery and action alone in 'Mongol' make it a beautiful film to watch.The story of Genghis Khan is fascinating and I thought it was presented very well in the film. There was more emphasis on the actual story than the action and special effects, which is what I prefer. The action itself was impressive but not overdone, as it so often is, which was also a pleasant change.'Mongol' is a very well made and visually stunning film that can be understood and enjoyed by all.

This is one hella great epic movie. Great art of photography indeed, the scenery of the landscape grabs the audience attention on the visible beauty of the Mongolian plains. Their culture and language were as if purify.This film is the finest film of the century. It even reveals great values such as loyalty, trustworthy, code of honor. Although Borte was raped or the child not belong to Temudjin – he treated them as his without any biases.Temudjin portrays more of his kindness and generosity than barbarism nor tyranny. He treated his people and warriors with compassionate and equal. Yet all of this were shown in the film before the closing scene states that he finally what the world all knew him as the Great Khan conqueror: Genghis Khan!

MONGOL is a biographic drama about the early life of TEMUDJIN (here played by the actor Tadanobu Asano), from his childhood to the point he becomes Genghis Khan, the great leader of all Mongols. This movie focuses essentially in the hard life he had as a child and before he becomes a Khan, and also the way he achieved this major status of the great leader, who united all the nomad Mongol tribes. The film ends at the point he's preparing to conquer other territories.This movie has a wonderful photography/cinematography. The beautiful shots of the Mongolian steppes are truly amazing and the way directing work is done is also great. Some camera angles, details, and combination of the images and sounds in some specific scenes are really outstanding. The soundtrack is also great by the way. Production and acting are very good too. After watch the movie I didn't get surprised by the Academy Oscar nomination as "Best Foreign Language Film of the Year" in 2008 at all!

The Historical Epic is a disappearing staple from Hollywood, but many of them are still made in other parts of the world where it is probably a good deal cheaper to do so--Mongol is a perfect example, a grand, sweeping biographical tale about the development of a leader--this time set in Mongolia in the 12th Century.The scenery in Mongol is incredibly varied and beautiful and the battle scenes, when they come, are stark and brutal, but the main focus here is the development of the main character from childhood to maturity.Tadanobu Asano captures the quiet tenacity of a young man whose loyalties are to a way of life he chooses to defend: he picks out a wife when he is 9 years old (she later claims she chose him), and remains faithful to his idea of family and home no matter what the exterior challenges--it's a humane film about a violent time, charged with mythic resonance and incredible scope.