Hardcore Samurai
Rant time.

Went to see Zatoichi yesterday. I loved it. LOVED IT SO MUCH!!!! It's so freekin awesome!! It's got some awesome fight scenes, it's bloomin hillarious in places and serious and dramatic in others, And some of that shit just comes out of nowhere! It's briliant! The Geisha's rock, and the Maseus... sooooo cooool! And creepy sometimes - seriously, that dude's beyond hardcore.

The music was awesome and the finalle... The finalle rocked my world ^_^!!

For those who don't know - and there are far too many of you - Zatoichi is a film about a blind wandering maseus / gambler who also happens to be one of the, if not the, greatest swordsman in Japan at that time. Stars Beat Takeshi, who is famous (mostly) for being... well, Beat Takeshi. He a;so directed it too, so he's definitely got my props here ^_^!!

The only things I think people may have a problem with are the jumpiness of scenes - they jump from flashbacks to real world to fantasy and back with very little warning. But it doesn't take too much to work out where you are at that time. Still, some people may get irritated by being made to work that out themselves. There's also the appearance of the blood, which I believe was deliberately made to look more fake to prevent the movie from colapsing into gore as it so easilly could have, and the lack of time given to the wandering Ronin and his... female companion. It's not made clear to english viewers exactly what their relationship is. But I suppose as much time as could be spared was given to him, and he did get that interesting bokkun scene.

And the Finalle!! I'm sorry, I really really enjoyed that. It was kinda coming the whole way though - what with the four pesants in the fileds and the wood chopping - it did lead up to it well.

Oh yead, did I mention that I liked the music?

Okay, that's Washi's review of sorts. I'm pleased I went to see it, even with the creative editing - actually kinda liked that ^^; But I'm like that, and I loved the characters.

Anyway, onwawrds... My cousin was involved in a really bad car accident. He's alive and not braindamaged, and I'll tell you what he's bloody lucky to have gotten off so lightly. Fell asleep behind the wheel. Crashed into a fence post. The moral is don't drive if you're tired kiddies. Learn it.

Fathers day has passed. Ri-chan's birthday tomorrow. Happy Birthday! (Yes, I know - I'm actually sitting next to him at this moment, but he's reading. so nyah!)

Nuff said. In love with Nightwish right now. So... Love!! It's like... metal opera. Sort of. I'm bad at describing music. It's Nightwish style music. Ja?


Needaquote needaquote... Ummm...

"It's not the monsters under your bed
It is the Man next door
That makes you fear, makes you cry..."
~ Nightwish

- posted by Washi @ 6:12 pm