After not being blown away by "The Seven Samurai," I finally got what Kurosowa fans love about him after watching "The Hidden Fortress," apparently one of the main inspirations for George Lucas' Star Wars: A New Hope. A spunky teenage heroine probably helped endear the film to me, as did repetitive use of curse words and slapstick humor by the two peasant/clown characters - who were the models for C3PO and R2D2. He had a great eye, a good sense of humor, a way with scoring, and a way of making a movie visceral and satisfying. If you haven't seen it, "The Hidden Fortress" is a suprisingly fun popcorn flick. I also felt that, besides the resonances to A New Hope, I felt there were echoes of the film in Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke.
A new comic series called "Fables" has been called to my attention, in which different folk and fairy tale characters come to life in the contemporary world, and I finally got my hands on the last three Buffy comics (I've been living too far from any comics stores for six months now...) And I read there's going to be a Buffy/Fray crossover soon, which is good, since I became very attached to Fray's character.
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How can you not love Seven Samurai? I mean, all the pantlessness can be a little upsetting, but it's visually stunning and contains mad swordplay!
Also, Buffy and I aren't speaking since Season Seven, so I hope she doesn't ruin Fray. :P
What? You haven't read any of season 8? Shocked! I am shocked!
No, I just didn't feel Seven Samurai, at least the part I stayed awake during (not much.) Like I said, that plucky female heroine makes all the difference for interest levels...
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