movies

[TimeForGuinness]

Throne of Blood is awesome

[Richie Allen]

Throne of Blood is awesome

Just taped on Turner a couple weeks ago and haven't seen yet. Can't wait to watch.

[The Third Man]

Throne of Blood is one of the few Kurosawas (I've seen, I think, 9 or 10) that left me underwhelmed. Though I haven't seen it in a long, long time. In fact I think it was the first film of his I saw.

[TimeForGuinness]

Throne of Blood is one of the few Kurosawas (I've seen, I think, 9 or 10) that left me underwhelmed. Though I haven't seen it in a long, long time. In fact I think it was the first film of his I saw.

I think he could have edited it better...there were a few traveling scenes that kept going on and on and on...like when they were in the fog. But overall, you can't mess with Mifune.

[TimeForGuinness]

Throne of Blood is awesome

Just taped on Turner a couple weeks ago and haven't seen yet. Can't wait to watch.

Yup, they had a Kurosawa/Mifune marathon...DVR'd the whole day and working through them. Rashomon is up next for me.

[The Third Man]

Mifune is cool, no doubt, but you know who's cooler? Tatsuya Nakadai. See Harakiri, it's the best samurai film I've seen other than Seven Samurai. Maaaan, oh man.

[The Third Man]

Kurosawa rankings - there's still a whooole lot more I need to see:

Masterpieces:
Seven Samurai
Ran = Rashomon
Yojimbo

Great:
Red Beard
Sanjuro

Really good:
High and Low
Ikiru

Decent:
Throne of Blood
Kagemusha

Meh:
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
The Most Beautiful

[JL21]

How I'd rank my Kurosawas:

Ikiru
Rashomon
Yojimbo/Sanjuro (kind of hard to split 'em up)
High and Low
Throne of Blood
Seven Samurai
Red Beard
The Bad Sleep Well
Hidden Fortress

Then there's a big batch of early stuff that's solid, but not as good as the others- Drunken Angel, The Idiot, Stray Dog, No Regrets for our Youth. And then the only Kurosawa I really didn't like was The Lower Depths

[Richie Allen]

Rashomon is the one that has underwhelmed me. I need to see it again, as it was only the second Kurosawa film I watched and it came immediately after Seven Samurai.

I like Sanjuro mainly because it's hilarious. Overall, though, I think I'd rank it a notch below Yojimbo.

I was surprised how much I like Ran. Didn't think color Kurosawa would do it for me but it's great.

[TimeForGuinness]

Mifune is cool, no doubt, but you know who's cooler? Tatsuya Nakadai. See Harakiri, it's the best samurai film I've seen other than Seven Samurai. Maaaan, oh man.

I think he was in Yojimbo?

I'll check it out...I'm working through Kurosawa this year, so it might have to wait a few months.