Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

bettycjung 3/16/18. This movie was ok, from an entertainment standpoint, great scenery, battles and costumes. Story could have used some editing so it would flow better. For example, there's no explanation how the baby Jochi is an adolescent the very next scene. This happens several times so that the viewer is never sure of when things are happening.

pasany Before I saw the Japanese letters I thought it's a Hollywood movie, its characteristic is so Hollywoodish: perceptibly big budget, nice effects, and baaad script. The movie has pretty nice battle scenes and costumes, but probably that's all positive in it. While watching it I kept feeling it's not how steppe people behave, and sometimes I felt it's not like any people behave. Many scenes were overacted and/or corny. Gengishes character was quite different than the real life Gengish probably was. And the movies atmosphere was killed by the totally inappropriate music. That bugged me the most, they constantly used those customary corny symphonic tones we usually hear in the love scenes in Hollywood films! The finishing stroke was the end title music, which was some pop song! For a movie like this they should have used some Central Asian music! Only that would fit.I try to cite some real wtf moments (SPOILERS HERE!): (I think the whole childhood part could be cited, it's the worst part of the movie. I'm not sure if the young actors were bad or the script or both, but that part got really screwed!) When Gengish goes with his father go to look for a wife, there is a kinda stupid conversation between them in which the father mentions the blue wolf, as if the 14 years old boy haven't heard about that before. It's clear that he actually tells it to the audience, not to his son, but then why must he tell it?! They use a narrator, why doesn't she tells it instead? That would sound much less stupid!When Gengish meets Börte, they just stand near each other, and the writers couldn't give them any intelligent lines!Then comes Börtes friend, Jamuka (or how it's written), he just meets Genghis, they speak a very few words to each other, and they go for an archery contest right away. (Of course Gengish wins, with exceptional accuracy.)After the contest they vow eternal friendship. (Remember, they know each other for no longer than an hour!!!)As they vow, Jamuka explains to Genghis (actually to the audience again) what this friendship means, as if he didn't know! Again, why couldn't they use the narrator for the explanation, this makes Genghis look like a complete idiot!1-2 days later a messenger comes with bad news, and instead of telling them right away, he says "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" for minutes. And when he finally tells, Genghis acts like a total moron again!One time he is too coward to pull out his sword and fight his enemy. He runs away, than returns and kills his enemy when he sleeps. I'm not sure, maybe this was his true personality, but then why do they suggest differently other times? And if they want to picture him as a positive hero, then why didn't they make him win in a sword-fight? (All the above-mentioned scenes are from the childhood part!!!)In the whole movie people sit (or stand) not in front of, but next to each other (and in front of the camera). It's so unreal!When he captures Jamuka (after bloody fights, where even he almost got killed), he offers him to be his right hand, but Jamuka turns it down and asks Gengish to choke him with his own hands. Gengish does this only after a long hesitation (and Jamukas body don't twitch a single time when he is chocked!). Common who buys this bullshit?!When his son dies, Gengish overacts his role so much, I almost turned the player off right away!There is a very stupid conversation at the end between Genghis and his bodyguard: she asks him why does he continue the conquests, when he managed to unify the Mongol tribes. He says that wherever he gets, borders are washed away, this makes flourish the trade, life will be richer, and ultimately, there will be peace! This is a lie from the mouth of any conquer, but especially bullshit from such a ruthless one as him! Yeah, thriving trade and richer life, when most people of the conquered towns are slaughtered mercilessly, and the rest are enslaved!The movie ends as he orders a cavalry assault against the Great Wall. Cavalry assault against a fort!!! Like that they would have never conquered China!Every tribe had uniforms! In the 12-13th century! That's not very realistic is it? But actually this is forgivable, because like that it's easy to make difference between the units in the battle scenes. It's still unreal tough.Well, there are much more, but these came to my mind now. And I think it's enough to see why is this movie a failure.

Lea I was a bit disappointed with the film, I had an impression as if I watched some kind of samurai film, sorry about that :-) Secondly, Mongolians look a bit differently.I mean their physical constitution, face colour; clothes should be adopted to harsh continental climate.Yurts were with wheels on. OK :-) actually who cares of these petty things, that's fine. I liked the music- really nice. What I couldn't understand- you could clearly see the makeup on women. Sorry, but that's really out of place- women in Mongolia were not geishas. They should have worked more seriously as it is a historical character and consulted with Mongolians.

Harry T. Yung The summary line is not meant to be judgmental, just a statement of an impression."Blue wolf", referring to the legendary origin of the blood line of great Mongolian leaders, is a biographical account of Genghis Khan, filmed by Japan. It is quite in interesting that three movies set in Mongolia or about Mongolian that I watched within a month are shot in three different languages: this one in Japanese, "Tuya de hun shi" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949564/usercomments-2) in Chinese and "Hyazgar" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0969276/usercomments-2) in Mongolian (as well as Korean).When I say "biographical account", it refers not only to the content, but also the presentation. The story is told in a very simple manner, as voice over from Temujin's (the name Genghis Khan is known by during the first 99% of the movie) mother (WAKAMURA Mayumi), starting from before his birth, and she appears right through the movie to the end when he becomes the Khan of the entire Mongolian empire. The makeup team has done a good job in transforming her from a beautiful young bride, through the various stages of the story, into a still graceful looking old lady.The story is told from an interesting angle: how Temujin's life is shaped by three women closest to him – his mother, as mentioned, his wife (KIKUKAWA Rei) and Kulan, his Amazon-warrior-cum-bodyguard-cum-lover (rising young Korean idol Ara). Woven into the main theme of Temujin's story is the lamentation of the general fate of Mongolian women during that time of endless fights among nomadic tribes, turning them into loots for the victors. They were, according to the story, not invariably ravaged and enslaved. Some were well-treated and taken as wives, as Temujin's mother and, later on, his own wife. But that results in doubts of whether he was the true offspring from his father's line, and the same doubt later arose with his own son. It was through their heroic action, as the story goes, that prove that they carried the true blood of the "Blue wolf".While the three women all had their roles in Temujin's life, the two most affecting intimate story lines are those with his son whom he doubted, and with his boyhood buddy who later became his strongest rival for power. There are some beautiful shots of the splendor of Mongolia. The battle scenes demonstrate thoughtful planning and execution, from some 50 soldiers at Temujin's humble origin to the colossal army at the height of his power (aided by CGI). SORIMACHI Takashi, known to his TV fans best as a rebellious youth and an unorthodox young school teacher, carries well the role of Genghis Khan from early manhood to the height of his power.