Topic: Try out the Mii channel before the Wii releases

[Svevan]

I am soooo taking this thread off-topic:

I'm just very into Kurosawa: just got the new Seven Samurai DVD from Criterion, it is so sweet. My other faves include Throne of Blood and Yojimbo (praying for a Yojimbo/Sanjuro boxset soon!). I mainly follow Criterion as a way to branch out into other directors, so the only other Toho films I'm really interested in are the Samurai trilogy and Onibaba - also of course the original restored Godzilla, which I hear is not a very good DVD (according to both you and DVDBeaver).

[ThePerm]

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[EasyCure]

i've been trying to make other celebs into Mii's but they all fail miserably next to BigJims

[Arbok]

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Originally posted by: Svevan
I'm just very into Kurosawa: just got the new Seven Samurai DVD from Criterion, it is so sweet.

Yes, I love that set. Criterion really did a fantastic job restoring that film and I was so happy when the first scene came up and it wasn't plagued by a ton of print damage.

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My other faves include Throne of Blood and Yojimbo (praying for a Yojimbo/Sanjuro boxset soon!).

Oh, nice choices. I also love "Throne of Blood" and "Yojimbo", which is my second favorite Kurosawa film behind "Seven Samurai". I overall tend to prefer his older films as opposed to his newer, 1980's and beyond productions, although "Ran" is a fantastic film. "Ikiru" along with "High and Low" are some others ones that I very much enjoy from Kurosawa, and the only one that wasn't quite my cup of tea (although I wouldn't say I disliked it by any stretch) is the "Lower Depths".

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I mainly follow Criterion as a way to branch out into other directors, so the only other Toho films I'm really interested in are the Samurai trilogy and Onibaba...

Yeah, Criterion does a good job of picking some of the cream of the crop from Toho's vast library of films. I love Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai trilogy, especially the first although that seems to be an unpopular preference in that regard. The current region 1 discs for those films aren't so hot, though, and I really wish Criterion would spring for an enhanced release sometime in the near future.

Speaking of other Criterion titles, have you ever seen Kihachi Okamoto's "Sword of Doom" or Masaki Kobayashi's "Samurai Rebellion"? Those are another two, non-Kurosawa, gems from Criterion.

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...also of course the original restored Godzilla, which I hear is not a very good DVD (according to both you and DVDBeaver).

It's not bad I guess, I was just really disappointed with the video quality, especially the cropping at the top. Someone really needs to restore that film.

[Svevan]

I did see Sword of Doom and thought it was, well, very violent. I loved the very serious, almost strained drama in between fights. The end of the movie is a tour through hell, and in the end I think I do hold the movie in high regard. I will be sure to check out Samurai Rebellion, I was going to try to see everything in that boxset.

Edit: Forgot to say that I agree with you about The Lower Depths. It has substance I guess, and a great ending, but a little bit too much of Kurosawa's typical loud over-dramatic performances.

[Kairon]

...eventually I'll get Seven Samurai... but until then I'll just watch The Twilight Samurai over and over and over and over and over and over again. <3 Seibei!

~Carmine M. Red
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[JonLeung]

How about a topic for trying out the Internet channel before the Wii releases?  Hmmm?