I recently watched Seven Samurai after putting it off for a while, and what I saw I enjoyed a lot. This is my second Akira Kurosawa film and he is already one of my favourite directors. Toshiro Mifune really knocks it out the park with his performace, I was delightfully surprised that his character was more than a buffoon, adding complexity and even questioning the morality of our protagonists. Kurosawa to me, seems to yet again inject a good sense of humour into this film using the characters for comedy rather than random quips. The cinematography and blocking in this film is beautiful, putting a lot of today's films to shame.
Honestly i'm a bit tired of some films, especially hollywood films where the heroes always come out on top, sqeaky clean and morally righteous. Here we have a film that questions the morality of it's protagonists. Even the final fight takes place on a muddy battlefield as people struggle from slipping over in the mud, with some of the heroes unceremoniously killed. The ending leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth as you wonder what the hell it was all for. In a typical film it would have been all cheery cheery, pats on the back, but I like that the film leaves you in a sombre mood, and for me it's a breath of fresh air in today's paint by numbers films that seem to litter the landscape. If you haven't seen Seven Samurai then I highly recommend you do so if you love films, and if you have then what are your thoughts on Seven Samurai?
Submitted May 30, 2019 at 07:04AM by Ekul876 http://bit.ly/2Kdwaqz