Hmmm... I've never seen a waltz danced like this, quite unique, sensual and artistic...
I've seen Kiera Knightly as Lara in "Doctor Zhivago, and now as Anna in "Anna Karenina," --- and she always seems to me as if she's playing Elizabeth Swan. Jude law as Vronsky?... I like him as an actor, but his very English accent here is distracting me. This is supposed to be Russia.
I haven't read Leo Tolstoy's 800 page epic romance, "Anna Karenina," which I hear also has eight parts and a dozen main characters. Of course, it's set in Victorian times, but in Russia, where. like in most countries women didn't have many rights, if any, and arranged marriages were the way people lived, especially in the upper classes. Girls would. with very few exceptions, obediently marry whoever their families chose for them. Love matches were rare, and so people, being what they are, --- affairs, such as Anna's with Vronsky might not be that uncommon, no matter how scandalous it was to high society. However, Vronsky and Anna flaunted their affair brazenly and didn't care who knew about it.
This is how I imagine Anna looking, --- Michelle Dockery, much better, --- lovely, sophisticated, sensual, passionate.
And, much better as Vronsky, --- Santiago Cabrera.
An animated version of the plot, above.
The critics agreed, above, --- beautiful production. little to no substance in the acting, little to no chemistry between Kiera Knightly and Jude Law. One critic said he fell asleep during the movie. They all agreed that they didn't care what happened to Anna and Vronsky.
I watched the 2015 mini-series with Vittoria Puccini and Santiago Cabrera in the lead roles and thought it was well done.
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