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David B's Favorite Movies

Miami Vice 2. Miami Vice R 4.5 Stars
What a way of updating, an old 80's t.v show, and giving it some bad assness! Great action scenes, and story.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End 3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End PG-13 4.5 Stars
I really enjoyed this movie...didn't seem like it was that long. Was a very enjoyable final chapter to the trilogy. Infact , I liked this movie better then the 1st movie, and thought they ended it very well.

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  • AgentOfChaos2132
    I recommend you see...
    Definitely, Maybe Definitely, Maybe
    4.0 Stars by Alexander
    ''I wanna marry you because you're the first person that I wanna look at when i wake up in the morning and the only one I wanna kiss goodnight, because...the first time that i saw these hands i couldn't imagine not being able to hold them but mainly when you love someone as much as i love you...getting married is the only thing left to do, so... will you... hum...marry me? ''

    ''Definitely, maybe... i have to think about it.''

    A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.

    Ryan Reynolds: Will Hayes

    Definitely, Maybe marks a step back from Love Actually's multiple plot threads, opting instead for a brilliantly crafted script played out by a tight ship cast (Kevin Kline was class and very funny in his wee role). Cleverly Definitely, Maybe turns out charisma charged enough not to be soppy, but with lots of loving heart to be touching where it counts.

    Screenwriter Adam Brooks, co-writer of Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason and Wimbledon, so assured behind the camera. Maybe it's the unblemished array of vision but beyond a over indulgent voice-over and an odd musical interlude over the opening credits, there's barely a trace of the problems that beleaguered his previous workings.

    Ryan Reynolds as Will Hayes results in a acting talent with a beautiful combination of charm, a penchant for comedy, and good looks. He's been repeatedly stuck with bad roles like Blade:Trinity and the flat Smoking Aces but this romance movie shows his talent in spades.

    Like most good ideas, Definitely, Maybe has a true similarity to life and love, like a modern remake of the classic Princess Bride, where the child is told a story.
    Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin is the kind of adorable whippersnapper who knows she doesn't have to act too much and though she's still growing up, she applies the same sweetness and naivety that bagged her an Oscar nomination in last year's ceremony.

    If there's a fault, it's maybe the seesaw of attention divulged to the three women in Will's life: college sweetheart Emily (Elizabeth Banks), free spirit April (Isla Fisher), and ambitious intellectual Summer (Perfect Rachel Weisz). All three play gracefully and beautifully, but they're not given a huge amount of screen-time, which soon reveals where the story is leading. That is, however, a minor criticism so definitely, maybe unjust to complain.

    There's something about Definitely, Maybe that the inclusion of both Rachel Weisz and Clint Mansel's music that increases and makes my heart really pulse. A fleeting, distant, connection to my favourite film The Fountain that echoes around my feelings for Definitely, Maybe. In a way it has a soul and a message at it's core.

    Beautiful.
    A beautiful Romance as well as a study of life and love.

    Best film with Ryan Reynolds I've seen to date.

    9/10
    posted 1 hour ago
  • SexiVixxEN
    I recommend you see...
    Fried Green Tomatoes Fried Green Tomatoes
    5.0 Stars by .:SexiVixxEN
    Another superior movie that has eluded me for far too long.I have always loved Kathy Bates,In this movie you cannot help fall in love with her character.She is the greatest person,would do anything for anyone,except herself really.Her underdog tone in this movie is very believable,so does get a backbone down the line but the journey is sad and funny at the same time.I also have loved Mary Stuart Masterson forever,this was a stellar cast of women,although this is not just a movie for women or your typical chick flick at all.I will also add this every once in a while to break away from the glitz and digitally explosive hollywood is a great thing.You take a story that is very special and combine it with such a well rounded cast you create magic.The amazing thing is,For any woman if you are 17-75 you WILL find some part of this movie or one of the characters that you can relate to,or are maybe in the same sort of situation,there really is something here for everyone,I am truly ashamed with myself that I let this one go as long as I have.See it!!!
    Hey, you should really see this!
    posted 4 hours ago
  • AgentOfChaos2132
    I recommend you see...
    Star Wars: The Clone Wars Star Wars: The Clone Wars
    3.5 Stars by Alexander
    ''This is where the fun begins!''

    As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace...

    Matt Lanter: Anakin Skywalker (voice)

    Clone Wars interested me mainly due to the fact it's animated and its another story derived from the saga. As soon as it begins we the audience are thrown straight away into the story, leaving us little time to soak it in but we manage.

    Clone Wars, obviously is set between the events of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. If you have ever played the Star Wars: Battlefront series of games then you will be right at home with Clone Wars. We have such things as ship dogfights, infantry skirmishes and frantic chases all displayed with gloriously captured animation.

    The main story that Clone Wars executes, is one of Jabba the Hutt's son who has been mysteriously kidnapped. Predictably Anakin and Obi-Wan are chosen to sort this matter out while Count Dooku, Ventruss and Sidious do there best to deter them for their own means. General Grievous isn't in this story at all.

    The voices are all recognizable to their respective characters although alot of the original actors who took part on the prequels understandably haven't returned. Two I know of that did decide to return were Anthony Daniels and Samuel L Jackson, who as C-3PO and Mace Windu, give their character's life. Although they are mainly sub characters here.
    The new voices such as Tom Kane voicing Yoda, or Ian Abercrombie as Palpatine are pretty spot on with their accurate tones and accents.
    James Arnold Taylor voicing Obi-Wan Kenobi does a bit too much of a good job elaborating on the English accent a little too much.
    Asajj Ventress, the Sith Assassin wasn't in it as much as I thought she would be. She does however make an evil impression and have a memorable light sabre frenzied battle with Obi-Wan which made for some sparkling show of light and colour.

    Another nice thing about Clone Wars is the fact that it's got a perfect blend of humour and seriousness. We are treated to the cute little son of Jabba, the Huttlet, Droids saying dumb comical little remarks, and a new apprentice Padawan in the guise of Ahsoka Tano. She injects the story with some much needed freshness.

    So on the whole Clone Wars was alot better than I thought it may be. Some fun and brilliantly captured moments, all animated accurately. Only things I was disappointed with, was that posters misled me with, was the fact Yoda has his light Sabre out. In the film he doesn't even use his Sabre, talk about false advertising. Little things like this or the whole sub-plot and diminishing qualities of narration did spoil some of Clone Wars.

    On the whole Clone Wars is a brilliant choice for the family, children or anyone who is a fan of animation or Star Wars. Still love the Clone Wars cartoon series they used to have on TV, which even was 2D had alot of depth to it and artistic vision.
    The Clone Wars film does the whole thing in 3D and results in a glorious explosion of light, colour, and fun.
    Went to see it for the Animation, and I must say I enjoyed the experience.

    Cleverly Clone Wars, succeeds in being something different and a mice little story in between the Saga. Merging new and old characters with more possibilities.

    7/10
    posted 12 hours ago
  • scottydgibbs
    I recommend you see...
    Buffalo Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers
    4.0 Stars by scott
    1989, the end of the cold war, the berlin wall is coming down, and what do a platoon of american soldiers do when there isnt a war to fight, but stuck in a foreign country, west germany in this case. they create there own, joaquin phoenix plays such a guy, living off the wealth he makes from dodgy deals hes making on the side with his team of loyal followers, and with no war going on, ed harris colonal, maybe either to dumb to notice or letting things go by. its when higher authority played by scott glen turns up, and makes out whats happening from the get go, with a higher and more risky deal on the cards, and his romance with the colonals daughter will things get to deep for phoenix. a look at the u.s army as a bunch or no clue, doped up, or bored g.is, in a situation where is there is no war and nothing to do, not sheding a good light, and when released just after 911, suffered for it, a razor sharp script, and a well observed drama both at the time and situations involved, all actors, phoenix, glen, panquin, and ed harris stand up well, but also the minor roles, especially michael pena, some great scenes of great acting, and a centrepice involving a tank on rampage is a highlight, a cracking film showing obserdaty of war when theres no war
    soldiers doing wrong
    posted 13 hours ago
  • lovecyn4ever
    I recommend you see...
    Mirrors Mirrors
    3.0 Stars by Juny
    There's few spooky & gory moments.The leading actors deliver decent performances but my problem is about the mediocre plot that doesn't make too much sense.The ending was pointless too.This was an average film that won't be in my list of favorite horror films of the year.Aja join others in the wrong path of remaking horror films from Asia.Big Mistake!

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    Average horror film but worth a dvd rental.Better off waiting when it comes out on dvd ,in my opinion.
    posted 21 hours ago
  • havepint0202
    To all my friends iam still living on the streets i been trying to get in to a homesless shelter but the over a 100 on one and iam 95 on the other I live in a park under a bush i am very much sad all the time no will her will help they ask what can i do and i fill like roling in a ball and giving up!! i am very tired off life and i fill likei should give up for no when whants me around
    love you all
    posted 1 day ago
  • AgentOfChaos2132
    I recommend you see...
    Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
    4.5 Stars by Alexander
    ''Life isn't like in the movies. Life... is much harder.''

    A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

    Salvatore Cascio: Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Child

    Cinema Paradiso is one of those films you hear made in some kind of reference too many times and ponder, yes, I must watch that one someday.

    Unfortunately that day kept passing me, but I now believe this was meant to be, for when I did finally catch, it was a very different film than everybody had been going on about.

    The most enjoyable moments to me were the scenes with the child Salvatore (real name in fact Salvatore), or Toto as he is known in the village. A little acting marvel, his face truly lights up brighter than the cinema screen with which he is enraptured, and his scenes with Philippe Noiret as projectionist Alfredo are touching and magical without being overly sentimental (Spielberg could learn a lesson here). I could also have easily believed he would grow up to be the older Salvatore (French actor Jacques Perrin) who returns to the village. The adolescent Salvatore (Marco Leonardi) however bears no resemblance to these two whatsoever and, if I have a complaint, this is it, and so my disbelief was unsuspended for a while.

    This notwithstanding, Cinema Paradiso is beautifully framed, lensed, and is enhanced immeasurably by an exquisite score by the Morricones which has become a favourite soundtrack for collectors. As with many of Morricone's scores it was composed based simply on the script and before any filming took place, so that the actors could perform and react to the music and tempos being played in the background of their scenes, a la theatre. According to Tornatore 'Some of the themes that are now in the film were composed right in front of me during those first few days. His music was an inspiration to everyone, whilst Morricone himself states 'The music was born of my collaboration with Giuseppe. It reflects how I was inspired by the story of a boy, in love with a beautiful woman and coming of age in a small town in Sicily. After reading the script I attempted to write music that would aid the film in its slow transformation from comedic and ironic to heavily dramatic'.

    He succeeded beautifully.

    The movie Nuovo Cinema Paradiso moved me greatly and the feelings are so strong that I can't even describe it. As they say, beauty in terms of human words can only go so far before it becomes meaningless.

    It is a film about film, a story about love and friendship and everything that a living human being can feel. A lovely and smart child ,living with a desperate mother waiting for her beloved husband at war,grew up with movies and finally became a famous director.

    He once loved a beautiful woman and the woman loved him too. However,as we all know, love is fragile. Love immediately comes to an end the moment it meets with marriage.
    So,is there a way that makes love eternal,always smiling at you when you open your eyes in the morning? I had guessed the beginning but I didn't get the fine.That's why it's such a film of greatness and a masterful work.

    A Moving Masterful Piece of film that is Cinema Paradiso.
    Needs to be seen.

    Another Foreign Film that succeeds in being an accurate portrayal of life, love, friendship and film.
    posted 1 day ago
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  • scottydgibbs
    I recommend you see...
    Do the Right Thing Do the Right Thing
    5.0 Stars by scott
    great film from spike lee, his best, a very hot day and racial tensions that arise throughout, especially between sal, his two sons, and the pizza place they own in a black neighbourhood, we follow mook, played here by spike lee, as he works for sal, and living hids day on the street. nice direction throughout, showing great style for lee, a film that helped black cinema from the 80s into the 90s, with a lot of moral, racial issues brought up throughout
    spike lees best
    posted 1 day ago
  • scottydgibbs
    I recommend you see...
    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile)
    4.0 Stars by scott
    SET DURING A PERIOD IN BUCHAREST WHERE ABORTION WAS ILEGAL, and story following two sisters atempts to get one done, and the outcome and feelings afterwards. a well acted and observed drama, showing the times and laws that need debating
    Hey, you should really see this!
    posted 1 day ago
  • scottydgibbs
    I recommend you see...
    The Basketball Diaries The Basketball Diaries
    4.0 Stars by scott
    dicaprio in a early role which makes it along side whats eating gilbert grape and this boys life as the films that showed the up and coming talent of the young actor, along with his buddies spending there time in newyork, and going to catholic school, but spending there time getting high, and getting into all sorts of trouble, its when his dealings with drugs and the effects of that, that will change his life around, decaprio getting loads of great scenes to chew on, playing a torchured lad, showing a full range of emotions, getting into the head of a drug addict well, from the first signs, and quick escalation into petty crime, and more. also fine support from mark warlberg as his best mate, the story which is based on a real life charactor, who as seen in film, wrote diarys of his life, is well told, with a real edgy feel, and a great example like requirem for a dream, on drug use in a young lads life
    early decaprio,
    posted 1 day ago
  • SexiVixxEN
    I recommend you see...
    Step Brothers Step Brothers
    4.0 Stars by .:SexiVixxEN
    Too Freakin funny!!! OMG!! If you liked the humor and storyline of Walk Hard the Dewey Cox story,or possibly Semi-Pro you will love this,it's completely ridiculous but a great time,you will laugh your ass off!Check it out!
    Hey, you should really see this!
    posted 2 days ago
  • AgentOfChaos2132
    I recommend you see...
    Norbit Norbit
    1.0 Star by Alexander
    ''Remember, black people run very fast. But problem run faster.''

    ''That's kinda racist.''

    ''Yes, Wong very racist. Don't like black. Don't like Jew either. But black and Jew love Chinese food. Go figure.''

    A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

    Eddie Murphy: Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong

    Eddie Murphy thinks he's clever. Eddie Murphy believes he can keep regurgitating his multiple roles in Nutty Professor proportions. Norbit shows us it's getting past the point of being not funny, old hat and completely irritating. Long gone are the days of Beverley Hills Cop and Golden Child or even Coming to America. But why Mr Murphy can pick an amazing film like Dreamgirls, then have the cheek to be in rubbish like this is beyond me.

    So Eddie Murphy as Norbit, he plays a loser in this first so called main role. He's an Orphan who ends up being raised by Mr Wong, a Chinese Restaurant owner, who's about the funniest character in Norbit.
    Mr Wong surprise surprise is played by Eddie Murphy too. Ends up being a smart cracking, one liner ridden, crease of laughs with his racist disposition.
    God knows what possessed Thandie Newton & Cuba Gooding Jr to take part in the Norbit atrocities is beyond me.

    Brian Robbins, a TV producer in real life, is maligned here as the director, Jay Scherick and David Ronn (co-writers of the Martin Lawrence-botched National Security) came up with a story of gore, body-function accidents, relentless pummeling of men, women and children of all races, although with more venom and contempt for blacks and Asians than the few token whites suffer.

    The movie was offensive on so many levels. The racial humor wasn't funny. There are some lines with attempts at humour that really go too far(My chosen one is a fine example). Many of you who have seen it will understand what I mean. And those who haven't, I hope you don't support this film out of a curiosity, that indeed will kill the cat. Please, wait for Sky or Freeview for this.

    I heard that it was Eddie Murphy's brother who came up with this idea. If EM did this as a favor to his brother, he could have done his brother, and himself a bigger favor by bringing Charlie in on a better project and tossing this script.

    Eddie Murphy does put effort into his characters as always, but it's wasted energy. His job as Norbit gets lost in the low class, low level so-called comedy. Even though I just saw the film, I had to really remember that his performance as Norbit was decent. All I can think about is how offended I was by Norbit. Eddie Murphy even has the bold audacity to put in a talking dog, that rips off Men In Black and shows Norbit for the unoriginal crass fertilizer that it is.
    Crash and burn.

    Eddie Murphy has done it again, this is why I didn't see Meet Dave. Was brave enough to see this on Sky Movies and it was simply awful. So awful in fact you have to laugh at how awful it truly is.

    Norbit shows us how unfunny and unrewarding a so called comedy done wrong can be.

    2/10
    posted 2 days ago
  • SexiVixxEN
    I recommend you see...
    L.A. Confidential L.A. Confidential
    4.5 Stars by .:SexiVixxEN
    Wow!! What an amazing movie! Another one I can't believe I waited so long to see.I am becoming a huge Guy Pearce fan and really fast.This was a huge amazing cast,so many twists and turns,and Dam DIRTY cops I swear! Anyway don't like I did this is a very enjoyable movie lots of action and scandal,Check it out! =)
    Hey, you should really see this!
    posted 2 days ago
  • necrobeast666
    I recommend you see...
    This is horror at its finest....
    posted 3 days ago
  • AgentOfChaos2132
    I recommend you see...
    Pi Pi
    5.0 Stars by Alexander
    ''There will be no order, only chaos.''

    A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
    Faith in Chaos.

    Sean Gullette: Maximillian Cohen

    Max is a mathematician who tries to find the perfect number/equation to life, to everything. Upon finding it, people will do anything to get what he knows.

    Beautiful sounds and music, fantastic camera work are a few aspects Pi has to offer. The whole flashes, views through keyholes, the ants, the black and white filming intensifies the ordeal that is Pi.

    I liked the Jewish lettering and numbering system. Was especially fascinating with some awe defining comparisons and links to certain symbolic aspects within the Torah.

    Darren Aronofsky has crafted a superb, psychological, analytical movie that spirals out of control to dizzying heights. Paranoia and madness soaked.
    Sean Gullette portrays Max in such a believable fashion. Incredible.

    Very meaningful quotes for instance, the following examples:
    ''When i was a little boy my mother told me not to stare into the sun.
    So once when i was six i did''.
    ''1. Mathematics is the language of nature.
    2. Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.
    3. If you graph these numbers, patterns emerge. Therefore: there are patterns everywhere in nature.''


    Pi is perfected in it's capturing of numbers and the mixture of faith and religion. Even in religions and nature numbers are in everything, which begs the idea that God, the big everything, or whatever you believe, patterns are in everything, reflecting how numbers are everywhere.

    Some interesting ambient music from some surreal groups too like Aphex Twin, orbital, Ront Size, Massive attack, David Holmes, Autechre and Clint Mansell.

    The whole film is surreal,beautiful and shot so differently yet originally. Reminds me of the Silent Hill video games on parts the way it messes with your head and stretches your fear of the unknown. Also is similar to Taxi-driver how its main guy seems to plummet and be consumed by craziness and chaos. How you get to the stage where you snap and there's no going back.
    What begins as an obsession to beat the stock market slowly transcends into something altogether higher and pivotal yet dangerous.

    Watch immediately if you are into deep films because Pi certainly is near the top of the pile.
    Darren Aronofsky, I see what he's trying to achieve here. In all his films. Has to be watched again and again to take into account all it's deeper messages and meanings.
    Simply Amazing, spirals into perfection and infinity like it's chaotic numeric, faithful subject matter.

    Faith is indeed in chaos, a myriad of God, man and math.
    A very deep film from Darren Aronofsky, who asserts himself as my fave Director with Pi.

    Fountain may have been a more spiritual approach but Darren shows that numbers never lie with Pi, and offer us a resolute philosophical debate on life itself.

    Worth seeing multiple times, a wonderful deep film which will make you think long after it finishes.

    A work of genius captured within the confines of film itself, which offers some answers and questions abut life.
    posted 3 days ago
  • AgentOfChaos2132
    I recommend you see...
    Flyboys Flyboys
    3.5 Stars by Alexander
    ''None of us knows how much time we have left, and we can't waste any of it grieving over things we can't change.''

    The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

    James Franco: Blaine Rawlings

    Flyboys was a pleasant surprise and a rather compelling WWI Period piece which tells the story of young Americans who joined the French Air Force, becoming the some of the first pilots.

    Director Tony Bill utilizes the feel and grace of the times, showing us a glorified vision of these brave young men fighting and dying for a cause bigger than themselves and for freedom and good. The aerial battles featured are something that would make anyone's elder relatives proud showing the frantic warrior styled fighting of the skies.
    The clever thing is, as Flyboys progresses you gradually begin to care for the characters, to feel for them, to care, when one is snatched away by death's cold grip.
    I must admit Flyboys is stereotypical in places, glorifying it's radiant young American charismatic Pilots while demonising the Germans who come across as typical evil bad guys. The French soldiers and English are bystanders, the shining stars remain the so called Flyboys. Still a rather poignant recurring theme that I still find interesting is that the good old American Allies of ours back in time always surprisingly were more often than not last to enter into any specific War, yet they are quick to boast on any involvement and particularly over-indulge.

    Going on to the performances beginning with James Franco as Blaine Rawlings, who does a wonderful job in the lead role. Breaking away from the overshadowing Spider-man franchise was never going to be easy but with Flyboys its a good start for Franco who manages to retain his charismatic charm in his film choices. His romance and humour really brings the character Rawlings to life.
    Another character I was pleased to see was Jean Reno as Thenault, the French Captain.
    Abdul Salis as Eugene Skinner who I recognized from Love Actually was a fine addition to the cast as the young African American Pilot Eugene. I liked the prejudice of the times at first from his fellows, and him standing up to it, even a fiery encounter with a guy who rubs his head. But his boxing skills come in useful as does his French linguistics which made him a very interesting character, plus Abdul pulls of the part really well.

    I have to admit alot of suspense is conveyed in the whole of Flyboys. Even when a pivotal character meets his demise, you really start to hate and seethe at the German antagonist in his Black Devilish Plane, who's smug, enjoyment of the killing knows no bounds. Predictably there's a final stand off which does not disappoint, with the added prelude of a giant blimp, accompanied with a fiery skirmish, a frantic dog fight of fighter planes.

    The bond with his fellow Co-pilots and even romance for a French girl, played by Jennifer Decker is one of the multiple draws of Flyboys aside from the battle sequences and suspenseful on foot action.
    There are some instances however on a critical level though where I did question the film's originality. Yes I know Flyboys is derived more or less from a true story but that doesn't stop the whole ''been there done that'' shadow looming forth. Having said that on the whole I liked Flyboys and the energy generated from the young cast especially James Franco who is really coming to terms with his acting talents, and improving. Granted he's got more acting skills to enhance but he's on his way.

    Flyboys doesn't just fly in the end, it soars into the distance, a good effort.
    A very good film, overall very impressed with Flyboys.

    Been done before but fans of WWI films or the period will love this. I 'm sure my late granddad would of been fond of it, having been into engineering.

    James Franco performance is very good.

    7/10
    posted 3 days ago
  • John2223
    I recommend you see...
    The Dark Knight The Dark Knight
    5.0 Stars by John
    Superamezexcellentgoogreat!! I know this expresion does not exist but I made it up to let you know how outstanding this movie is, because all has been said.
    Hey, you should really see this!

    Superexcellentgoogreat!! I know this expresion does not exist but I made it up to let you know how outstanding this movie is, because all has been said.
    posted 3 days ago
  • AgentOfChaos2132
    I recommend you see...
    Rashômon (Rashomon) (In the Woods) Rashômon (Rashomon) (In the Woods)
    4.5 Stars by Alexander
    ''It's human to lie. Most of the time we can't even be honest with ourselves.''

    A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view.

    Toshirô Mifune: Tajômaru

    Ironically, Japanese critics were not enthusiastic about Rashomon when it was released in 50's Japan.

    In today's world, however, Rashomon is generally considered to be the film that introduced both director Akira Kurosawa and Japanese cinema to the western parts of the globe.
    Often cited as the film that prompted The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to create an award for Best Foreign Language film. It is widely regarded as a masterwork of world cinema.

    Set in 12th Century Japan, the film's premise is at once both very simple yet very complicated. A man is found dead in a forest, and several people are brought forward to give testimony in the matter. In some respects their accounts agree but in numerous others, some obvious and some very subtle, their stories differentiate. As each character gives his or her version of events, the various differences pile higher and higher, leaving the viewer to wonder at the motivations involved.

    Personally, Rashomon has forever been among favourites of Kurosawa's directional works.

    During Akira's lifetime he managed to confirm himself as one of the world's leading film-makers. He was a film maker who created cinema which was impossible to compare, and his influence still resounds within even the most mainstream works of today. For example, the non-linear styling structure of Rashomon has been respectfully woven in numerous films since.

    Rashomon was the work which propelled the career of Kurosawa, even though it was not widely regarded in its own country at the time, it was hailed by the critics of the Western world as a definitive masterpiece.

    Rashomon is the compressed story of an innocent woman's rape and her husband's murder, performed by a ruthless bandit (acted out by Kurosawa's long-time muse, Toshirô Mifune).
    Even though the bandit is caught and consequently put on trial, the seemingly simple crime soon becomes questionably more complicated as it is recounted from four individually detached eye-witness perspectives. Posing many philosophical and debatable questions for the viewer, the picture asks which story is the one to believe, through -what was at the time and still remains- a highly stylized storytelling technique. Establishing a verdict on the heinous crime centered upon in Rashomon is as much an ordeal as the crime itself because it proves to be an incident which provokes moral questioning and fierce debate.

    The film-making techniques used in Rashomon gave birth to a distinct style that Kurosawa was prepared to develop further in his later works, which can be seen in films such as Yojimbo and Shichinin no samurai.

    Level-headed pragmatism plagued Kurosawa's features throughout his earlier years, this was something that came as an advantage for his films, being that the characters (even the bad) portrayed in his films were genuine people you could feel compassion and remorse for.
    Also, Kurosawa began to define genres throughout the 1950s and 1960s, while also bringing to light some now-popular methods of camera movement, e.g. dutch angles, revolving shots and amplified close-ups.

    For those who question the film's offbeat narrative structure, they should ask themselves whether or not the cut-throat editing is there as a means of symbolising the colliding viewpoints. I consider this to be a daring means of combining humanitarian lies and honesty, and also a means of creating a disorientating, volatile impression. With Rashômon, Kurosawa's admiration for silent cinema came into evident practice; this can be seen through the minimalist set-pieces, which are a contrast to the complex storytelling procedure that his work embodies. The ambiguity of Rashômon is detailed through subtly metaphorical cinematography and lighting techniques. I have seen the setting of the woods as a display of the work's central atmosphere (intrigue, depth) and the shadows periodically depicting a loss of empathy and symbolizing the isolated danger of the reflective surroundings.

    Kurosawa's skill is not just in dialog and relationships, his visual acuity helps accentuate these themes. When the story begins, the woods is magical, even colorful (despite the black and white used). It is a woods of fairy tale proportions, with mystical breezes and tranquil streams.
    As Rashomon progresses, the woods lose more and more of their mystical quality and become dirty, dry and ultimately more real.
    By the time the battle between the husband and the bandit is played out in its final representation, it is no longer a valiant battle of skill against two well-versed opponents, its a stressful, scary affair that has the two kicking up more dust than swinging their blades. The dust itself shows the degradation of the story, that is Rashomon, coming away from the abstract qualities, derived of truth and justice.
    Rashomon is a beautifully crafted film by Kurosawa.

    Overlooked in Japan in the 50s, now and indeed still leaving its mark on the Western world.

    Masterful.
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