{"id":481,"date":"2008-10-17T20:06:19","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T20:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/?p=481"},"modified":"2008-10-17T20:06:19","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T20:06:19","slug":"mongol-the-rise-to-power-of-genghis-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/10\/17\/mongol-the-rise-to-power-of-genghis-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mongol: The Rise To Power Of Genghis Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Mongol-Rise-Power-Genghis-Khan\/dp\/B0019GJ44W\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51jaQVr8Y6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg\" align=\"right\"\/><\/a>Finally got round to watching <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sergei_Bodrov\">Sergei Bodrov&#8217;s<\/a> visually stunning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Mongol-Rise-Power-Genghis-Khan\/dp\/B0019GJ44W\/\">Mongol &#8211; The Rise To Power Of Genghis Khan<\/a>. The movie is a sweeping epic that is rumored to be the first part of a trilogy that Bodrov is making about the Mongol ruler. In this film though Bodrov focuses on the life of the young Temudgin and his ascent to power.<\/p>\n<p>When his father is poisoned and his lands and posessions taken, Temudgin flees from his father&#8217;s rivals. He is saved by a young prince, Jamukha, and the two become blood brothers. Later that bond of friendship is tested, though, when the grown Temudgin wages a war, in violation of the Mongol code, to win back the captive wife Borte. As Temudgin asserts his own power, he must also face Jamukha in all-out battle if he is to secure the safety of his family.  The movie offers a unique look at the influence of love and loyalty to the life and times of one of history&#8217;s most renowned rulers.\n<\/p>\n<p>This film isn&#8217;t historically accurate and is very much a revisionist account of the early life of the enigmatic Genghis Khan. This fact didn&#8217;t make the movie any less captivating, or enjoyable. It is a gorgeously shot epic, with beautifully composed landscape shots punctuated by thundering hooves and bloody, slow-motion battle sequences.<\/p>\n<p>Definitly worth watching!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally got round to watching Sergei Bodrov&#8217;s visually stunning Mongol &#8211; The Rise To Power Of Genghis Khan. The movie is a sweeping epic that is rumored to be the first part of a trilogy that Bodrov is making about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/10\/17\/mongol-the-rise-to-power-of-genghis-khan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[157,401,382],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-history","tag-movie","tag-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}