The Idiot
I know my review of "Drunken Angel" was not popular because I think it's sort of wrong to rate a Akira Kurosawa film as "bad." I might have been wrong with that one and a 4/10 might have been extreme, but this film is a whole other beast.
It's one of Akira Kurosawa's earlier works and it shows! It's incredibly long, boring, and is in an awful quality. I know it's 1951, but even "Drunken Angel" was pleasant to look at. Perhaps this movie had less luck in storage, or was not remastered properly, but this really does suck regardless! I doubt I would ever give this another chance with a better remaster. I imagine it would be over three hours long and this already had super bad pacing.
I do not like characters and there's this static in the audio quality that just made me on edge the whole movie. I also am not inclined towards romantic films and I find a hard time believing a lot of the scenarios on screen. I am far removed from the dating scene in 1950s Japan, but this follows all the tropes that I loathe.
The drama in this is probably the closest thing that I like. The main character says some pretty interesting things, but the performance falls flat for me. The main perspective character is the type of guy that would go "Oh, woe is me" and cry about a stubbed toe for hours while lecturing you that you are not a good person.
I felt the need to write a longer review to explain my thoughts on the lowest score I have given to an Akira Kurosawa film. However, it seems that this is also regarded as one of the lower rated films on sites such as Letterboxd and some others. Maybe you would enjoy this, but I think I could defend that all of his other works are superior to this one. I am excited beacuse it can only go up from here according to what other people have said about the last 3 movies I have chosen!!!
It's one of Akira Kurosawa's earlier works and it shows! It's incredibly long, boring, and is in an awful quality. I know it's 1951, but even "Drunken Angel" was pleasant to look at. Perhaps this movie had less luck in storage, or was not remastered properly, but this really does suck regardless! I doubt I would ever give this another chance with a better remaster. I imagine it would be over three hours long and this already had super bad pacing.
I do not like characters and there's this static in the audio quality that just made me on edge the whole movie. I also am not inclined towards romantic films and I find a hard time believing a lot of the scenarios on screen. I am far removed from the dating scene in 1950s Japan, but this follows all the tropes that I loathe.
The drama in this is probably the closest thing that I like. The main character says some pretty interesting things, but the performance falls flat for me. The main perspective character is the type of guy that would go "Oh, woe is me" and cry about a stubbed toe for hours while lecturing you that you are not a good person.
I felt the need to write a longer review to explain my thoughts on the lowest score I have given to an Akira Kurosawa film. However, it seems that this is also regarded as one of the lower rated films on sites such as Letterboxd and some others. Maybe you would enjoy this, but I think I could defend that all of his other works are superior to this one. I am excited beacuse it can only go up from here according to what other people have said about the last 3 movies I have chosen!!!
Mini Review: I know my review of "Drunken Angel" was not popular because I think it's sort of wrong to rate a Akira Kurosawa film as "bad." I might have been wrong with that one and a 4/10 might have been extreme, but this film is a whole other beast. It's one of his earlier works & it shows! It's incredibly long, boring, and is in an awful quality. I know it's 1951, but even "Drunken Angel" was pleasant to look at. Perhaps this movie had less luck in storage, or was not remastered properly, but this sucks!
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