Review of Taras Bulba (1962) by Chris W — 02 Jan 2010
Taras Bulba may deviate from the source material, and it may be Romeo and Juliet-esque, but it's more of an adventure movie than a romance. Yeah, there is romance, but guys can watch this and not feel emasculated.
Yul Brynner is awesome and chews up the scenery good as the lead character- a proud and die-hard Cossack who gets into it with his oldest son (a slightly out of place Tony Curtis) when he falls in love with a Polish woman- an enemy of the Cossack's.
The direction is pretty sharp and never slow, and the music is just terrific- it's an epic without an excessive running time. The costumes are cool, and the battle scenes (for the time AND in general) arepretty cool and well done.
The films is a little flawed, but still worth checking out.
This review of Taras Bulba (1962) was written by Chris W on 02 Jan 2010.
Taras Bulba has generally received positive reviews.
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