Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea

I cannot remember seeing a better, more beautiful dvd....Acting suburb...photography, beyond improvement...story [as I know of the actual of Kahn] very close to actual history....each scene flows seamlessly into the next...can be the Historic "Date Movie" yes, she will llke it after being coxed or bribed into watching it because it is a great love story with sacrifice of ego and human understanding....there is nothing not to like about this dvd [unless you are one of those few movie reviewers who deliberately go against common opinion just to attract attention to themselves]. This is an Epic Production without a flaw. stands equally with "Rashomon" as Japan's greatest (this one is broad of scope while the other is a tight interplay of the three central characters)....everyone I show it to wants a copy for their collection [serious cinema people] in many ways it is a shame that the American movie going public d is denied seeing films like this because of some unknown hold the studios have, that forces the theater owners into accepting the junk we have every week..(with few exceptions). for those who thought of Mongolia as one never ending desert this will surprise them with views of green hills and liveable pastures...as they say " TV has never lived up to it potential for.educating" so "Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth" does its bit in raising the level of expectations. of the movie going public ,,,if they can ever have the chance to see it. Buy it because it is a family dvd, showing what standing by the family [clan or country]means,... your kids will be better for watching it with you.

Unlike "Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan", which is boring, unimaginative and slow-moving, this movie is majestic and glorious and its choice of colours is excellent. I enjoy every part of it, both as a spectator and as a martial artist. If there is a secret to Genghis Khan's ability, it is his humanity and willingness to learn from his mistakes. Sir Karl Popper, the great philosopher would have been proud of him for, he believes that progress proceeds by way of "Conjectures and Refutations" (this is the title of his masterpiece). There are plenty of examples in the movie that illustrate this greatness of Genghis Khan but because of the exigency of space, I will restrict myself to two. Firstly, when he defeated the lady warrior, he did not take advantage of her as most male warriors of his time would. Instead, he listened patiently to her explanations and then explained that he did not regard women as the spoils of war. Instead, he offerred her a position as one of his warriors. Secondly, when he realised that Joshi was really sick and that he gave instructions to his commanders not to let the enemy know about his predicament and not to worry his father, Genghis Khan's heart immediately melt. In fact, after uniting the Mongols, he used Joshi's ring to release the arrow which will determine his next conquest. Just a slight criticism if I may. The blurb says that Genghis Khan is "one of history's great rulers". In fact, he is history's greatest ruler. Unlike Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, he has never been defeated. He also conquered more land than these two generals. Thus, I feel that this story needs a sequel. It stopped after Genghis Khan united all the Mongols under his banner. But even given this slight misgiving, this is still a fantastic movie. I highly recommend it to all fans of Genghis Khan.

This kind of reminded me of the movie about Alexander the Great with Richard Burton.They both covered the formative years, quitting just before their title characters were launched into legend.It seemed to lay the foundation for a later movie about all the stuff we know Genghis Khan for. It was good, there just wasn't enough of it.

Great video quality, everything as advertised. Thanks,

I am usually very generous with my ratings , maybe I am just getting frustrated waiting for a movie worthy of Genghis Khan!!! I realize this movie was made in an effort to humanize the legendary Warlord but it didn't even do that great a job at that! Other than mentioning that Genghis Khan was very open & tolerant of peoples religious belief's that lived under his rule the movie did nothing to show the huge advances in culture he brought to the Mongol people's! I guess I would rather see the Chinese make a Genghis Khan movie. As far as humanizing him & the Mongol people's & staying true to history this may be difficult. These people's of the plains practiced head boarding & sported some rather unique hair styles atop there cone shaped heads! To the European peoples they were strange & terrifying in appearance to say the least. Genghis Khan earned that title by conquering more of the known world than Alexander the Great & not only did Genghis Khan unite the Hun's but a wide variety of peoples living on the Russian steeps. He defeated heavily armored Calvary with the use of the lasso, Bow & Bolo's. When I see movies like "Red Cliff" & "The Warlord's" & imagine the Huns going up against the Sarmatian Knights & Tar Tars, Avars, Alan's & all the way up into Europe absorbing the Iberian Celtic peoples into his army I can envision a vividly colorful & widely varying armor & peoples in his massive army. As well as plenty of interesting strategic battles!!! Genghis Khan lived & died in the saddle & as he marched a crossed the known world kicking butt they could have flashed back to his family & peoples showing how they were benefiting from the cultural knowledge he was sending back to his peoples, not many people realize how much the Mongol's benefited under Genghis Khans reign. To show the huge variety of people's that were absorbed into his army would have been visually stunning & the true events of his life would have made a super action packed movie!!! Some day some one will do this right & the results will be one of the top 10 movies of all time! But this isn't it! If done right the first time you see the Huns on the screen they should seem like monster's & by the end of the movie when the aged Warrior king falls dead from his horse it should bring a tear to your eye! Because Genghis Khan was no more a monster to his people than Alexander the Great was to his. And in the free spirited way of the Hun's he brought them as much culture to his people as Alexander tried to give the rest of the world.