History / Taras Bulba - the movie [115]

Hey guys,
I will be relocating to Krakow, Poland, so I've decided to check out this forum. I am new.

I watched this movie yesterday online. It's free on
megafilm.kz
It is in Russian though, so you will need to speak Russian to understand it.

My overrall impression is somewhat negative. The actors are very good, scenery is excellent and battle scenes are very well made.

Having said all of that, it did start with the whole "Holy, Russian land, holy orthodox faith" theme and the theme kept getting louder and louder throughout the movie. I've read the Taras Bulba novel, since it was mandatory in high school, and I don't remember the phrase "Holy Russian" in there being used so much.

So, I definitely felt it got very redundant and annoying towards the end.

Other than that, I think it's one of the better Russian movies I've seen lately.

P.S.
1. Gogol rocks, I love him.
2. Gogol certainly was Ukrainian, but he nonetheless is a great Russian writer since he wrote in Russian and mainly about Russia.