2008-12-09, 22:07 | Link #1 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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"47 Ronin" (2010?) ... .'whoa' style
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/12/09...epic-47-ronin/
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The key note here is that they're going for a "japanified 300" rather than a literal adaptation, rather like "300" was a mythical telling of the Spartan defense. Just to clarify, I didn't write that newscopy -- its just quoted from the article. I suspect Mr. Reeves will train for months and use clever camera work so as not to appear totally incompetent at sword work (like most actors). If I thought they were going to stick to the legend/record I'd be more interested but given that "tailoring the story" line... I suspect it won't resemble the original tale much.
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2008-12-10, 03:04 | Link #7 | |
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Seriously, my old man and brother are quite the fans of this type of movies. It's pretty much a given I'll be watching this at one point or another because of them.
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2008-12-10, 10:01 | Link #8 | |
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I love samurai movies, I'm really going to look forward to this one |
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2008-12-14, 15:10 | Link #10 |
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Keanu Reeves isn't "half-Asian," his father is only part-Hawaiian-Chinese (Wikipedia-linked article). Of course, "half-Hawaiian" isn't too glamorous, but I don't see any bit of Asian on him, even if he does kung fu alright. >_>
I don't expect this to get too much better than the Last Samurai, if at all. |
2008-12-14, 15:26 | Link #11 | |
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2008-12-14, 15:26 | Link #12 |
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As someone who actually read the 47 Ronin (which was DAMN cool), there was no way that you could really make something LotR epic out of it, simply because it wasn't on that big of a scale. Most of the book involved plotting, and the *one* battle wasn't some massive melee, but a very carefully executed stealth strike, and was quite one-sided.
But it will honestly be interesting to see how the movie does this. That said, I think the Japanese people will feel proud that their culture is being so turned into something completely epic and badass, even if it wasn't quite as badass as the silver screen will make it look. |
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2008-12-14, 16:02 | Link #14 | |
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I suspect this is going to run along the same lines...
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