Gogol. Our time What I saw in the movies... All! Everything I read about.
Honestly, I did not expect that they will make almost a complete film adaptation, and not “for motives”, as it was written in the credits.
High-quality production with a good scale + 90% accurate reproduction of the text of the story - dialogues, language, heroes, places of action, up to the time of day, etc. Yes, of course, there are a few episodes that are not in the book, but in my opinion, it helped the film. He added, so to speak.
Massage, in general, good, but there are, of course, shortcomings. For example, lazy work of the background, i.e. too noticeable, how weakly they “fight”. On the other hand, the foreground is high! I am glad that they showed several real Cossack methods of fighting and, in general, work with the saber looks good.
The most important disadvantage is the love of the operator to close-up plans of cuts, wounds, etc. A little stress these sharp jumps...
As for the ideological basis of the film, here – all the story. Fellowship, Brotherhood, Faith, Homeland, Russian Spirit and Force - no complaints.
Despite the above, the film is not for everyone. He is purely patriotic, cruel, hard to perceive (speech, etc.), tragic, and, in modern language, terribly politically incorrect ... if you, all this does not embarrass and does not scare, then watch this movie!
9 out of 10
Original