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Movie Review:

Sukiyaki Western Django

Director: Takashi Miike

Let me start by saying that I'm no stranger to foreign films. I've seen a number of them ranging from bad kung fu movies to some really cool modern movies. If there is one thing that I've seen in foreign movies it's this. When it comes to creating the opitime of bad a** characters and combining them with shots and action scene's that you could only ever find in either a comic or anime... the Japanese win everytime. I first experienced the sense of style that many Japanese action directors cary with them when I saw The Returner. While the movie itself was kinda low on the rating scale, the stunt/action sequences were something to behold. With that said, Miike has managed to once again amaze me with a style and flair that I have almost come to expect (yet never cease to be amazed by) from great Japanese directors.

The film itself is an english film, that showcases Takashi Miike's vision of what a spaghetti western should be. The gunslingers in this film have got to be some of the rawest ever put on screen. And as a huge (and I mean huge) fan of Clint Eastwoods man with no name series (Fist full of dollars, for a few dollars more, the good the bad and the ugly) that's saying a lot.

The main character (Hideaki Ito for those who want to know) is the ever loving and always sleek lone gunman type coming into a town full of villians to make a buck. The town itself is controlled by two groups. The Reds... and The Whites. But as what happens with every cliched (yet still wonderful) western, both groups piss him off and realize the error of that situation. I say that but that really only skims the very tip top layer of this film. There is so much going on at one time that it is difficult to lay down the story without getting side tracked into telling the whole freakin movie.

The opening at first kind of threw me off. It's a very strange, and farily laughable opening with quentin tarantino begining the story for us. But once you get past that first (and strange) five minutes, the story flows wonderfully back and forth from past to present.

Probably the most amazing thing about this was the visual look of it all. The film itself was very colorful, yet still had a very gritty essence to it. Your eye's were engulfed by the combination of red and white starks, yet you felt a sense of the dirtyness of the town.

In short, it was a film that actually brought forth emotion from me. I truly felt what the characters felt (except for the pain of their bowels being blown out) and smiled during their bitter sweet moments. I would recomend it to anyone who not only appreciates a good (and slightly over the top) western (don't even try to ask "when do they load the gun?") but also anyone who appreciates an artistic/dramatic movie.

4.25/5

Another good one from Miike is Ichi The Killer... Miike is really amazing

looks interesting. i may have to check that out

So i hit that link and got this....

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what kinda stuff you looking at maeth?

Yeah, but fun.

Apparently is a remake of an old Korean film "the Quiet Family" or something.