Anna Karenina
This is possibly the best romance story ever told. Many books and movies have wove some element of this story because it is so great. If you have read the book (many pages!) this movie stays very much true to the book. The book tells of the great beauty of Anna, so much so that everyone who sees her, are struck with that beauty. That's a tough act to follow, maybe Elizabeth Taylor could have pulled it off. The actoriss in this story is very talented, and she is beautiful, maybe not Anna Karenina beautiful, but IMHO her talent pulls it off. And sure, if you have never been in nuorotic crazy love, the movie may be lost on you. The filming and sets are well done, actors are excellent. Masterpice Theater always does a "master" job. I just finished reading Anna Karenina again (read it many years ago) when I heard there was a new movie released on it. I checked Amazon Prime to see if they had at least one of the old versions of "Anna", and found this. "Anna" has done many times, and I think...
Pretty good but still leaves some to be desired
This version fills in a lot more detail than others about the relationship between Anna and Vronsky, as well as the "mirror image" relationship of Kitty and Levin. Anna and Vronsky's relationship is portrayed in a very positive light throughout most of the film, so that I wound up feeling compassion rather than disgust for Anna - even though it is her own unwillingness to accept that her decisions have a cost that ultimately leads to her throwing herself under a train. It also portrayed her husband Karenin in a repulsive way, so that the compassion he really deserves is harder to feel.
Despite the masterfully protagonistic portrayal of Anna, her character is ultimately impossible to like or respect. She never says she's sorry except to manipulate a situation, and up to the end is oblivious to anyone's pain or sacrifice but her own. I do like Vronsky in almost every version, and in this one particularly he is portrayed as being clearly, sincerely, exclusively, permanently in...
Romantically Complicated
A love-hate involvement between an alluring Anna who is married and a very tempting Vronsky. Loaded with social dispute and things left unsaid.
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