Akira Kurosawa + Bones

[meganbmoore]

Mildly bored at work so posting about more viewing, though I AM about to pull out my book when I'm finished.

Finally sat down over the last week or so and watched 3 Akira Kurosawa movies, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, and Rashomon. All three were quite good, though I think I more respect than like Rashomon.  Though, if I could watch it without the "ok, lets see why just using this kind of storytelling gets everything praised to high heaven"(yes Hero, I'm looking at you) mentality it might be a different story(also, the woman's eyebrows scared me, historically accurate or not)  Yojimbo and Sanjuro were a little more my thing, and are essentially Kurosawa saying "romantic or nostalgic or not, people were really stupid back then" and so very, very many of the characters in various samurai things I've read and seen are based on Sanjuro himself.  While Yojimbo(such an oft copied plot) is the better movie, Sanjuro had my favorite moment with the three, with the two women coming up with a decent plan, then getting all caught up in the romantic imagery, while Sanjuro traces a flower painted on the wall to try and keep himself from yelling at them for being stupid.  I also loved the enemy soldier they captured, who ended up being Sanjuro's biggest supporter.  The blood in both movies is also rather comical...it looks like milk in Yojimbo, and is rather...fountainlike...in Sanjuro.

I'm also 6 episodes into Bones.  I don't obsessively love it like I do Monk and Veronica Mars(much less Remington Steele) but more along the lines of "Really like and will be sad if it's cancelled" like Numb3rs.  But, good lines, more technology than I like in my mysteries, but in the end it the brain and not the computer that solves things, so I'm satisfied.  Bones and Booth have pretty good chemistry, though Booth's girlfriend is odd.  Not odd as in the character, but odd as in the inclusion of Tessa is being handled very awkwardly  and seems to blatantly be there as an excuse to not have Bones and Booth hook up yet.  That said, I latched on to the entire cast pretty quickly, which is surprising for me...I usually only latch on to one or two characters initially, and the rest more and more as time goes by.  It was a bit surprising with Booth(the only one resembling normal) as I never really latched on to Angel in Buffy until around mid season 3(though...he's lost his extra weight that made Angel so mockable as he was a picky vampire who was gaining pounds in later seasons)  Like

alexandral says, Bones's clothes really don't fit with her personality or outlook, but I've decided to tell myself that Angela refuses to let her shop for herself and Bones obediently wears the combinations she was told to because she doesn't care.

 

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I don't obsessively love it like I do Monk and Veronica Mars(much less Remington Steele) but more along the lines of "Really like and will be sad if it's cancelled" like Numb3rs. But, good lines,

This is so similar to my feelings - I like it quite a bit, but similar to "Supernatural" it makes good pre-bed time viewing. And not because it is boring, but because it doesn't stir any crazy emo response. And some lines of Booth - OH THEY ARE GREAT!!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, Booth clearly lives in the "don't let the crazed animals touch me" zone. Have you seen the christmas episode yet?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

No , I haven't. I am going slowly. :D Which number is the Christmas episode ( everyone is so enthusiastic about it :D)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Christmas ep is ep 9. Zack and Hodgins are working on a 50 year old body, and accidentally release a virus from it, resulting in the entire cast being quaranteened together. Maybe it's because I'm a sucker for Christmas episodes(but not movies, which is odd) but I think it's the best one so far.

I wish I had a better ability to pace myself...when I start watching something, I only stop when I run out, unless I get bored, so I'm on ep 12 now(though breaking to watch the first disdc of a new-to-me dorama.