Podcasts - Anna Karenina - Audio Review

Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.

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39 Comments for 'Anna Karenina' - Audio Review

  • February 24, 2013 at 4:07 AM, said ...

    Haha Domhnall Gleeson who plays Levin actually did play one of Ron Weasley's brothers.

  • February 10, 2013 at 3:38 AM, said ...

    The performances and script just didn't express the depth and meaning of the novel. Once you get past the pretty visuals there isn't much there to grab onto. RENTAL - a pretty but dull adaptation of one of my favourite novels. 

  • Biz

    December 03, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Biz said ...

    From the trailers, this movie seems a lot like the Bolshoy Ballet version of "Anna Karenina" that toured around in the 1980's.  That would explain the theater type setting.

  • December 03, 2012 at 9:11 AM, isaac mejia said ...

    @John Henry Eden v2.0  No, it's really not.

    isaac mejia
  • Jon

    December 02, 2012 at 11:48 PM, Jon said ...

    omg, I take back what I said about RottenTomatoes' verdict and me wanting to see this.....I walked out of the theater after the middle, I fell asleep I had to leave cause this movie was losing me, I'm like enough people, stop laying your problems on me good acting and visuals aside this is one of the most droll, uninteresting films I've seen

  • December 02, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Lunatik said ...

    I had a Manager , and his name was Karenina, i didnt know how to say it so i called him Katrina.

    Lunatik

  • December 02, 2012 at 6:02 PM, said ...

    Once again, Jude Law plays his forever role of being "That British Guy"... In a Russian based film...

  • December 02, 2012 at 8:58 AM, said ...

    I hate the English pronunciation of "Karenina," its so annoying, would have been better to stick with Russian.

  • David Harkins

    December 02, 2012 at 3:28 AM, David Harkins said ...

    You have the name Karen, you have the name Nina.   Karen ends in the same sound as Nina starts.  KareNina.  That's how I was taught to say pronounce it growing up...

  • December 01, 2012 at 8:32 PM, said ...

    At 6:05 in the review, Korey says he could care less about the love story. That means he must care about it to some degree. I think you meant to say "Couldn't care less", which would imply your level of care is already at the minimum possible amount. 

  • Dr. Detfink

    December 01, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Dr. Detfink said ...

    Jude Law, embrace your hairline...

  • December 01, 2012 at 4:33 PM, said ...

    Correction:  Possibly Korey's F*ck yous.  I'm actually looking forward to the next Friedberg/Seltzer abomination just for his review alone.

  • December 01, 2012 at 4:31 PM, said ...

    I don't think there's anything better than CoHost with a negative review.

  • December 01, 2012 at 3:04 PM, said ...

    I always pronounced her name Anna Kareneena

  • December 01, 2012 at 5:52 AM, said ...

    so...the..fuck..what!

  • December 01, 2012 at 5:29 AM, said ...

    @Lionel 192

    Cooke was making a joke regarding the Co-Host's nationality. A quite clever joke, if I say so myself.

  • December 01, 2012 at 5:29 AM, said ...

    I love this review! ha ha!! This movie looks tedious, I wish Keira Knightley picked more interesting movies

  • December 01, 2012 at 5:28 AM, said ...

    Just a personal observations on accents: I always found Russian accents to sound thick as I do Italian accents, while Spanish, Portuguese (at least heard in Socom II) and German accents tend to have a harsh edge to them. French accents are probably the most delicate sounding accents to my ear while Irish accents sound melodious. As for British accents, they range from rough and thick to light and elequent. I don't know why filmmakers keep using British accents when doing Russian or French characters (like Hugo), but if the film and acting is good enough, it tends be forgotten as the film wears on. I do remember the television movie of Frankenstein where William Hurt pretty much had the only German accent in the Ingolstad scenes while everyone else spoke with a British accent and I wondered how that movie would have been if the other actors used Swiss and German accents instead of British ones. As for this movie, I'm intrigued to see what they've done with the sets and cinematography but would have loved to be excited to sit through the actual story.

  • MelinaPendulum

    December 01, 2012 at 5:17 AM, MelinaPendulum said ...

    Anna Karenina isn't supposed to be about a love story, a good woman or a good romance. The whole point is that Anna is a horrible person. I don't know why they marketed it as a love story ugh.

  • December 01, 2012 at 2:57 AM, said ...

    Co-Host, your description of this movie is how I feel about Prometheus... so I understand how a pretty movie can be terrible.

  • December 01, 2012 at 2:45 AM, said ...

    @Cooke What are you talking about, you moron?

    Do you have any idea how unbelievably stupid your comment is?

  • December 01, 2012 at 1:54 AM, said ...

    Booo Yahhhh!!!??!!!?!????

  • November 30, 2012 at 11:25 PM, said ...

    Couldn't disagree with you guys more. I saw this about a week ago and I was blown away. I was involved and in love with the movie and its story the entire way through. The only thing wrong with this is, as you said, Count Kick-Ass. Aaron Taylor-Johnson was SOOOO the wrong choice for this role and was wooden through 70% of this movie. Other than that, this is Best Picture material for me.

  • November 30, 2012 at 11:01 PM, said ...

    Clearly this movie fails if you came away feeling anything other than conflicted about each character. The beauty of the book certainly is in its nuance. I'm a bit torn to see this myself because I love the book so much.

    The best theatrical release of this for me will always be the Vivien Leigh version. They jettison the Levin thread and focus on Anna to great effect.  Vivien Leigh and Ralph Richardson give superb performances, and as a viewer you experience far more of the depth of character involved.

    But guys, could we please tone down on the slut shamming?  She only slept with two men in her life, calling her a slut and a c*@# is extreme and unfair.

  • November 30, 2012 at 10:44 PM, said ...

    I agree with Co-Host. Russian accents are nasty sounding, but they're not as nasty sounding as Hispanic accents.

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