Yes this is the movie you've heard is the greatest since sliced bread, Kurosawa's finest and miles better than the pseudo American remake known as Fistful of Dollars.
Any samurai fanboys will be infuriated, but this is not a great movie. Infact it's surprisingly equal to Fistful of Dollars. They're both based on the same novel(and Leone obviously was inspired by Yojimbo), and share many similiar shots, but both work seperatly since they're in different worlds. The biggest advantage Fistful of Dollars has over Yojimbo is that it's much more plausible that a gunslinger can take out several at one time, than a samurai chopping people down like they're kindergarten kids.
Before you launch into a furious tirade, this IS a good movie, but it doesn't deserve the praise it gets. Compared to Kurosawa's finer pictures such as Ran or 7 Samurai it falls short by a long shot. Nothing about the movie really excells. Toshirô Mifune does a good job as the samurai, but then again so did Clint Eastwood. Enjoy this film at your own leisure, but don't expect a masterpiece.
One thing however is certain, it's miles better than the Bruce Willis remake Last man standing.
Rating(out of 10)
4 comments:
FUCK YOU
That is the movie poster of Sanjuro... You obviously know what your talking about.
Ah, silly mistake on my part. I just picture googled yojimbo without double checking. At least it was in the same series.
As for arkhanelas, does it hurt that not everyone is an extreme asianophile? I did actually like the film.
I got a nice Peterson jersey from sport-jerseys.biz.
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