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Tayna Chingis Khaana (2009)
What a load of (you get it)
This is maybe my second or third review and I only write them if I am very excited or so dissapointed I need to write my frustrations down and warn others. This movie is definitely the second... I bought the blu-ray, because Genghis Kahn, how could that be terrible? Already from the start I was like, what the hell is this? I mean, take some liberty in writing to make it appeal to the audience, but they definitely killed the movie already in the intro. The dialogues are painfully bad and the acting is even worse. I can't even describe it how bad it is. It was such a waste of money and time.
If you like history and wanted to see the movie because it has Genghis Kahn, then please consider Mongol over this one. Mongol might not be 100% correct and surely dramatized, but it tells the story of Temujin better and more interesting.
Barbarossa (2009)
Even as an Italian you shouldn't like this movie
This is my first review. Why? Because normally I don't say much about movies, just discuss them with friends. But this movie was so painful to watch, I just have to warn people!
I love history and watch a lot of movies that cover a lot of different era's of the worlds (war) history. If you love history as much as I do, don't watch this movie, as it is really, really bad (couldn't believe this movies rating is above 4! too high for this movie).
The only decent actor is Rutger Hauer and I have no idea why he agreed to do this movie (must have been a promise to a friend or a lot of money). All other actors, especially the "protagonist", are really painful to watch.
Besides that, apart from being based on a historical event, it is very inaccurate (some people stated this before). That doesn't have to be bad as long as the entertaining value is there (look at Braveheart & Kingdom of Heaven for examples; those movies are highly inaccurate, but very entertaining).
This movie is also the perfect example that "love stories" are more a burden on a movie than added value. It was not convincing at all and sounded too forced. If this is what Italy has to offer, then please, stop making movies!