When watching this film, I noticed how much God and the Church were referred to. I wouldn't say that religion was portrayed in a positive light because it seemed to me that the Church was extremely wealthy and didn't contribute money to where it was needed.
The acting style compared to what I've originally seen by Eisenstein was funny at first, but as I continued to watch it I realized that it made everything so dramatic and serious. Movements seem to be overdone, but it adds to the atmosphere and you can't not understand what's going on. His play on shadows I thought was well done. (The scene when Ivan sends one of his men to give some kind of token to Queen Elizabeth, was one that stuck out in my mind.)
As a leader, Ivan's ideas are smart and sensible. In order to become unified and strong, the foreigners need to be driven out and all the peoples and separate states brought together under one ruler, instead of many; That seems realistic and inevitable. I view Ivan as a positive influence in this film. As I said, he isn't crazy in his ideals and beliefs, he does what is necessary (for instance, bringing them to war for a good reason), and he doesn't seem like a corrupt or evil man (example: even though on his death bed he asks for his men to swear themselves to the true heir and they turn their backs on him in silence, he doesn't execute them all after his miraculous recovery, which is something I would have done when everyone is plotting against you.)
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