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WHY DON'T I LIKE HIM!?!?

posted 16 years ago by doodoobeatz
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I do not get it, I like every thing else on this damn top 250 except the Kurosawa films I have encountered...I watched Seven Samurai when I was 18, absolutely hated it but LOVED Kikuchyo (sorry if mispelled)...so I figured now that I am 21 I am a little older and wiser, so I watched RAN. I do not hate it, I even think it is good, but I just do not get what people have for this guy, for Gosh sakes I even LOVE SHAKESPEARE, and Kurosawa does alot of his stuff, apparently RAN is an adaptation of King Lear, but I just did not love it...seemed to drag on a bit...I really like his characters though...just not the movies...I love Kikuchyo and Saburo, and that damn seen where Kaebe gets decapitated is friggin classic. What's wrong with me (please don't be evil)? I do not get it! Anyone else seen these two movies, disliked them, and liked other Kurosawa movies? Or can someone just explain to me what my deal is? I just watched Twilight Samurai last week and loved it...anyway I am rambling. Someone answer me please!

[–] Larry-115 14 years ago

and that damn seen

You seem to be a high-functioning illiterate, so that might explain everything.

[–] Ehrgeiz 12 years ago

I admit that there are certain positions of Ran I do not like.
While the setting, costumes, locations, actors form together a pretty well picture of 16th century japan, the guy who played Hidetora felt a bit like a stage actor who just fell into this world yesterday, they also overdid it with his facepaint, or what?
Also, some of the side characters were a bit too much for me, like the fool and the two siblings who were victims of Hidetora.