War and Peace

Everyone is unhappy with Bolkonsky, and I spit on Anatole Kuragin so much. That's where the fierce miscast is. A heartbreaker? Seriously??? With that alcoholic boyfriend face???

Of Tolstoy's heroines, the only one that infuriates me more than Natasha is Karenina. I couldn't understand that act either then or now. Should I trade Bolkonsky for Kuragin? How?! For me, almost all of his main characters are illogical hysterics, capable of experiencing only passion, but not love. He mostly attributed it to his upbringing and environment, but I think they're just brainless and shallow.
And I also don't like Bolkonsky enough, Norton is great in this role.

The visual component, again, is excellent. All the moments with nature, all the shots with landscapes.. Snow, alleys, fields.. Well, it's very picturesque.
And what a touching moment of the meeting (and the subsequent communication) Natasha and Prince Andrew. I don't even want to slander Norton, as usual)
By the way, I thought that Bolkonsky's meeting with the oak tree would be omitted. But they didn't, which pleasantly surprised me. Basically, they go through all the main points in the book. Of course, they don't go into details. But it's understandable, 6 episodes after all, you won't get too far.
Okay, a point. Fast, but atmospheric. Everything was so majestic: the costumes, the furnishings. And it was beautifully shot, to be sure.
I'm already silent about Pierre, because everyone has long understood that Paul Dano is wonderful here :)
Many thanks to the BBC for the aesthetic pleasure. Truth.

"I was told that her brother Anatole was in love with her, and she was in love with him, that there was a whole story and that Anatole was sent away from this."
Of course, there were no hints of incest.

"Anatole went to her to borrow money from her and kissed her bare shoulders.
She didn't give him money, but she let him kiss her."

And there are no hints here either.

I like it when Pierre turns on a guy. One minute he almost nailed his wife with a marble table top, the next he almost cracked her brother's skull with a statuette. Marya is wonderful, I really like her costumes in every episode. Natasha's seduction was beautifully filmed, and Anatole seemed attractive. I know how it's going to end, but I'm still looking forward to it.