kiwi-66 t1_j97te0r wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:32 PM

>I followed up on Potemkin with Alexander Nevsky and Ivan The Terrible. These 2 movies were, for the most part, laughably mediocre. Not good, not bad, just completely mediocre and forgettable. Nevsky had a lot of interesting moments. But Ivan The Terrible was completely forgettable. I saw it was even (rightly or wrongly) nominated for an entry in 'Fifty Worst Movies of All Time'.

You have to factor in that Stalin was in charge during this time. So Eisenstein didn't have as much creative freedom (regarding plot, character development, etc.) as he might have liked.

AChocolateHouse OP t1_j97uaky wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:38 PM

Well, people praise these movies and claim they're great. I can't go around offering handicaps for political environment. I felt like they were so wooden and lacking any true life. Nevsky was very interesting sometimes at least, but I stand by my opinion on Ivan.