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Genghis the Nice? During Movie's Era He Was
The line about Genghis being depicted in the movie as too nice cracked me up - until I got to thinking about the cutoff point for the movie, 1206. Until that point, Genghis had focused his conquests on tribal ''cousins'' occupying the surrounding Steppe - they might have been different tribes, but culturally and often linguistically, they weren't ...
Posted to Movies by darkhorse08817 on June 9, 2008
So, Mongol the Terrible, Greek the Great, eh?
I wasn't expecting western accolades for Genghis Khan in any case, but the tone of the article was surprising. It was oozing sarcasm. Is it so surprising that Mongols hold their leader in great esteem? I would love to see Greeks go ''Wasn't that guy Alexander from Macedonia terrible to all those people?'' Yeah, I know this is just another movie ...
Posted to Movies by Max Power on June 8, 2008
Genghis Khan
Why should Genghis Khan be pictured as a murderous, merciless, plundering, savage? He is a folk hero to the creators of the movie! Do you expect Mexicans to portray Pancho Villa as a murderous, merciless, plundering, savage? Why? He was a Robin Hood-type to poor Mexican families of the time (being the reason of his popularity among most of the ...
Posted to Movies by sultan_azteca on June 6, 2008