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| kizz |
 Posted: Jun 07, 2005 1:33 pm |
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金魚花火
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 148
Location: Poland
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| How about Zatoichi? Has anyone seen it? Isn't this movie great? I loved it. Great swordplay and music. |
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| RhNinjaXe |
| Posted: Jun 08, 2005 11:36 am |
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ネコに風船
Joined: 22 May 2005
Posts: 566
Location: Love Punch World!
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| too bad for me...i have not seen this and the battle royale...this movies are both japnese? |
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| CETMA |
| Posted: Jun 08, 2005 12:28 pm |
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SMILY
Joined: 14 May 2005
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yeah both of the movies are japanese.
I've seen the old zatoichi ~blind swordsman~ but I haven't seen the new movie that came out. I thought the old ones were the best. |
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| ZeroKenshin |
| Posted: Jun 08, 2005 2:22 pm |
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ネコに風船
Joined: 21 May 2005
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Location: Singapore
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never heard of these movies.. but it seemed nice by the way u guys say it!! haha  |
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| CETMA |
| Posted: Jun 08, 2005 2:34 pm |
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SMILY
Joined: 14 May 2005
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He's a blinds swordsman. Well atleast in the series. When they created the character it was in the time where they had a bunch of disabled samurais. Like you might have heard of the one armed swordsman, or the armless kung-fu master. Iunno why, but i guess they were into disabled people during that time  But for some reason blindswordsmans kept going. It's pretty good acctually. |
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| kizz |
| Posted: Jun 09, 2005 3:52 am |
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金魚花火
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
Posts: 148
Location: Poland
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CETMA if u liked the old series u defineatly should see the new movie. It has something new but still classic too. The story is different except the character of Zatoichi the blind swordsman. Another positive side is the music. Amazing  |
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| CETMA |
| Posted: Jun 09, 2005 9:45 am |
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SMILY
Joined: 14 May 2005
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| oh cool. Isn't just zatoichi really old in the movie. So is it like the story of zatoichi being old? |
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| kizz |
| Posted: Jun 09, 2005 10:38 am |
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金魚花火
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
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| he's not that old... just old old but still knows how to use that sword |
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| CETMA |
| Posted: Jun 11, 2005 10:32 pm |
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SMILY
Joined: 14 May 2005
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| haha. well what's the story about? |
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| tomoe17 |
| Posted: Jun 22, 2005 10:28 am |
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さくらんぼ
Joined: 06 Jun 2005
Posts: 35
Location: Philippines
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oh ive seen it. Its the only Zatoichi movie that ive watched (so far).
Its pretty good.
the blood in the movie sucks though, its computer generated. And the way the movie incorporates the sound of what the people in the movie are doing to the background music (e.g. the sound of the farmers plowing is synchronized to the beat of the background music), i found it quite irritating at first.
oh and the dancing in the end just didnt do it for me. Especially the part where the "sisters" are turned to their young self in the middle of the dance. I know its only symbolic and i know what it means (i think), but it looks so corny.
anyway those are the things that i didn't really like about the movie. Overall its a great movie, i don't want to spoil the good parts for those who haven't seen it yet. Just watch it. |
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| cheuhry |
| Posted: Jul 22, 2005 3:07 pm |
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甘えんぼ
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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Location: MN, United States
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| I've seen it! It's pretty good. But sometimes just a bit too gruesome!! (Is that how you spell it?) Anyways, you guys should watch this video. It's interesting. And yeah, the sword fighting and such is pretty good! |
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| dfd3657 |
| Posted: Aug 07, 2005 8:03 pm |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 06 Aug 2005
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| Takeshi Kitano is one of my favorite actors/directors. And I just have to say that the movie was fantastic. I agree with the user who said that the blood didn't look good (WAY to obviously CG), but I thought the music thing was really interesting. Overall, fantastic film. |
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| sian |
| Posted: Aug 28, 2005 12:53 am |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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Location: sg
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there are some parts of the movies i thought it was really unnecessary...like the one where where he walks along the field past a group of people in the early part of the movie. i thought there was going to be action, but obviously there wasnt. for 1 minute or so, the scene was showing zatoichi walking and the farmers plowing the fields in the foreground~~lame  but overall it's still a good movie with really exciting action. |
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| nic1612 |
| Posted: Sep 03, 2005 6:47 pm |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 01 Sep 2005
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Location: UK london
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| That film was really good! Takeshi Kitano such a good actor |
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| zyzzyva |
| Posted: Sep 08, 2005 5:09 am |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
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Location: California
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I grew up watching the original movies and I really loved what Kitano did with the remake. He retained much of the orig feel, while modernizing the take enough to engage newer younger audiences.
The fake quality of the CG blood was intentional. First, as an homage to the early rudimentary special effects, and second, to allow people to disconnect from the gore happening onscreen and be able to see past it and look at the fights in a more formal [as in, form, not the opposite of casual  ] way--as dances, if you will. Or looking at the trajectories of the "blood" itself... This is not the best way of saying it--I'm sure you can find an explaination in the director's own words somewhere online... 
The dancing at the end was also a nod to the older movies (not the Zatoichis, but other old Japanese films--kinda the equivalent to American 30s/40s/50s grand musicals...) where everyone breaks out in song at the end--like a goodbye, encore ending for the audience...  Kitano had the ending choreographed to include traditional Japanese dance forms and Kabuki elements as well as references to modern tap (like the recent show, Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk).
I really liked all that he did with the new movie, especially the addition of humor throught, but I can see how if the viewer is unfamiliar with his jumping-off points, they really seem to come out of no-where...
Hope this helps some...  |
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