Review of War & Peace

I first watched this a decade ago when I was in my early twenties and just finished another run through and am still in love with this. If I cite Hopkins as one of my favorite actors - it's because if his role in this. But it's every actor that brings their best to this work and yes, you could argue that one or two of the female characters were miscast a bit but I personally think they did a great job given the age development and technology limitations of the time. Astounding is what they did during the battle scenes. Huge and immersive and real, it is quite easy to get swept along with Andrei and find yourself all of a sudden lost in a blue sky..