tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post3603899804564789485..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Recent viewings (Twilight Samurai, Once, Shop Around the Corner, King of Kings, Casablanca)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-35647587806400366812009-01-04T02:49:00.000-05:002009-01-04T02:49:00.000-05:00Yamada accused Kurosawa of doing the kind of samur...Yamada accused Kurosawa of doing the kind of samurai films he was reacting against, but this isn't completely true--Rashomon prefigured the kind of realistic action he was striving for by decades.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-14974411203090813242009-01-02T19:47:00.000-05:002009-01-02T19:47:00.000-05:00"Twilight Samurai" is also a kind of corrective fo..."Twilight Samurai" is also a kind of corrective for all those slashing-sword films of the '60s (some of which I very much enjoy), since the director makes a point of insisting that one stroke of a sword doesn't necessarily kill a man. The last "duel" in that wrecked house (I can still hear the flies) is splendid. But Rie Miyazawa has always been a favorite of mine. (I'm dedicating my next bull to her.) It's good to see that the years have given her some acting talent.Dan Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403040512986553644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-33874190578462870702009-01-02T01:44:00.000-05:002009-01-02T01:44:00.000-05:00Hallo cue! Glad to see you here. No, have not seen...Hallo cue! Glad to see you here. No, have not seen them--nada dinero. Might want to see Button, as Zodiac was impressive. Would like to see Valkyrie--if it gets uniformly bad or good reviews (Valkyrie got mostly bad), I get curious, to see if I have a different opinion. But not yet.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-47890121067696197912009-01-01T19:07:00.000-05:002009-01-01T19:07:00.000-05:00Hello, Noel! Thanks for inviting me to your blog....Hello, Noel! Thanks for inviting me to your blog. Haven't looked thoroughly but have you given your review of Valkyrie or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? I enjoyed both movies.Curious Adventurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743517874105534235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-53842267941659408632009-01-01T02:29:00.000-05:002009-01-01T02:29:00.000-05:00I liked it a lot. Hard not to like it, actually--i...I liked it a lot. Hard not to like it, actually--it kind of sidles past one's defenses, like the guy.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-36322467844797501442008-12-29T04:37:00.000-05:002008-12-29T04:37:00.000-05:00Yey, you like Once! I absolutely love that film.Yey, you like Once! I absolutely love that film.jayclopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292414049532804276noreply@blogger.com