Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)

One of my all time favorites.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is probably one of my favorite foreign films. Anything that can get relatively close to American film, I all for. I'm trying to get out there more, and get more knowledge from foreign films, but sometimes it's nice to see a film you may be used to. But that's besides the point. The film shows the "good" side of the famous Mongolian emperor, Genghis Khan. The film shows him growing up, and the struggles he went through to get to where he was. I do think that the film ended at a weird part though. It ended after the battle when Genghis Kahn faces and defeats his brother. There about 10 minutes afterwards of him living his life more or less, but I do think it would have cool to end it after he defeats the emperor who built the Great Wall. That's really my only gripe about the film.

The film was quit amazing. While historically inaccurate, it is probably the most authentic film about the mongols and Genghis. (Not in their steppe warfare for sure. for example there was much lack of Archery and some Warriors were not even mounted. i mean come on, on the great steppes, horses outnumber people by a lot) Many might say its pretty much a "good guy Genghis" Movie, because they learned about him as a savage and brutal barbarian. Its true he was quite ruthless, but ruthlessness alone wont grant you loyalty. For me this Genghis Version was not an unbelievable thing. This guy must had definitely some good merits to foster some amazing loyalty from his men. He was likely fair and noble and was a rather interesting guy to hang up. So I overly enjoyed the Movie as a really well made Film and welcome any Sequels. although I think it will be quite controversial if the Sequels show just carnage all over the place. it is somewhat not cool to gloriously slaughter people, as it will happen, if the sequels stay true to Greatest Khans legacy.

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.