Russia - Land of the Tsars
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Movie Reviews of Russia - Land of the Tsars
Movie Review: Please oh please turn down the music!
Summary: 3 Stars
That, sadly, is what stood out in my mind the most as far as quality goes. The "background" music plays very loudly, and the narrator, at times, speaks rather softly in comparison. There are no subtitles to help you along, so I often had to put up with blaring (and oddly techno) music in order to hear the narration.The makers obviously love their historical reenactments, which is all well and good, most of the time. However, they do tend to reuse items repeatedly, and not always in the right places. A painting of Ivan the Terrible holding his son's body is also used to represent Peter the Great torturing his victims. A painting of a mother holding a baby is said to show the births of both Ivan the Terrible, and Peter the Great's first son. And so on, in several more instances. Well, which is it?
While the documentaries had nothing new to say to me (because I've done extensive reading on the Romanov dynasty), it is a good introduction to Russian history. The A&E Biographies of Ivan, Peter, and Rasputin were also well done. Let's say, 3.5 stars.
Movie Review: Great script -- terrible film
Summary: 3 Stars
I loved the history presented in this movie. However, I became very tired of the repeated scenes (like the blood flowing on the stone floor or the horse running on the beach of the rivers) over and over again. It became laughable at times. The creators decided to save money by using the same footage repeatedly -- even if hundreds of years had passed. Heck, couldn't they have at least presented a different angle?If you going to make a movie -- do it right.
Movie Review: Vaguely interesting and nothing new for Romanov buffs
Summary: 2 Stars
Alas, yet another attempt at the Hitler Channel for making something not about Nazi Germany! And it failed. Although the score was nice, pretty much everything else was not. They did not interview historians--a lot of these people wrote those stupid "royal scandal" books, hardly anything to research about! I was disappointed with the repeat footage and the chapter on the tsar I know most about, Nicholas II, was entirely boring and full of no new information and the rehashed "he was an idiot, his wife was a hysterical lunatic" story was told; as for someone who has gone to Stanford University to research the last of the tsars, I was quite annoyed. The other thing that annoyed me was the change of names...Alexis and Alexei: make up your mind (I prefer Alexei)! The whole Cyrillic thing going on to make it more "Russian" was obnoxious. Needless to say, I taped over this with something much better, figure skating, and I think I'm glad I did.Movie Review: History Channel could have and should have done better.
Summary: 1 Stars
Very disappointing documentary!!! Found many many inaccuracies though out. Very one sided in it's view of a very complicated history. I purchased from the History Channel for early delivery before it aired, assuming because it was the History Channel it would be a magnificient piece. Visually pleasing but the producers needed to get Real historians and Real researchers.Save your money!!!
Movie Review: And the bolchevik propaganda continues
Summary: 1 Stars
This documentary is filled with bocheviks lies to reinforce the mantras against the imperial Russia. It was a religion war to destroy christianity and culture and to rob the russians. This is still going on. Those thoughts are wrong. Wake up!