Mongol:The Movie

I went to see the movie "Mongol" today. It is excellent. Surprisingly, it is a love story. For me, it was "Behind every great man is a great woman". I especially liked the way shamans and Buddhist monks were depicted. The way they were shown reminded me a little of the lady shaman in "10,000 BC. However, the Seer tradition was alive then just as it is alive now in Asia and throughout the world. In the movie, Khan's loyalty to his wife and her loyalty to him was remarkable for that era. The culture of the time was depicted in such a way that wives seemed to be chattel and nothing else. By chattel I mean property. The fact that Genghis Khan saw his wife as his equal and a partner to be loved and honored no matter what and likewise for her, made this movie and story a truly remarkable one. One gets the feeling from the story that the two actually were fated for one another to make a better Mongolia and Asia. However, where legend begins and reality leaves off it is hard to say. However, the attention to detail in this movie I found remarkable. So, even though it was subtitled, one was listening to the movie, in Mongolian, and so one felt transported to that era and that time completely.