I have to say that this film did not capture my interest. It had too many open ends, such as that floating fireball. I was quite confused with the fireball that was floating around throughout the movie. I'm assuming that it is suppose to be the sun that goes around burning the people it follows, but from my point of view the only character it was after was Dmitri. I didn't really see the need for this fireball. It just made the movie more confusing. I'm not sure what they were thinking when they created that part for the movie. Also, what was did Sergei Petrovich Kotov do that made him so great? Yes he did save the peoples' wheat crops from being destroyed but they never said what he did during the Revolution that made anyone that saw him open their eyes wide and drop their jaw. I didn't get what was so great about him as a character. From what I got, he separated two people that loved one another and acted like a sweetheart to his daughter. I just didn't find him to be the greatest person. Does anyone know what he actually did? Also,
Overall, I think that the character I understood the most was Dmitri. At first I didn't really know where he came from but then the stories were told about him and he grew as a character. I found him most interesting. He seemed like he was the bad guy but toward Marrusia and Nadya he seemed very caring. I guess that could have all been part of an act too. I think he pretended Marrusia was his wife and Nadya was his daughter. Or he could have just been nice so that they would accept him into the house and not worry about what was happening to Kotov as they left the house in the end. I could definitely tell that he did not like the job he was doing. At the beginning we saw him empty his gun, put it to his head and pull the trigger. At the end he ends up killing himself by slitting his wrists like what Marrusia did when he left her and didn't write back. I wonder if he was thinking of her as he died slowly singing "Burnt by the Sun."
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Granted, we are not given very specific details on Kotov's accomplishments. But I think we are supposed to perceive him as having been a good and loyal soldier--and someone who genuinely (rather than cynically or cruelly) fought for Russia. He is referred to as a Hero of the Revolution (which implies that he fought valiantly in the Civil War). Much of Kotov's identity seems built on a love for Russia, regardless of whether she is Soviet or not. He defends the homeland more than he does a principle (or at least the two for him are very intertwined).
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