The Sword Of Doom

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:22 am

http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?mov ... rkid=90529

If you haven't seen this, it is definitely worth picking up. The main character, Ryunosuke, is essentially the biggest badass in Japan and by the end of the movie nothing less than a small army dies by his sword. The plot is decent and considering the movie was written in 1966 I suppose it was original at the time. Aside from the death scenes given by the random desposable samurai, the acting is very good. Best of all, the subtitles are nearly flawless.

Ryunosuke is supposed to be the bad guy but his character is so fucking hardcore I couldn't help rooting for him.

Post by **duffman91** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:24 am

How does it compare to "Seven Samurai" ?

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:33 am

duffman91 wrote:How does it compare to "Seven Samurai" ?

I've only recently given up on recent hollywood movies to dig deep into the classics but I'll add that to my queue and let you know eventually :icon26:

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:38 am

riddla wrote:then you're most certainly in for a huge treat in Seven Samurai.

I bumped it up to come after City of God and that Appleseed movie I posted about before (yeah, I keep finding things that sounds better).

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:06 am

riddla wrote:and this is also a masterpiece from Kurosawa on so many levels:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/

Ok THAT was fucking creepy. I go to netflix to add that movie and it is on the front page as a personal recommendation from the system :icon28:

How about Kagemusha?