Currently making my way through Best Picture winners, Kurosawa, and more!
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1954
Sure it was groundbreaking for its time, but for what in essence is such a simple plot, the Seven Samurai for all intents and purposes should not have had the lasting impact it has had nor the legendary status it has achieved. But through both Kurosawa's direction and the performances on screen that this relatively simple defense of a sixteenth-century Japanese village becomes far more enveloping than almost every modern action film. And while I could wax lyrical about the…
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1954
Sure it was groundbreaking for its time, but for what in essence is such a simple plot, the Seven Samurai for all intents and purposes should not have had the lasting impact it has had nor the legendary status it has achieved. But through both Kurosawa's direction and the performances on screen that this relatively simple defense of a sixteenth-century Japanese village becomes far more enveloping than almost every modern action film. And while I could wax lyrical about the…
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2025
Me after watching The French Dispatch: 'Well I didn't think Wes Anderson could get any more Wes Anderson, but I still loved it.'
Me after watching Asteroid City: 'Well I didn't think Wes Anderson could get any more Wes Anderson, but I still loved it.'
Me after The Phoenician Scheme: 'Well I didn't think Wes Anderson could get even more Wes Anderson..."
Mia Threapleton's sardonic counterweight to the generally uninteresting Del Toro is what saves this film. That and Michael Cera, of course.
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2025
Me after watching The French Dispatch: 'Well I didn't think Wes Anderson could get any more Wes Anderson, but I still loved it.'
Me after watching Asteroid City: 'Well I didn't think Wes Anderson could get any more Wes Anderson, but I still loved it.'
Me after The Phoenician Scheme: 'Well I didn't think Wes Anderson could get even more Wes Anderson..."
Mia Threapleton's sardonic counterweight to the generally uninteresting Del Toro is what saves this film. That and Michael Cera, of course.
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