Taras Bulba
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Movie Reviews of Taras Bulba
Movie Review: Taras Bulba
Summary: 3 Stars
I first saw this when I was ten years old. I was at home one day, sick with the flu, watching TV. This movie came on and I loved it! I fell in love with Tony Curtis, and I thought this movie was SO ROMANTIC! That beautiful music played over and over in my head for a long time! I was furious with Yul Brynner for shooting Tony!!! I was upset for weeks that Tony had to die like that! I watched it again the other day for the first time in forty years....All I can say is...in my defense, the first time I saw it, I was a silly, romantic kid, and obviously out of my head with fever or SOMETHING! The scenery in the film is wonderful...the music is lovely...But let's just say, it did not do for me what it did when I was ten!
I am glad I bought it, though, and watched it again...just to relive a little part of my childhood. I still like Tony! Say what you will about him...he WAS gorgeous!
Movie Review: One of the Better Early-60's Epics
Summary: 3 Stars
This film got lots of publicity when it came out; I even had a comic-book version of it. It has stood up to the test of time better than some, but still has some quaint aspects: no blood or gore in the vast battle scenes. Historical inaccuracies abound (what are the Polish nobles doing in an Orthodox church?), and the irony of a good Jewish boy like Tony Curtis playing a cossack shouldn't be missed.Movie Review: Anamorphic or Enhanced for Widescreen Televisions
Summary: 3 Stars
I cannot tell from the format information as to whether Taras Bulba which was released today is anamorphic or enhanced for widescreen. If it is not then I would recommend not buying it. If anyone has checked this out, please post a review indicating whether it is anamorphic. Thanks.Movie Review: MOVIE DELIVERY
Summary: 3 Stars
THE MOVIE WAS OK BUT WHY DID I PAY FOR EXPEDITED DELIVERY AND STILL HAVE THE PRODUCT LATE (AFTER FATHERS DAY) WHEN I COULD HAVE JUST LEFT IT AT THE LOW DELIVERY RATE AND RECIEVED IT AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME LENGTH OF TIME?? NOT REAL COST EFFECTIVE...Movie Review: Are you sure Gogol wrote this?!
Summary: 2 Stars
It's hard to believe this formulaic story was based on Nikolai Gogol's story. The writers took liberties to turn it into something Hollywoodlandish. And the producers went and hired an unimaginative director to shape it.
Russian-born Yul Brynner played (with his usual intensity) a Cossak detemined to fight off the Polish overlords. Tony Curtis (with his usual quiet style) played the eldest son who has divided loyalties since falling in love with a young beauty of Polish nobility (the winsome German actress Christine Kauffman who would marry Curtis -- and divorce him after about 3 or 4 years).
I found this pretty boring with the only relief provided by Christine's beauty -- however she has almost nothing to do.
The score by Franz Waxman received an Oscar nomination. The location shooting was on the "steppes" of Argentina.