Posted by Neil at term4-216-231-033-180.speakeasy.net on March 17, 2002 at 01:16:45:
In Reply to: That's a great movie. posted by Scott on March 16, 2002 at 22:11:25:
: But I like Yojimbo better, which was made about seven years after that, also by Akira Kurosawa. Another thing they have in common is that they were remade as westerns.
I love Kurosawa. THE SEVEN SAMURAI, RASHOMON, DRUNKEN ANGEL, THRONE OF BLOOD, IKIRU, HIGH & LOW, DERSU USALA, RED BEARD, KAGEMUSHU... all absolutely brilliant. Funny, poignant, truthful, rich, entertaining, damn near perfect.
I love "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett. Great pacing, kick ass storytelling and the Continental Op rocks.
I can't for the life of me care about YOJIMBO, except for a few moments of Toshiro Mifune being cool, there's just nothing much there. It just seems shallow and, well, long.