I'm not really a classic film person, I'd like to be one but I watch most of my films on DVD and I don't see very many classics being sold. Sci fi classics are a little easier to get a hold of so I tend to watch those.
Citizen Kane is good, and totally worth watching, but I never feel like I want to watch it now that I have.
12 Angry Men however, is great and I would be in a weird mood if I didn't want to watch it.
Highlander is hard to place, I want to say it's like bottom of the barrel terrible, but I am aware of Highlander 2. So I guess it is as bad as a movie can be without being any sort of sequel to Highlander.
Highlander could really use a remake. It's a great premise that suffered from low budget 80s action movie production. Also bring back Sean Connor, I don't think he's ages so it's perfect.
Highlander could really use a remake. It's a great premise that suffered from low budget 80s action movie production. Also bring back Sean Connor, I don't think he's ages so it's perfect.
Sean Connor, John Connor's alternate universe younger brother?
Highlander could really use a remake. It's a great premise that suffered from low budget 80s action movie production. Also bring back Sean Connor, I don't think he's ages so it's perfect.
Sean Connor, John Connor's alternate universe younger brother?
I watch Casablanca several times a year
I've seen Citizen Kane once, and I recognize what a milestone it is and how important it is to the history of film, but I never want to see it again
12 angry men becomes even more amazing when you consider that it was shot almost entirely in one room, over a very short period of time, with an ensemble cast, it makes you feel for characters that don't even get names until the last two minutes of the film, and it doesn't feel dated at all despite its age
But we can never have a Samurai Jack movie because Aku, the Shape-Shifting Master of Evil, has no voice.
I mean, I love Mako as much as the next guy (I even watched his last live action role, a stinker called Rise Blood Hunter), but I'm sure someone else could do Aku, the Shape-Shifting Master of Darkness who Unleashed an Unspeakable Evil.
Wrong ethnicity, I know (do eternal demonic metamorphs have an ethnicity, really?), but I kinda want to hear Benedict Wong's take on Aku after witnessing him as Kublai Khan in Marco Polo.
I've only seen Seven Samurai, but Kurosawa's movies seem surprisingly watchable even now
If you told me I would watch a 3 and a half hour black and white movie that is entirely in Japanese from 60 years ago and really really enjoy it I would never believe you because I'm a real dummy with no attention span whatsoever
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I always assume he's looking really old or sick or something.
I mean, I can't remember the last time I've actually seen him in public.
I've only seen Seven Samurai, but Kurosawa's movies seem surprisingly watchable even now
If you told me I would watch a 3 and a half hour black and white movie that is entirely in Japanese from 60 years ago and really really enjoy it I would never believe you because I'm a real dummy with no attention span whatsoever
I fucking love his movies. Check out Throne of Blood and Rashomon if you haven't. They don't reach the same super highs as Seven Samurai (in my opinion of course) but they're beautiful and high energy and just great all around.
And of course there's Yojimbo. It kinda fails a little today, because there are bits that are meant to be funny or something and they just fall deathly flat, but the bits where our protagonist is a bad ass is the fucking bed rock all bad asses are carved from.
I've only seen Seven Samurai, but Kurosawa's movies seem surprisingly watchable even now
If you told me I would watch a 3 and a half hour black and white movie that is entirely in Japanese from 60 years ago and really really enjoy it I would never believe you because I'm a real dummy with no attention span whatsoever
I fucking love his movies. Check out Throne of Blood and Rashomon if you haven't. They don't reach the same super highs as Seven Samurai (in my opinion of course) but they're beautiful and high energy and just great all around.
And of course there's Yojimbo. It kinda fails a little today, because there are bits that are meant to be funny or something and they just fall deathly flat, but the bits where our protagonist is a bad ass is the fucking bed rock all bad asses are carved from.
But we can never have a Samurai Jack movie because Aku, the Shape-Shifting Master of Evil, has no voice.
I mean, I love Mako as much as the next guy (I even watched his last live action role, a stinker called Rise Blood Hunter), but I'm sure someone else could do Aku, the Shape-Shifting Master of Darkness who Unleashed an Unspeakable Evil.
Wrong ethnicity, I know (do eternal demonic metamorphs have an ethnicity, really?), but I kinda want to hear Benedict Wong's take on Aku after witnessing him as Kublai Khan in Marco Polo.
You're probably right, I've gone "No one can ever do this again" a bunch of times and been pleasantly surprised all over the place.
And frankly, the writing for Aku was so good, I'd jump at the chance to line a bunch of character actors up and just let 'em have at it.
Citizen Kane was so dark I could barely see what was going on throughout the entire film. I was also super bored, because I don't really care about a wealthy industrialist who feels regret over his lost childhood.
So I understand that it Changed Everything and is a super important movie, but it's really not for me.
I will watch me the hell out of some 12 Angry Men or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington though. Which I haven't in a long while, I should fix that.
I've only seen Seven Samurai, but Kurosawa's movies seem surprisingly watchable even now
If you told me I would watch a 3 and a half hour black and white movie that is entirely in Japanese from 60 years ago and really really enjoy it I would never believe you because I'm a real dummy with no attention span whatsoever
I fucking love his movies. Check out Throne of Blood and Rashomon if you haven't. They don't reach the same super highs as Seven Samurai (in my opinion of course) but they're beautiful and high energy and just great all around.
And of course there's Yojimbo. It kinda fails a little today, because there are bits that are meant to be funny or something and they just fall deathly flat, but the bits where our protagonist is a bad ass is the fucking bed rock all bad asses are carved from.
I've only seen Seven Samurai, but Kurosawa's movies seem surprisingly watchable even now
If you told me I would watch a 3 and a half hour black and white movie that is entirely in Japanese from 60 years ago and really really enjoy it I would never believe you because I'm a real dummy with no attention span whatsoever
rashomon is like the procedural cop drama
it established the entire genre
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Akira Kurosawa is on or possibly above the level of Hitchcock or Leone.
But we can never have a Samurai Jack movie because Aku, the Shape-Shifting Master of Evil, has no voice.
I mean, I love Mako as much as the next guy (I even watched his last live action role, a stinker called Rise Blood Hunter), but I'm sure someone else could do Aku, the Shape-Shifting Master of Darkness who Unleashed an Unspeakable Evil.
Wrong ethnicity, I know (do eternal demonic metamorphs have an ethnicity, really?), but I kinda want to hear Benedict Wong's take on Aku after witnessing him as Kublai Khan in Marco Polo.
You're probably right, I've gone "No one can ever do this again" a bunch of times and been pleasantly surprised all over the place.
And frankly, the writing for Aku was so good, I'd jump at the chance to line a bunch of character actors up and just let 'em have at it.
Mako, though.
Especially with voice actors
like there are people who stepped into the shoes of popeye and porky pig, which are incredibly difficult voices
I'm sure someone could and they could do it tastefully
One of my favorite parts of having a Hulu Plus subscription (or a login for one anyway) is they have the entire Criterion collection available. Still a bunch of Kurosawas I haven't gotten to but that's how I watched Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Rashomon, re-watched Seven Samurai, all fantastic.
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it is masterpiece of film-making and one of the finest films ever created for a number of reasons
but
I just cannot watch it again
I'm not really a classic film person, I'd like to be one but I watch most of my films on DVD and I don't see very many classics being sold. Sci fi classics are a little easier to get a hold of so I tend to watch those.
12 Angry Men however, is great and I would be in a weird mood if I didn't want to watch it.
Highlander is hard to place, I want to say it's like bottom of the barrel terrible, but I am aware of Highlander 2. So I guess it is as bad as a movie can be without being any sort of sequel to Highlander.
Feelings are weird.
Sean Connor, John Connor's alternate universe younger brother?
No. Wait. The opposite of that.
what is the opposite of comparing citizen kane and highlander
Sean Connery
I'm blaming auto correct on that one.
I've seen Citizen Kane once, and I recognize what a milestone it is and how important it is to the history of film, but I never want to see it again
This one I've got, being born of course.
fuck that movie so good
Yeah, that's a fun little movie right there.
Make 'em laugh, right?
Have you seen the JGL live performance of that on SNL? Incredible.
Why I fear the ocean.
I mean, I love Mako as much as the next guy (I even watched his last live action role, a stinker called Rise Blood Hunter), but I'm sure someone else could do Aku, the Shape-Shifting Master of Darkness who Unleashed an Unspeakable Evil.
Wrong ethnicity, I know (do eternal demonic metamorphs have an ethnicity, really?), but I kinda want to hear Benedict Wong's take on Aku after witnessing him as Kublai Khan in Marco Polo.
Got a link? I've not heard of this
If you told me I would watch a 3 and a half hour black and white movie that is entirely in Japanese from 60 years ago and really really enjoy it I would never believe you because I'm a real dummy with no attention span whatsoever
I mean, I can't remember the last time I've actually seen him in public.
I fucking love his movies. Check out Throne of Blood and Rashomon if you haven't. They don't reach the same super highs as Seven Samurai (in my opinion of course) but they're beautiful and high energy and just great all around.
And of course there's Yojimbo. It kinda fails a little today, because there are bits that are meant to be funny or something and they just fall deathly flat, but the bits where our protagonist is a bad ass is the fucking bed rock all bad asses are carved from.
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And the intro theme, by cripes the intro theme
You're probably right, I've gone "No one can ever do this again" a bunch of times and been pleasantly surprised all over the place.
And frankly, the writing for Aku was so good, I'd jump at the chance to line a bunch of character actors up and just let 'em have at it.
Mako, though.
So I understand that it Changed Everything and is a super important movie, but it's really not for me.
I will watch me the hell out of some 12 Angry Men or Mr. Smith Goes to Washington though. Which I haven't in a long while, I should fix that.
Japanese music from the 60s is completely bananas.
I've never heard any music from 60/70's Japan and not had it totally blow my mind. Genre is of no consequence.
Watching the old Shinsengumi 70s TV series was such a fuckin' hoot. It was usually on right after school before the animus started.
rashomon is like the procedural cop drama
it established the entire genre
I just realized I should have grabbed some Kurosawa on that Criterion sale
Now I'm sitting here with these Wes Anderson movies, like a sap
I do actually have the Criterion DVDs of Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress and that sweet reissue of Seven Samurai they put out a couple years ago
I would have loved to grab those in HD though
Right now my Criterion collection is standing at:
DVD
Do the Right Thing
The Hidden Fortress
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Blu-ray
Bottle Rocket
The Darjeeling Limited
Godzilla
A Hard Day's Night
The Life Aquatic
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rushmore
Especially with voice actors
like there are people who stepped into the shoes of popeye and porky pig, which are incredibly difficult voices
I'm sure someone could and they could do it tastefully
won't ever happen but they could
I think Kagemusha is still on netflix.