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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1723047" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>I'm curious. Didn't people find it, well, kind of dull and pointless for much of its length? Like, why did we watch [spoiler]Brother dancing for fifteen minutes while the little story of what happened was narrated for us[/spoiler]? I just found stuff like that and the "clickclackclonkclickclackclonk" sequences really tedious.</p><p></p><p>And the [spoiler]tap dance at the end? I mean, if those people had been really talented I guess I would have been entertained (maybe, though I'd still be confused), but watching people do steps that I could learn how to do in half an hour or so just isn't all that exciting to me. Especially when it has nothing to do with anything I just spent the previous two hours watching.[/spoiler]</p><p></p><p>And most important for me, [spoiler]the ending of the film didn't have any drama at all. Zatoichi, having effortlessly killed everyone who ever looked the slightest bit threatening, walks into town and effortlessly kills a bunch of people who don't look threatening at all. It's not exciting, since there's not even a suggestion that Zatoichi won't prevail, and it's not satisfying, since we don't hate any of these people with any real oomph. We've been TOLD they're bad guys, but we haven't SEEN them do much that makes us hate them, and we haven't seen them getting away with it and being all smug about it, so watching them die doesn't really provide much of an emotional kick.[/spoiler]</p><p></p><p>I guess for much of the movie I was asking myself, "Why am I watching this?" And kept hoping to get an answer and never felt like I did. I don't think it held a candle to any good samurai pictures like the Lone Wolf and Cub movies or Kurosawa's. The action scenes didn't thrill me, the story annoyed me with its clumsiness and the "techniques" didn't give me any insight into the story or the characters.</p><p></p><p>The performances were good -- but Takeshi's always good with those. And it looked lovely, and the evocation of medieval Japan was wonderful. Oh, and the guy getting whacked by the wooden sword was wince-worthy -- those were GREAT hits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1723047, member: 812"] I'm curious. Didn't people find it, well, kind of dull and pointless for much of its length? Like, why did we watch [spoiler]Brother dancing for fifteen minutes while the little story of what happened was narrated for us[/spoiler]? I just found stuff like that and the "clickclackclonkclickclackclonk" sequences really tedious. And the [spoiler]tap dance at the end? I mean, if those people had been really talented I guess I would have been entertained (maybe, though I'd still be confused), but watching people do steps that I could learn how to do in half an hour or so just isn't all that exciting to me. Especially when it has nothing to do with anything I just spent the previous two hours watching.[/spoiler] And most important for me, [spoiler]the ending of the film didn't have any drama at all. Zatoichi, having effortlessly killed everyone who ever looked the slightest bit threatening, walks into town and effortlessly kills a bunch of people who don't look threatening at all. It's not exciting, since there's not even a suggestion that Zatoichi won't prevail, and it's not satisfying, since we don't hate any of these people with any real oomph. We've been TOLD they're bad guys, but we haven't SEEN them do much that makes us hate them, and we haven't seen them getting away with it and being all smug about it, so watching them die doesn't really provide much of an emotional kick.[/spoiler] I guess for much of the movie I was asking myself, "Why am I watching this?" And kept hoping to get an answer and never felt like I did. I don't think it held a candle to any good samurai pictures like the Lone Wolf and Cub movies or Kurosawa's. The action scenes didn't thrill me, the story annoyed me with its clumsiness and the "techniques" didn't give me any insight into the story or the characters. The performances were good -- but Takeshi's always good with those. And it looked lovely, and the evocation of medieval Japan was wonderful. Oh, and the guy getting whacked by the wooden sword was wince-worthy -- those were GREAT hits. [/QUOTE]
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