Seven Samurai - 3 Disc Edition - 5/9/2006

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 27 Oct 2006, 14:18

Damn bisc, how have you managed to avoid so many Kurosawa titles?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Oct 2006, 14:52

@Bisc:
You're in for a treat, then.
I thought Rashomon was crap.

Must-see Kurosawa films:
Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Hidden Fortress, Kagemusha, Ran, Dreams.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 27 Oct 2006, 17:46

Rashomon yup is his worst film I have seen by a mile. So you you will love his other samurai films.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Oct 2006, 17:53

Pff, do you just post stuff to see what response you will get? Rashomon is not "crap", my first Kurosawa - OK not as entertaining as SS, Yojimbo etc but it won acclaim and an Oscar in 1951 for a reason

Its' still a decent film.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Oct 2006, 19:17

grim_tales wrote:Pff, do you just post stuff to see what response you will get?

Of course he does

p.s - To be fair Romero didn't say it was crap.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Oct 2006, 19:22

Fair enough

But he does seem to talk it down. I was talking to Tom.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Oct 2006, 20:06

Fair enough then, agreed. Silly thing to say.

Street Fighter: The Move is crap, how you can put Rashomon in the same category is beyond me (and I've not even seen it).

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 28 Oct 2006, 09:34

Thanks for the recommendation guys. And I call myself a fan of J-cinema.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 28 Oct 2006, 12:58

bradavon wrote:Fair enough then, agreed. Silly thing to say.

Street Fighter: The Move is crap, how you can put Rashomon in the same category is beyond me (and I've not even seen it).

Why even comment on its quality at all then! SEE IT!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 28 Oct 2006, 13:45

But look at the film's pedigree and acclaim over the years, the statement is ridiculous, its like saying:

"Gone With The Wind is crap, it doesn't even compare to Mortal Kombat/Starship Troopers"

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Oct 2006, 14:09

NOOOOOOOOOO Grim has turned into Romero

Awesome shot Mr. Romero, pity there's a lamppost in the way:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/268093256/

I've been mostly very impressed with your photography skills. How do you get sooo close to the insects?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 29 Oct 2006, 12:23

Save your money and time by not watching this badly made kung-fu movie. The guys in this movie do not know martial arts at all. The story goes as follows: Some shaolin monk gets hired by some korean guys to protect their village. He recruits some other kung-fu fighters and goes to the village and kills all bandits. End of story. The fight scenes are so bad that it is laughable. I have seen movies by bruce lee and Jet Lee and they are vastly superior. Even the recent movie "the Matrix" has great hong kong type fight scenes, but this hong kong movie does not have any.

- User comment from IMDB.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 29 Oct 2006, 12:29

Gotta love ignorance.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Oct 2006, 12:38

LD what film is that? Sort of sounds like Seven Samurai (same plot). Shaolin monk? Korean guys?

All I can say is:

Do not feed the trolls.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Oct 2006, 13:46

I think we can safely say the reviewer at least thinks he's talking about Seven Samurai.

He can't even spell Jet Li right

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Oct 2006, 14:05

Yeah but Jet Li was sometimes known/credited as Jet Lee.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 29 Oct 2006, 16:27

bradavon wrote:NOOOOOOOOOO Grim has turned into Romero

Awesome shot Mr. Romero, pity there's a lamppost in the way:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18705743@N00/268093256/

I've been mostly very impressed with your photography skills. How do you get sooo close to the insects?

I like the lamp post, it sort of hides her a little

as she was running away from some scummy drunk

Personally Mortal Kombat and esspecially Statship Troopers are 100 times the film Gone with the Wind is, in every single way.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Oct 2006, 16:46

Wake me up when Starship Troopers (and yes, I have seen it), is mentioned in 2050/60 as one of the best, most iconic films ever made please. 8)

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Oct 2006, 19:07

To be fair Grim Romero is just saying to him they're better films.

Hell I think Face/Off is a better film to A Better Tomorrow and "overall" better to Hard Boiled (followed closely by The Killer). In other words I prefer Face/Off to all three of them but do see The Killer is trying to be great.

grim_tales wrote:Yeah but Jet Li was sometimes known/credited as Jet Lee.

Not on this forum he wasn't and only by the ignorant

romerojpg wrote:I like the lamp post, it sort of hides her a little as she was running away from some scummy drunk

Fair enough it's your photo, regardless it's excellent. The composition of the photo behind is perfect.

Off topic:

1. What on earth is White noise?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Oct 2006, 19:39

Fair enough then, sorry Romero 8)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Oct 2006, 00:55

bradavon wrote:1. What on earth is White noise?

A shit movie starring Michael Keaton and a ghostly phenomena where supposedly the dead communicate with the living via radio.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 30 Oct 2006, 21:52

grim_tales wrote:Wake me up when Starship Troopers (and yes, I have seen it), is mentioned in 2050/60 as one of the best, most iconic films ever made please. 8)

Does that mean yoyu care about them kind of lists? I hate them and everything they stand for, hate all best of lists and all that crap, they are not me and plenty of turnds get on them so called best of lists.

White noise, noise that shouldnt be there, like of you turn up the voulume on your speakers full blast when a silent part is suposed to be on, its not silent at all its loud hissing white noise

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 31 Oct 2006, 08:24

Most of the time I would submit these people know what they are talking about, they've probably seen more movies than we will ever do. IMO what you say is quite a blinkered view of cinema. And its not just lists but general opinions, don't you listen to other people's opinions? I'm sure you do.

Surely you can see its influence on later cinema. At least see the film before you judge it, making such a sweeping statement. Anyway, if it was a film you liked (say Once Upon A Time In The West), which also has excellent critical and fan acclaim, some say its Leone's best movie - you wouldn't be saying that "Lists mean nothing".

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 31 Oct 2006, 19:17

Yup even if loads of films I love are on a list, it still means bugger all to me. I didnt add any to the shit lists. I hate people who think a certain film is better than another and get there point into one of these pathetic top lists.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Nov 2006, 10:13

Fair enough

Sorry Romero