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wtf... kinda crazy... kinda silly... kinda wanna watch it...

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the japanese are weird...

learned about this term on 30 rock of all places

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just got back from japan yesterday.

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what a disappointing movie. :(

i had high hopes as this movie is based on one of my favorite comic series - lone wolf and cub. i rented it - and started watching it when to my joy the intro of the movie was familiar to me. i had heard it in Kill Bill part 2 when Uma's character and her daughter watches a movie... it's this movie.

so with gleeful content i watched, only to be utterly disappointed. first the main character choice... it was just hard for me to believe a fat-ish guy with a double chin to be a bad ass samuria, plus the movie seemed more like a compilation of fight scenes from another movie / show. the story arc was poor - if you can even find it and they butchered the characters.

they made the final villian the shogun who happened to be a wizard??!?!?! WTF?

avoid it... avoid it at all cost. read the comic series instead.

this is just.... so sad.

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that's just ... i have no words.

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saw this yesterday - another great flick! made in 1964 - black and white and also from the "Criterion Collection" - it's writer also wrote "Rashomon."

what can i say about this movie - it's a great story. again - shocked that it was made in 1962 - but i guess a good movie stands the test of time. it's a great story of a ronin - once a samurai down on his luck - coming to a diamyo's house to ask to use his courtyard to perform 'harakiri' - which is basically the ritualistic act of cutting one's stomack horizontally then vertically (thus the dvd cover graphic).

apparently a lot of ronins who are masterless and unable to make a living try this to get money from the various houses. so the daimyo has a plan... which turns out badly for our lovely ronin... one year later another ronin appears asking for the same thing - stating he is from the same former house as the ronin from a year ago... stories are told... things are exposed... i don't want to give too much away - but it's a great story which unfolds.

i watched some of the extras in this movie and found out this was the first 'anti-samurai' movie. meaning samurai are suppose to act a certain way - all samurai movies uses these as their main themes and measure of it's hero. the story here distroys this concept. the director / writer was raved by the critics for this theme of the movie. if you're anti-authority you'll love this movie. if you love good stories - you'll love this movie.

trust me - it's good. (warning - it is a bit long) but it's a good story. it'll suck you in.

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