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I'm watching WAR AND PEACE (1966) by Bondarchuk, and I feel like I'm not that invested in the characters?!
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I'm watching WAR AND PEACE (1966) by Bondarchuk, and I feel like I'm not that invested in the characters?!

The Criterion Collection·/u/Plus_Marsupial1445·4 months ago
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I have watched the first 2 parts so far, and I gotta say I'm mesmerized by the sheer scale and spectacle of the whole thing. The battle sequences and the ballroom one shots literally drop my jaw to the floor and never let it come back, but I don't know if I'm the only one, I feel like the film doesn't try that much to connect us with the characters? SPOILER ALERT from here on....I feel like certain things happen too easy too fast and I just don't feel them as cohesive. For example in the first part when Andrei's wife dies i don't really give a shit for it, because the film didn't spend so much time with her in the first place. And in part 2, even though the first half an hour is astonishing and I love the blooming romance of Andrei and Natasha on screen, it kinda feels wrong when she gets infatuated that fast by that Anatole guy?…

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