Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
4/4
An Odyssey in its own right.
memento_mori - wrote on 07/28/2013
Doctor Zhivago is famous for two things. It is directed by David Lean and it is an extremely long film, spanning around four hours. So yeah, watch it when you have a lot of time on your hands.
Doctor Zhivago is a movie that blew me away when I first saw it and continues to blow me away. When my father said: We're going to watch a four hour movie, I wasn't looking forward to it. But after the four minute interlude, I was hooked. The runtime really flows by.
The characters, the story, the pacing, the locations, the conflicts, the perspectives; none of them can be fully explained without just showing you the movie.
Omar Sharif is worthy of an Oscar in his portrayal of a worried doctor, Yuri Zhivago.
The story of love and what his character chooses to endure are simply breathtaking. …
Rating of
4/4
A film that shows that Communism does not work.
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 12/08/2008
An epic with bleak scenery and a Dark story. This is incredibly well directed by David Lean since it truly looks cold and bleak there. I like how there really is never much color and when there is it soon leaves just like it does if there really only is winter and fall. The characters follow an interesting journey. I like the characters are developed with them all being very different. Here is a film that shows how bad Communism is and I am glad it just put there. I like the fact that the people think the communism is good at first before the revolution but how it is actually just worse. It shows that all communism did to make people equal was make them all equally unhappy. It shows the strive to get rid of all individuality no matter what.
