i be probably not give this movie a fair shake and a i be unable to watch all of it . perhaps if i would see it in a theater and in it original presentation and i might have appreciate it and but it far too slow move for me . i read the book some 25 year ago and the detail of the plot have fade from memory . this do not help the film and a it something less than vivid and clear in it presentation of event . this be really four link film and or a film in four part and and be and i believe and intend to be see over four night in a theatrical presentation . i find part i to be enjoyable enough and but it be all i could do to sit through part ii and which drag interminably . read tolstoy philosophizing be one thing . if you get a good translation or can read it in the original and his brilliant write far outweigh any issue one might have with the pace of the story . on film and however and it hard to reproduce without be ponderous . i have other issue with the part of the film that i saw . it very splashy and with a lot of hey ma look at this camera work that call attention to itself and instead of serve to advance the story . clearly and i be miss something and but i just couldn not summon the enthusiasm to crank up part iii and iv .