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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 4:53:35 GMT
A magnificent, breathtaking love story set against the backdrop of war and revolution in Russia, the production values are astonishing, the cinematography glorious, outstanding cast, while not quite at the level of Lawrence of Arabia, it is over 3 hours long and never boring, Julie Christie in the film looks so much like Peter O'Toole in LOA they could be brother and sister 9/10
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Post by movielover on Jan 25, 2020 6:13:02 GMT
7/10
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Post by truecristian on Jan 25, 2020 9:40:08 GMT
A magnificent, breathtaking love story set against the backdrop of war and revolution in Russia, the production values are astonishing, the cinematography glorious, outstanding cast, while not quite at the level of Lawrence of Arabia, it is over 3 hours long and never boring, Julie Christie in the film looks so much like Peter O'Toole in LOA they could be brother and sister 9/10 An atrocious mutilation of the novel's spirit and liberal anti American movie This movie has absolutely nothing in common with the original novel, neither in meaning, the mood nor the philosophy of it. Pasternak's novel is almost like a poem and historical document combined into one, written about what it felt like to be in the middle of the biggest social change ever to be befall a human being, with events almost too large to comprehend. It is not a perfect work, but it is nothing if not complex, deep, heartfelt and fascinating. By comparison, the movie is so completely disconnected from any topic of the novel, it's not even a caricature - it's a completely unrelated comic-book melodramatic story set in some fictional country on a fictional planet with balalaikas hanging on the walls as decorations (oh the hilarity of it!). So OK, big deal, it's not based on the original book, so who cares? Well, if it had any merit in other departments, other than melodramatic one, I wouldn't mind so much. But for anyone who knows anything about Russia, watching this movie without laughter is impossible. The clichés (both historical, cultural and political) are so primitive and thick, you can slice them with a chain-saw.
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Post by sjg on Jan 25, 2020 11:17:34 GMT
6/10
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Post by politicidal on Jan 25, 2020 13:21:03 GMT
8/10. An impressively mounted romantic epic. The second half is not quite as good as the first section. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie are great. The setting lends itself to both beautiful and haunting imagery.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 15:26:28 GMT
A magnificent, breathtaking love story set against the backdrop of war and revolution in Russia, the production values are astonishing, the cinematography glorious, outstanding cast, while not quite at the level of Lawrence of Arabia, it is over 3 hours long and never boring, Julie Christie in the film looks so much like Peter O'Toole in LOA they could be brother and sister 9/10 An atrocious mutilation of the novel's spirit and liberal anti American movie This movie has absolutely nothing in common with the original novel, neither in meaning, the mood nor the philosophy of it. Pasternak's novel is almost like a poem and historical document combined into one, written about what it felt like to be in the middle of the biggest social change ever to be befall a human being, with events almost too large to comprehend. It is not a perfect work, but it is nothing if not complex, deep, heartfelt and fascinating. By comparison, the movie is so completely disconnected from any topic of the novel, it's not even a caricature - it's a completely unrelated comic-book melodramatic story set in some fictional country on a fictional planet with balalaikas hanging on the walls as decorations (oh the hilarity of it!). So OK, big deal, it's not based on the original book, so who cares? Well, if it had any merit in other departments, other than melodramatic one, I wouldn't mind so much. But for anyone who knows anything about Russia, watching this movie without laughter is impossible. The clichés (both historical, cultural and political) are so primitive and thick, you can slice them with a chain-saw. I don't really care about how it compares to the novel.
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Post by rudeboy on Jan 28, 2020 4:57:02 GMT
Handsomely mounted, beautifully shot but SUCH a bore.
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Post by llanwydd on Jan 28, 2020 5:46:59 GMT
I gave it a 10. By far the best film of 1965.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 28, 2020 19:15:52 GMT
8/10
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 29, 2020 17:57:55 GMT
9/10. Although the movie is too long, Omar Sharif and Julie Christie gave really good performances. Freddie Young's cinematography and the musical score from Maurice Jarre are some of the best of what cinema has to offer.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 29, 2020 18:07:56 GMT
9/10
Personally i think the lengt of the movie is perfect.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jan 1, 2021 23:07:36 GMT
3/10
Dr. Zhiv-howlongago did I press Play? Couldn't even make it to the end of Part One. Perhaps it picks up in the second half, but just did not engage me at all.
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Post by Eλευθερί on Feb 27, 2021 7:07:09 GMT
9/10. Although the movie is too long, Omar Sharif and Julie Christie gave really good performances. Freddie Young's cinematography and the musical score from Maurice Jarre are some of the best of what cinema has to offer. Agree with the second half of that quote (about good performances, cinematography, and score).
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Post by Eλευθερί on Feb 27, 2021 7:28:43 GMT
Outstanding visuals and lush score.
Good performances by Christie, Sharif, Steiger.
The contrast between Steiger in The Pawnbroker (1964), this (1965), and In the Heat of the Night (1967)—my god! That man could act!
Really bad performance by Alec Guinness. So wooden. Didn't seem like a real person at all.
Way, way, way too long. And boring in the first half. I almost bailed out.
One can't help but wonder to what degree the adulation for this film & the novel was a reflection of Cold War politics.
6/10
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