Rashomon

I’ve tried 3 times, and still have never finished it. It’s slow, tedious (incredibly long and dull scenes that repeat over and over)

It’s one of few old movies Ive watched that truly shows its age. I’m not dumb enough to say “you have to watch it like youre in the 1940’s”

Overdramatic performances and poor execution of storytelling for today’s standards. I’m very critical on realism and this film had almost none to speak of. Maniacal laughing, endless and unnecessary crying, long drawn out silences. It all took me out of a captivated headspace. 👎

Soooooo good!!!

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“We all want to forget something, so we tell stories. It's easier that way.”

An absolute masterpiece of cinema, it’s one of the most thrilling rides you could go on, the depth of both the writing and it’s characters feels like pictorial Shakespeare, Kurosawa has once again proved to me that not only is he a master at what he does, but in doing so he’s been this master for an odd 40 years.

Rashomon is in its own right a wall to wall masterpiece, there’s a damn good reason why Rashomon put Japan on the film map so early, it’s this, Without it we would be without the very well known Rashomon effect of deliberate contradictory to change the narrative, influencing probably every single film that came out after it to this very day.

I could go on and on and probably on a bit more about how good this truly is, but I shall continue with the categories.

1st Act 9.7/10 (Looking back on it, right from the get-go you could understand the movie, and yet, it’s so well thought out, you couldn’t think of it in a million years.)

2nd Act 9.4/10 (The most visually stunning, but can lead to minor confusion, but does not last trust me.)

3rd Act 11/10 (Ties everything together and makes you change everything you had ever thought, just as a good thriller should do.)

Plot 11/10 (The man created a psychological cinema effect for fucks sake.)

Soundtrack/Score 11/10 (There’s about an hour long soundtrack, and I wouldn’t change a second of where it is or what it sounds like.)

Acting 11/10 (Mifune gives one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen, a master at his very best, and yet he’s still got a good 40 odd years left in him.)

Pacing 10/10 (It’s thrilling, it’s tense, it’s deep but best of all, it perfectly knows when to stop and cutaway.)

Cinematography 11/10 (The end of the second act had this sealed, everything else was just an add on to the amazement.)

Character Development 10/10 (Not for the reason you might think, as most of these are nameless, it’s more on the fact that they are nameless and they still deliver so much on themselves and you that you can’t help but admire.)

Writing 11/10 (The man writes like Mike Tyson’s punches, can’t go one second without damage to your cranium because of how good he is.)

Ending 9.8/10 (So deep, so beautiful, so fleeting, so loud and yet so quiet.)

Direction 9.6/10 (Even in his early work, he’s a master, like prime Kubrick level master.)

Overall
124.5/120
Rashomon has without a doubt earned itself a very VERY solid 10/10

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