Decent gags, also some weirdly of the time ones, with cultural references. Island of cannibals was a weird way to introduce drama in the end
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The Bitter Stems 1956
Kind of love how it's built around misunderstandings and too much suspension. Some beautiful shots.
Did laugh out loud at the dream sequence showing his dad with an iron cross in a war, had me doing some quick math. Really was a great dream sequence
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Rashomon 1950
I was worried this wouldn't work for me because of it's huge impact on culture and honestly for the first half or so it was looking like the worries were being validated. Despite the great acting, camerawork, and general production values the staleness of the narrative and the fairly basic plot they were confirming my fears. Around the halfway point though things started to take a change, the stories told by then seemed fresh and different reshaping my conceptions, which…
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Yojimbo 1961
First a disclaimer to cover my ass if anything seems disjointed I wrote this as a two parter with Sanjuro so if it seems disjointed there ya go.
First, I loved the movie, full stop. It was everything this kind of action movie should be, the Ronin was cool as ice, he's got a good sidekick in the bartender, and the action is great building up to the climax of the Ronin letting loose and kicking ass. The cast of…
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