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Less enamoured of the society parts, which are a bit Russian Downton Abbey.
Nah.... Tolstoy wrote this as someone highly critical of his contemporaries. Julian Fellows creams his pants whenever he sees a signet ring.
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Tolstoy wrote this as someone highly critical of his contemporaries.
Up to a point and the Fellowes comparison is inaccurate, but it's all narrated from the PoV of patricians. Platon Karatev is the most prominent prole by far, most other non-nobs being background ciphers with brief appearances, and even he is entirely reported as observed by Pierre. It's not Downton Abbey but it never comes within shooting distance of Gosford Park. I just got tired of that perspective.
itsbruce
Battle scenes amazing. Less enamoured of the society parts, which are a bit Russian Downton Abbey. Russian Jane Austen if feeling more charitable.