Kapetan Mihalis (2023) User Reviews

Freedom and Death

[jhknicola · 7/10 · 26 December 2023]

One of the best Greek movies of the last 5 years. The protagonist fully captures the ideals of freedom, love, patriotism, and internal struggle. The only black spot is the fight choreography of two scenes but the acting blurs it out completely. The imagery also gives justice to its theme of love and struggle. The depiction of violence is also done really well and in a way that hasnt been seen in many years. A side character of a teacher also appears as a black spot but later changes his ways. To sum up, I believe that everyone who loves Kazantzakis' works and ethics needs to watch this movie at once.

So bad that it was good

[fadsman · 3/10 · 20 January 2024]

There is little good in this movie. The only goods things I can say about it are the costumes and the scenery. However, the acting is laughable, the fight scenes are horrid, and the movie tries to take it's self too seriously. For example, in one fight scene, a man's testicles are stabbed (only blood is shown) and in the next scene, he says with the most serious face that you can imagine; "I have lost my manhood". And if I recall correctly, there were one, or two jokes in the movie that are just not funny at all.

The actors are also not that good, and the dialogue is just bad, I mean, if two characters were in an argument, one person would say their thing, then there will be a short pause, and the other one will then speak with such passion. Never had a character been naturally interrupted. The ending also just seemed like it tried to make a statement about something but it did not really.

The story however, is based on a pretty good book, so I am just disappointed that a better movie was not made.