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Jax. Re: 7 Samurai.

Posted by Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit) Aug 11 '10, 13:26

just bail now.

I made it about 2hrs in and couldn't take anymore. Between Mifune's incessant cackling and the fact that nothing happens for whole swaths of the movie you're better off banging nails into your wanker.

And I love Kurosawa but man...that move is effin' more ponderous than anything Hitchcock ever did.

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I figure I'll watch it just so I can make an informed decision. - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:30 9
- I'll reluctantly admit that I hit the fast forward once or twice on it -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:31 8
  - I also have Rashomon in my queue. Is that any better? - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:34 7
    - imo, much -- nm - crash davis Aug 11, 13:37
    - love Rashomon. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 13:36 5
      - Though Mifune is no less scenery chewing. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:38 4
        
        I don't recall the cackling like in Seven Samurai. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 13:39 3
        
        maybe "no less" isn't right, but he's kind of hammy. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:41 2
        
        big time. he chews the scenery and finds it delicious. -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 13:49
        
        hammy I can deal with...shrieking cackles is another matter. - Mel Profit Aug 11, 13:44
I agree. that's why I like a lot of the recent chinese takes on the 7 Samurai. they get right to it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 13:30 2
- and while part of the original MTV Generation I'll gladly sit through 2+hrs of something. But not that. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 13:32 1
  - you and me both brother. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 13:39
Sturges gets to the point soooo much faster. -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 13:28 1
- I wanted to love it... - Mel Profit Aug 11, 13:31

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