ViewtifulJC
Banned
put Ran at #5 and you'd be good, fam
edit: out of context top of the page hours, smack that mothafuckin like button
edit: out of context top of the page hours, smack that mothafuckin like button
RANDOM RANKING TIME: Kurosawa edition
1. Seven Samurai
2. High and Low
3. Ikiru
4. Yojimbo
5. Rashomon
6. Throne of Blood
7. Kagemusha
8. Stray Dog
9. Sanjuro
10. Drunken Angel
these are my top ten. discuss.(I've only seen ten)
I feel like Throne of Blood might jump up a spot or two on a rewatch for me, been thinking about that movie a lot recently. The only thing better than watching a Kurosawa for the first time is rewatching a Kurosawa for the first time imo, all of the ones I've seen twice I've enjoyed even more the second time around.
wow he made a movie worse than Sanshiro Sugata Part 2? hard to believe
Some people might honestly disagree with me on that, but man I just found The Most Beautiful to be drawn out and pandering. It's essentially a war propaganda film.
Some people might honestly disagree with me on that, but man I just found The Most Beautiful to be drawn out and pandering. It's essentially a war propaganda film.
Check out The Bad Sleep Well. Top-tier Kurosawa imo and his second-best noir after High and Low.
Seven Samurai is great, but his films set in then-contemporary Japan were deeper and richer. I actually think both of the Kobayashi samurai films I've seen were the superior samurai period pieces, in that the acting was more naturalistic and the writing and ideas more cogent and subversive.
It feels odd to call The Magnificent Seven a remake. Yes, it's yet another adaptation of the Seven Samurai story, and it shares the name of a 1960 film that adapted the same story. Yet, it feels like a throwback picture in the basest sense. Absolutely no attempt is made to really modernize the story, except for adding more brutal violence than was allowed in the past. The cinematography and score (the latter partially thanks to the late James Horner) feel rather wonderful in their traditionally epic sense. Fuqua's direction is on point better than it has been in his last few films and Pizzolatto and Wenk's script fluctuates from serviceable to entertaining in a broad sense.
The acting is really fantastic. Washington commands the screen, as he should as the lead of the film. Pratt is very entertaining, and Hawke hams it up appropriately while elevating his character. D'Onorfio steals the show with his utter destruction of the scenery, although Sensmeier is a close second with fantastic presence. Bennett feels forced at points, but otherwise is decent. Sarsgaard is just okay, but he doesn't have nearly enough to work with.
The setpieces are really thrilling, with thankfully enough spacial awareness to allow them to really sing. The only issue with the film, and it's a big one, is that its throwback nature is, at points, offensive and, other points, just generic. That said, thanks to Fuqua's phenomenal direction and the great ensemble, The Magnificent Seven lives up to its title in the realm of blockbusters, and is still a good movie.
I heard about that Snowden ending lol.
Someone on letterboxd had a pretty good list of "Movies that star Joseph-Gordon Levitt where you could just easily watch the documentary instead." It's only 4 movies but still.
Thelma and Louise, fucking dying here.
Conan the Barbarian with commentary John Millus and Arnold.
I have been meaning to watch this for ages.
It made the film fly by, they were just joking around and probably drunk at the start. I recommend it. I need to watch more commentaries, think I am going to see if my Total Recall blu ray edition has one because apparently its hilarious.
it's not that funny tbh, sure they joke a bit but they mostly narrate what's going on on screen without putting in much enthusiasm, at least it's what I thought
ps I have the Mind-Bending Edition