Last week's SNMC film is Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:08 pm

Has anyone seen The Twilight Samurai?

tha_illsta · Post by **tha_illsta** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:16 pm

datura wrote:Has anyone seen The Twilight Samurai?

Yep, it's one of my current favourites. Possibly a little sentimental for some, but it has it's moments of action, and it is incredibly well shot (Yamada)

featuring a soundtrack by the great Tomita san

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:22 pm

THA ILLSTA wrote:
datura wrote:Has anyone seen The Twilight Samurai?
Yep, it's one of my current favourites. Possibly a little sentimental for some, but it has it's moments of action, and it is incredibly well shot (Yamada)

featuring a soundtrack by the great Tomita san

I've got it on the Sky+. just not got round to watching it yet but have heard good things about it (midnighteye liked it and that's normally good enough for me http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/twilsamu.shtml ). There's Hidden Blade as well by the same director isn't there?

tha_illsta · Post by **tha_illsta** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:23 pm

unklefesta wrote: the last samurai was shit

Yes, I can see that viewpoint, and I thought someone would have to point that out.

But actually I quite like the film for a couple reasons..

No doubt due to the lavish budget expended on it, it has great costumes, amazing locations, and it is quite well historically researched. And above all it's a good looking and atmospheric piece of cinema.

OK, Tom Cruise is not great, granted.

As usual, please refer to my signature for explanation of these views.

tha_illsta · Post by **tha_illsta** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:25 pm

datura wrote: There's Hidden Blade as well by the same director isn't there?

Yep, not seen it but I've heard it's a good chimaera flick..

been looking to check it out.

Last week's SNMC film is Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

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