War of Letters

For now watched half of Season 1, the story so far is with literally 3 hol'i'wood crap script decisions - one of them is too much 'almost hard love scenes'. Camera, scenes, scenery, clothes, atmosphere, rhythm - it is exceptional clutched as one movie. Usually there are 1-2 starting very good episodes, and then starts the 'filling', but here - every episode is ~55min (not just the first one!!) and every one of them have 0 wasted time in them. There is no even single waste scene! I definitely would change 2 more aspects - the dreams scenes and the overall 'causality'. By the time was is the mightiest court, and they present it too casual, too profanic, too much 'right now' which is impossible for tzar/emperor dynasty ... such people have always one eye in the future (in the classic books), but here they act more like midlevel managers. If you meet 'strange' moments - they are connected to something further in the series. No idea how is the book, I did read the interview with the authoress, and she said that the movie have the general direction by the book, but it is not 1:1. I sincerely believe the amount of NPCs is just right, as in this time the whole army was ~30k people, so for me it is normal the court to be about dozen people etc. They have horses, and the actors are riding them very calmly and naturally looking. When thew swing swords the movements are super OK, and not hol'i'wooded (or chinesed) at all. They don't use dumb special crap ... and yet there are special effects here and there. Some characters are unbalanced, purely scripter decision, but also they are consistent, so ok.

Every now and again, a certain show or film emerges and captures the interest of the general public. One of those shows - if not the show is War of Letters

After binge watching the series twice I truly learned to appreciate the subtle details inexplicably place throughout the series. It 100% provided a medium that could defy viewers' expectations due to the phenomenal acting, cinematic sequences and stellar soundtrack.

War of Letters combines traditional aspect of storytelling while staying true to the original source material. Something often challenging to achieve at such scale.

It leaves ample space to the imagination allowing viewers to take time to fully absorb the content while simultaneously forcing viewers to ask for more.

The direction offers an intriguing and captivating plot which is enhanced by the engaging performance of the lead characters especially Varbanov's performance as Bayan. The raw emotional and psychological portrayal is thrillingly felt as the story and characters develop each episode.

The conceptual depth of the story leaves room for future development and viewers are ultimately left wanting more.

I would recommend as 100% binge worthy.

It's worth seeing the action scenes and get in the mood. Perfect screenplay that aims to pay homage to old-fashioned craftsmanship and skill. The interest in the story is entirely the work of the stars. Demonstrating once again that there are few limits to the talent of an actor or actress. Who inhabits the fragile, spiteful contradiction of the story with such fierce dedication that it brings out the best in the actors around him..!? Although there are scenes of harrowing emotional openness and spontaneous charm, largely due to the degree of calculation evident in the plot and imagery, it undermines efforts to move and seduce..!?

The War of Letters is one of my favorite books by the writer Lyudmila Filipova, unfortunately in the movie the conversations between the characters in the movie are in a rather modern language and even worse is that in some scenes it is difficult to understand what they are saying. The sad thing about the whole picture is that it very accurately shows how much we value the Bulgarian language our days. The greatness of the so-called Bulgarian army is nowhere to be seen in the frame, some scenes look like they were filmed in the same place. I understand that having a larger number of people (soldiers) depends on the budget of the film, but in such a case, in my opinion, it is better not to shoot at all than to have 5-10 people walking around in the mass scenes.

I personally don't like the book. It was too boring for me, to fictional..This tv show is easy to watch; however, I think that it is very difficult to write the script and the story. History, hypotheses, facts, and stories are decomposed and reassembled into something that is possible. Possible and very interesting scenario. Maybe this is the truth, maybe it is a dream from the future, maybe you will take a little time to watch it... It is about the magic of the Bulgarian lands, the beauty of the Slavic people, and the teaching power of Bulgarians united in a great story. The story of Letters will persuade you...