No. Ivan the Terrible, parts one and two, was one of Harry Medved's surprising choices for "Fifty Worst Films of All Time." He collected the following quotations:
"... a motionless motion picture. In some scenes only the slow movement of the eyeballs gives evidence of life." -- Virginia Wright, Los Angeles Daily News
"... over-long and ponderous." -- Variety
"... a series of dramatic tableux with rather choppy continuity and a minimum of subtlety in the characterization." -- Newsweek
"... demoded, primitive acting that combines the weighty drama of early opera with the first rushes of The Great Train Robbery." -- Shirley O'Hara, The New Republic
"... slow-paced to the point of discomfort. . . . The film appears to be more a curiosity than anything else, filled with plots rather than plot, done in a style that is supposedly monumental, and containing much rolling of eyes by leading Soviet actors." -- Saturday Review
And then a quotation from Sergei Eisenstein himself:
"I've missed my chance, I didn't die at the right time. What a monument you would have raised in my memory if I had died straight after The Battleship Potemkin! I've made a mess of my own biography!"
From: Harry Medved, "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way)," NY, 1978.
See also: Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) (1944) and Battleship Potemkin (1925) (1925).
"... a motionless motion picture. In some scenes only the slow movement of the eyeballs gives evidence of life." -- Virginia Wright, Los Angeles Daily News
"... over-long and ponderous." -- Variety
"... a series of dramatic tableux with rather choppy continuity and a minimum of subtlety in the characterization." -- Newsweek
"... demoded, primitive acting that combines the weighty drama of early opera with the first rushes of The Great Train Robbery." -- Shirley O'Hara, The New Republic
"... slow-paced to the point of discomfort. . . . The film appears to be more a curiosity than anything else, filled with plots rather than plot, done in a style that is supposedly monumental, and containing much rolling of eyes by leading Soviet actors." -- Saturday Review
And then a quotation from Sergei Eisenstein himself:
"I've missed my chance, I didn't die at the right time. What a monument you would have raised in my memory if I had died straight after The Battleship Potemkin! I've made a mess of my own biography!"
From: Harry Medved, "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way)," NY, 1978.
See also: Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) (1944) and Battleship Potemkin (1925) (1925).
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- How long is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot?1 hour and 28 minutes
- When was Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot released?November 24, 1959
- What is the IMDb rating of Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot?7.7 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot?Ivan the Terrible, Boyarina Efrosinia Staritskaya, Vladimir Andreyevich Staritsky, Malyuta Skuratov, Czar's Guard Aleksei Basmanov, Fyodor Basmanov, Novgorod's Archbishop Pimen, Archbishop Philip, and Prince Andrei Kurbsky
- What is the plot of Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot?As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
- How much did Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot earn at the worldwide box office?$1,660
- What is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot rated?Not Rated
- What genre is Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot?Biographical, Drama, Historical Drama, and Historical
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