Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

This 2007 film is rated R and runs 125 minutes

This was and is one of my favorite movies of all time. So kick off my new posts as a Featured Contributor with it. No spoilers here unless they know something about history or have looked at it. Yes, many people have seen this movie, but if you are among the few who haven’t seen it, I strongly encourage you to find out. It is also now available on Netflix Streaming and in many libraries. [I can’t begin to tell you how well I spent a mere nine dollars a month on Netflix Streaming. This is the luxury of a weak and inept writer, that I would rather live without myself, bear five sorrows all winter, and lie under a fan all summer than to be without.] But I digress.

Mongol short love stories is nothing but for all its war and violence; perhaps that is why I enjoyed it so much. It is a man’s film, a woman’s film and certainly not a child’s film, although two boys, two boys, a boy and a girl from different towns; betrothed

As for the film’s historical accuracy, it stays true to the main historical points of Khan’s time, but also like so many films I find appealing, veers into the realm of creative genius.

And thinking about it, I believe that this is my favorite genre, works based on history as true facts, as much as possible with a great creative mind filling in the notebooks to make it not only informative but also, entertaining. In this case I’m talking about writer-director Sergei Bodrov, Academy Award-nominated for this epic film and trilogy, which is based on the life of I give it six stars out of five. You will rarely see this rating from me.

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