Post by flawd on Mar 5, 2006 8:56:34 GMT -5
When it comes to movies, two genres always sucker me away from games and in front of the TV: comedy and japanese films.
I've seen a lot of Samurai movies, some even about modern-day samurai. But just recently I was able to watch the classic of all the samurai films, "The Seven Samurai."
This movie was everything positive I heard and more. The characters were not all unique as I tended to confuse the two that looked alike, but after one died that squared me up so I no longer confused the two. >.> (hope I didnt majorly spoil anything...)
Its about a small village whos getting harassed by mountain bandits while the japanese armies are out fighting in a civil war. The peasants hire seven samurai for nothing more than 3 meals a day to help them finish off the bandits once and for all.
Though I at first expected a Dynasty Warriors rush in, and slash til your victim count is 50 times your age, it was really a drawn out strategic conflict with both sides steadily growing weaker and then a final blaze for the decisive battle.
Bittersweet describes the ending perfectly. But IMO, thats just a slice of truth right there.
I've also watched a lot of Zatoichi's stuff, the Trilogy of Miyomoto Musashi, Sanjuro, and Yojimbo. As for the modern-day samurai stuff, I've watched Ghost Dog, The Last Samurai, eh.... forgot the others. They tend to be less memorable than the old school japanese samurai films for me.
I've seen a lot of Samurai movies, some even about modern-day samurai. But just recently I was able to watch the classic of all the samurai films, "The Seven Samurai."
This movie was everything positive I heard and more. The characters were not all unique as I tended to confuse the two that looked alike, but after one died that squared me up so I no longer confused the two. >.> (hope I didnt majorly spoil anything...)
Its about a small village whos getting harassed by mountain bandits while the japanese armies are out fighting in a civil war. The peasants hire seven samurai for nothing more than 3 meals a day to help them finish off the bandits once and for all.
Though I at first expected a Dynasty Warriors rush in, and slash til your victim count is 50 times your age, it was really a drawn out strategic conflict with both sides steadily growing weaker and then a final blaze for the decisive battle.
Bittersweet describes the ending perfectly. But IMO, thats just a slice of truth right there.
I've also watched a lot of Zatoichi's stuff, the Trilogy of Miyomoto Musashi, Sanjuro, and Yojimbo. As for the modern-day samurai stuff, I've watched Ghost Dog, The Last Samurai, eh.... forgot the others. They tend to be less memorable than the old school japanese samurai films for me.
lol not a bad thing, but a little variety would have been nice at that moment