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Shichinin no samurai (1954)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 3/06, 12/08

3/06: Shichinin no samurai, which is better known as Seven Samurai, is a long, boring Japanese picture in spite of some nice moments.

Just because everybody says it's the best thing since sliced bread doesn't mean I have to join them; at least two hours should be cut out. Although there are seven samurai, I felt like I got to know to three of them. Playing Kikuchiyo, Toshiro Mifune is terrible as he runs around, jumps up and down, and grunts like a demented ape. What are we...kindergartners?

All in all, Shichinin no samurai means, in Japanese, seven weeks of hibernation.

12/08: Instead of "wow," I said, "Finally."

Seven Samurai is too long and one of the most boring three-plus-hour pictures I've seen in my life. This one took me two solid weeks to complete it, and I actually ran a marathon in less time. Every time I got back to the film, I would pass out from ennui not long after.

The plot is simplistic, and there isn't much to look at; everybody needs to get to the action already. Seven Samurai is claimed to be the best film to ever come out of Japan. Really, I shudder to think of what else its cinema has to offer. I can't remember any of the characters' names except for Yoshei. Then again, I don't know which of them is Yoshei. That's how bad the movie is.

All in all, Seven Samurai is long, boring, and pointless.

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