What is the last movie you saw? and rate it.

[Boris239]

This weekend I've seen 2 movies: "Departed" and "Borat".
I was a bit dissapointed with the first one- the end is unconvincing. 7/10
"Borat" is totally hilarious 9/10

[Mark F.]

Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa

Great movie and Kurosawa's best works. A mix of heroism, despair, hope, humanity, as well as the cruelty of war. During the 16th century, Japan was filled with wars. Bandits and gangs terrorized and looted villages, leaving them with hardly anything to eat. As harvesting season coming, a village decided to hire the so called "hungry Samurai", a samurai who is willing to take rice as his reward. Having difficulties to find one at the first time, the village men who were sent to find the samurai, came back with 7 samurai to the village. The battle scene, which probably the most important scene of all, is completely well dramatized, as Kurosawa used slow motions and medium shots to capture the sense of violence and death.

10/10

I disagree. Seven Samurai is a brilliant film but doesn't come near to Ran, Dodes'Kaden or Dersou Uzala. His last few films in colour are beautiful in every possible way.

[TEND]

Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa

Great movie and Kurosawa's best works. A mix of heroism, despair, hope, humanity, as well as the cruelty of war. During the 16th century, Japan was filled with wars. Bandits and gangs terrorized and looted villages, leaving them with hardly anything to eat. As harvesting season coming, a village decided to hire the so called "hungry Samurai", a samurai who is willing to take rice as his reward. Having difficulties to find one at the first time, the village men who were sent to find the samurai, came back with 7 samurai to the village. The battle scene, which probably the most important scene of all, is completely well dramatized, as Kurosawa used slow motions and medium shots to capture the sense of violence and death.

10/10

Interesting, the last movie I saw was Ran also by Kurosawa. It was my first experience with Kurosawa and I am now obsessed with seeing all of his works I can. It is a wonderful movie, with some very epic scenes and very interesting characters some who you grow to hate quite deeply and others you grow to love. It's a story that draws from King Lear, what happens is a great lord divides his kingdom equally among his three sons, a power struggle takes place and as the movie goes on the kingdom goes into further chaos. It is quite interesting and is a very despairing film, very focused on the idea that man creates the sorrow by his own choosing and he cannot avoid it. Very good movie, I'll say, 9.8/10

[Mark F.]

Yes, as I just said in the post above, it's his best. Check out the others I mentioned, I have about twenty of his films on dvd and there's only one that's not a brilliant film (Scandal).

[subterranean]

I disagree. Seven Samurai is a brilliant film but doesn't come near to Ran, Dodes'Kaden or Dersou Uzala. His last few films in colour are beautiful in every possible way.

I haven't watch Ran yet . I'll look for it.

Have you seen Yojimbo? Another Kurosawa and Mifune duet!. I heard it is also a great one (still trying to find the movie )!

[Mark F.]

Yes, "Yojimbo" (The Bodyguard) is good. "A Fistful of Dallars" and "Last Man Standing" are remakes of that film. Kurosawa and Mifune made a load of films together, their best and most famous ones are probably "Throne of Blood" (which is basically "Macbeth"), "Red Beard", "The Hidden Castle" and "Sanjuro".

Look out for "Stary Dog" and "The Bad Sleep Well" as well. Takashi Shimura, the other classic Kurosawa actor (the older one) plays in one of his most beautiful films "To Live" (Ikiru), I guarantee this film will make anyone cry.

[Shannanigan]

"The Breakup"

Romantic comedies...and comedies in general...have really been dissappointing me lately.

7/10

[another sara]

a walk to remember..for like 100000000000000 time now

i gave it

[Mark F.]

Double Indemnity 10/10

Brilliant classic film noir. I loved everything about this film, I'd heard a lot about it and wasn't disappointed at all. Totally deserves to be called a classic. See it.

[subterranean]

I am Sam

Interested to see this movie as it has Penn in it. The story is pretty touching and it's basically saying that love knows no boundaries.

I give it 6.5

[TEND]

Look out for "Stary Dog" and "The Bad Sleep Well" as well. Takashi Shimura, the other classic Kurosawa actor (the older one) plays in one of his most beautiful films "To Live" (Ikiru), I guarantee this film will make anyone cry.

Double Indemnity 10/10

Brilliant classic film noir. I loved everything about this film, I'd heard a lot about it and wasn't disappointed at all. Totally deserves to be called a classic. See it.

Oooh, I want to see Ikiru! Mark F. please please keep posting you seem to have very similar taste in film to mine, and I'm always happy for suggestions.

[subterranean]

TEND, suppose you'd also be interested with Zatoichi.

[Pensive]

I watched Duplex. It was okay, funny on some places. I will give it 5/10.

[TEND]

TEND, suppose you'd also be interested with Zatoichi.

I'm quite unfamiliar actually, would you mind expanding .

[Mark F.]

I guess sub's talking about Kitano's "Zatoichi" as there are about thirty in the series. Takeshi Kitano is probably the best Japanese director today, check out "Sonatine" and "Hana Bi". I'm not a fan of "Zatoichi".

If you're really interested in Japanese cinema you should really check out Ozu's films, especially "Autumn Afternoon" and Tsukamoto's "Bullet Ballet".