Thursday, July 28, 2016

War and Peace

We started to watch this mini-serie, War and Peace. Well, if I must say, my opinion is not so high. I mean, we just started and I didn't watch it entirely, but it's not so high. Of course, I like it, not very much, but maybe that will happen later. Well it's about the war. France against Russia and Austria. The major characters:
Lily James plays in it! I think that is one of the reasons my sister lent it from the library. Lily James is her favourite actress, you know. She is one of my favourite too. Well, Lily James plays Natasha Rostova, a young Russian girl who seeks her true love. She finds her ''true love'', Andrei  Bolkonsky. So, she will become Natasha Bolkonsky. If it goes as I expect, and she marries him. I don't know yet.
This is the above-spoken-of Andrei Bolkonsky. I think he was a little bit mean against his previous wife, Lise. He had a wife, but she died having a child. I think that happens. Or she died of illness. I really don't know. I haven't watched that part, because I was drawing(yes, I draw. Pretty much). I liked his wife. She was really sad and cry-ish when he went off to fight in the war.
I don't like Pierre Bezukhov. He is dull and doesn't keep his word. He is sooooo boring. That are the most boring parts in War and Peace, when he is around. Nothing further to say about him(this is not one of the persons I like and do not have to tell much about).


Well, for the rest, it is okay. There are a few(well, pretty much, actually) kissing scenes. And one time, you see some flashbacks not nice to look at. But after all, it is BBC. And you don't see that much kissing, or bloody fight scenes. On the DVD stands that it is from 16 years and older, but on the sites stands it's 12 years and older...take the one you wish. I have to watch it further(I am going to watch it further), so I can consider to change my opinion.
Oh, something I forgot, Natasha Rostova is sometimes called Natalja, which is quite confusing sometimes, and she likes to dance.






3 comments:

  1. You need to see the mini-series all the way through to understand what's going on and who Natasha really ends up with. I love War & Peace and thought it was beautifully made, but it's definitely something that needs to be watched from beginning to end.

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  2. Yes, we only have one episode to watch.
    I do not like War and Peace that much to say that it is one of my all time favourite, but I like it.
    Yes, well I cannot say that I have watched it from beginngin to end. I watched the beginning, stopped to watch it somewhere in quart, and later on I started to watch it again. So very fickle!

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    1. War and Peace is definitely a lot to take in. When my mom and I watched the first episode we found it rather boring and mundane, but then afterwards that's when the story sped up.

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