Monday, January 7, 2013

Anna Karenina


Movie: Anna Karenina
Genre: drama
Synopsis: An adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s famous novel with the same title, set in Tsarist Russia of the late nineteenth century. Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley) is married a Russian aristocrat, Karenin (Jude Law).  Anna’s world is turned upside down when she falls for Count Oblonsky (Matthew Macfadyen).

My two cents: I am a big fan of Keira Knightley.  She and the directory, Joe Wright, had done two previous movies together: “Pride and Prejudice” and “Atonement”.  I liked both movies – Atonement is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time.  So – I went into Ann Karenina with high hopes – which were soon dashed.  Much of the movie seemed more like a play – but on hallucinogenics.  Maybe I was just not in the mood for something this weird – at least weird to my way of thinking.  In any case, I am sorry to say that I only lasted a little over an hour.  I just could not take it any longer.

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