Movie Review
The film about Genghis Khan is made by BBC. The film starts with a small party welcoming a new-born deep in the heart of Asia. The new-born turns out to be Genghis Kahn. The movie narration points out that the child used to be born clutching a clot of blood which is a sign that he was destined to be a notable warrior, and he was to become a legend in his life. The film further brings out a more exciting character of Genghis Khan apart from what he has been viewed to as the reincarnation of evil.
A historical biopic with a literary source, the epic tale of Genghis Khan's formative years of uniting the fielding tribes of Mongolia and transforming them into a powerful nation is also recorded. Genghis Khan forms a disciplined army with revolutionary tactics.
Eventually, the army moves ahead and gets on to some blood-spraying combat when taking over Beijing, a city in Northern China surrounded by a wall 12 meters high and 30 kilometers long, and behind the wall is one of the world's most advanced armies. Hailed as a master tactician, Genghis Khan leads his army to victory and ultimately takes control of the most protected city. Being a ruthless leader of the Mongols, his tactics and sovereignty over the vast empire, Genghis Khan ruled the largest empire ever known to man.
The film then flashes back to 1170 in Mongolia when a tyro-tyrant young boy named Temudjin, who would become Genghis Khan, rides on a horse back home only to find his father has been fatally poisoned by a rival tribe. At only nine years-old, Temudjin is still a cute and cuddly child but the news he receives gives him the title of Khan. Ten years later, his wife is abducted and Temudjin turns to his childhood friend, Jabuka, who helps him reclaim his wife and eliminate one of the great Mongol tribes when he is barely twenty years of age.
With its numerous plot twists and a colourful cast, the movie serves as great entertainment. The actors used, the army soldiers appear in an ancient army outfit using horses, arrows, and spears at the battlefield. The gorgeous action scenes and the impressive dialogue hold the audience's attention and keep them on the edges of their seats. Genghis Khan BBC 1/5 is creative, exciting, as well as dark and well worth a few minutes of your time.
The Forbidden City
Situated at the core of Beijing, the capital of China, the Forbidden City is an enormous division of glazed roof tiles painted yellow and the walls red in color. China.Org.Cn points out that the city has a width of 753 meters and a length of 961 meters and comprises palace compounds in excess of 90. Consequently, the palace compounds comprise of 98 buildings walled or rather hemmed in by a moat as wide as 52 meters. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the city was home to the servants, families, as well as the 24 emperors after its completion in 1420. For over 500 years, the Forbidden City was the political and ritual center of China. The Forbidden City stands for the culmination of the influences of Chinese architectural development and advancement of classical East Asian and Chinese architecture.
Works Cited
"Genghis Khan BBC 1/5". Youtube, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgYYUZGNSO8.
"Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang". China.Org.Cn, 2017, http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/74855.htm.
"The Birth of Modern China". Condensedchina.Com, 2017, http://condensedchina.com/china4.html.
