Such an extraordinary screenplay! thanks to #tomstoppard one can experience a totally different version of Anna Karenina, a unique version.. yes, the screenplay is not the exact copy of the novel, but it creates its own version not sticking to the original one. however in some parts it might have been better to keep it a little traditional, maybe just to keep that tense darkness of the novel.and #joewright did an excellent job in this movie. that stream which makes you feel like watching a different kind of a musical.. it is really mesmerising !#keiraknightley is absolutely fascinating! the most identifying thing about Anna Karenina is those historical moments and #keiraknightley is really perfect in those scenes..#judelaw is also very good.. however I wish someone else played Vronsky, not because Aaron Taylor johnson is not good at acting, but he is not what novel makes one picture Kont Vronsky in his/her (at least my) mind.And I think #seamusmcgarvey should have won the award for the best achievement in cinematography.. at most of the scenes I felt like stopping and getting a screenshot just to keep that beautiful beautiful picture! that's pure art! Marvelous job!!

Leo Tolstoy's story of a Russian woman torn between a passionate extramarital lover and her comfortable life in a loveless marriage is interestingly turned into a filmed stage play here. If an odd artistic decision, it gives a nice, dreamlike quality to the material as the camera glides, floats and creeps about as the actors walk around stage to change set and location. Dario Marianelli's lively music score also often enlivens the film beyond the stage-bound setting and as workmen move up and down in synchrony, the film almost has the choreography of a big budget musical. No amount of audiovisual pizazz can, however, disguise how melodramatic the tale is in director Joe Wright's hands. The casting of Keira Knightley does not help either as she does little to render her character sympathetic and while Jude Law's subdued approach to playing her husband initially seems like a stroke of genius, his eliciting of few emotions after everything Knightley puts him through never quite feels right. In short, Anna feels less a victim of a repressive society and more of a victim of her own instability and an uncaring husband. As mentioned, the film looks and sounds magnificent enough that the potency of the story is not quite so important, but it is hard not to wonder what may have been here with more attention to characters/performance and less attention to audiovisual splendour.

I watched Anna Karenina when it came out in the cinemas, and it was, in my opinion, a masterpiece: it follows the love affair between the rebellious Anna and the dashing Vronsky and the hypocrisy that ensues; it was told in such a creative way: it reflects that life for Russian aristocratic was, in a way, like being on a stage. As always, Keira Knightley shined; her performance as Anna Karenina stunned me, and it left me emotional. She seems to shine the brightest in historical settings; she was the perfect Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice, and in Pirates of the Caribbean, she made Elizabeth Swan just as memorable.Overall, I love Anna Karenina; it surprised me, and it inspired me to read the book, which is, like, 800 or so pages long; I enjoyed that, too. I need to rewatch it at some point; it was a while that I saw it.

You would get this movie. I admit that I am biased because I have always loved the book. And I can't imagine what it might be like for someone who has no experience with the novel. Maybe they would like the story? But I found the change of scenes to really take away from the story line. It was overly artistic and inconveniently distracting. (This being an issue because I love the story so much.) I liked how free and open the outdoor scenes were. And I think the director actually did an honest job covering the story. I agree with the claustrophobic feeling and while I found myself suffering through it, I also wonder if the director wanted us to feel that way- to maybe connect ourselves to Anna's feelings? I hope it was on purpose. It was still horrible to suffer through though. I have to agree that the actor chosen as Vronsky was just a terrible choice. Yikes!! There didn't seem to be any real chemistry at all between them- oddly completely on his side. (Keira knightly seems to have really tried to add some feels- Whatever chemistry that was there was fully carried by her. (He honestly had more chemaitey with his horse. And with his male friends.) Keira knightly probably wasn't the perfect choice either. Although I love her when she is in the right roles for her. She can be wonderful on screen. And maybe if she had had chemistry with vronsky (his fault!) then.... Who knows. But girl to girl... No girl would like Vronsky anyway.. And she had to kiss that tweenager mustache so she is forgiven. For me, the story alone has enough drama to read and reread again and again throughout a persons life. . I wish the art of this movie had been in how well the story was told. And I wish it had been done in a more organic, simple manner. In summation: poorly cast and over worked. The writer and director did an honest job of attempting to keep the integrity of the story. Beautiful costumes. But I wish I had spent the evening steaming Downton Abbey instead of watching this.