Mongol.

I saw Mongol last night, which:

A) Demonstrated how dang easy it is to forget languages!

B) Made me happy because it's all in Mongol!

C) Was sort of accurate, sort of not.  Seriously, what was with all the swords? And the fur in summer?

D) Is apparently part one of a trilogy, which makes me happy because I'm way more interested in 1206 onward in many ways.  The most exciting part of the film was the last battle.  Genghis was a military genius and it is SO COOL to see his strategies on film.  Even if they somehow involve swords in the movie version.

E) Made me want to re-read the Secret History.

 

Secret History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chingis Khan (C & T Asian Culture Series) (C & T Asian
Secret History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chingis Khan (C & T Asian Culture Series) (C & T Asian

F) I will probably buy, even though it was pretty flawed.

 

 

Mongol Official Trailer

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Charlie 5-0
I liked that movie better when it was called "The Lion King."
writebrained
do you seriously speak mongolian? WOW. :-)
tara
I used to speak it well enough to get around. :) But it's hard to practice when you're the only person in many miles who speaks it, so I'm pretty rusty.
writebrained
my goodness. where on earth did you learn? oh wait, i can probably answer that.

but why were you in mongolia long enough to learn? better question.

:-)
tara
I studied there for a semester, so between the language classes and the immersion I learned quite a bit. : )

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