Many people will claim this movie is utter garbage because it's budget was 6 billion HUF which is roughly 18 million dollars, and that the movie makers stole most of the budget, or that this is a blatant misinterpretation of histrory and government propaganda.
Now I implore everyone curious about the movie to watch it with an open mind. Yes we will all have opinions on the budget or the government really pushing this one as the big hungarian blockbuster and best movie ever, which it's obviously isn't.
The cast is solid, although some of the actors playing the young revolutionaries were a bit over the top for me. This is especially true for the protagonist Petofi, who is a bit shallow but nobody is unenjoyable and the interections between him and the side charachters was the best part of the movie for me. On the antagonist side the perfomrances are better, the Meyer-Farkasch interections are top notch, and there is even a bit of development for some of the antagonists.
The action scenes are serviceable, some of the cuts were weird but not distracting. The music is really, really good, giving each scene the impact it deserves, the lighting, VFX and set dresssing all come together to really try and pull you into the scenes.
Now this movie isn't accurate to history and this isn't a problem I think. This wasn't claiming to be the most spot on historical movie, this was a movie inspired by history (like Metal Gear Solid or Assassin's Creed)but had it's on spin on the events and I think it's a neat idea to tell a story like this.
Overall this isn't a great movie but it isn't a terrible one either. If you are interested in history go ahead and watch it, form your own opinions and do not listen to either of the herd mentalities.
Now I implore everyone curious about the movie to watch it with an open mind. Yes we will all have opinions on the budget or the government really pushing this one as the big hungarian blockbuster and best movie ever, which it's obviously isn't.
The cast is solid, although some of the actors playing the young revolutionaries were a bit over the top for me. This is especially true for the protagonist Petofi, who is a bit shallow but nobody is unenjoyable and the interections between him and the side charachters was the best part of the movie for me. On the antagonist side the perfomrances are better, the Meyer-Farkasch interections are top notch, and there is even a bit of development for some of the antagonists.
The action scenes are serviceable, some of the cuts were weird but not distracting. The music is really, really good, giving each scene the impact it deserves, the lighting, VFX and set dresssing all come together to really try and pull you into the scenes.
Now this movie isn't accurate to history and this isn't a problem I think. This wasn't claiming to be the most spot on historical movie, this was a movie inspired by history (like Metal Gear Solid or Assassin's Creed)but had it's on spin on the events and I think it's a neat idea to tell a story like this.
Overall this isn't a great movie but it isn't a terrible one either. If you are interested in history go ahead and watch it, form your own opinions and do not listen to either of the herd mentalities.