Movie Review Thread

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Zatôichi (1989) by Shintaro Katsu, who wrote, directed an starred in the film, is an excellent samurai movie. The final fight is absolutley spectacular, but the film is also very good in it's character studies. Unlike the newer Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman (2003) which uses a lot of comedy and is light entertainment by comparison, this older movie takes a serious approach to the story. It's interesting, well paced and well photographed. I backtracked on some scenes and watch them in slow motion to see if they had cheated on some of Zatoichi's faster moves, but it all looked very good and he actually carried out the moves. These are well choreographed fights.

Match Point (2005) written and directed by Woody Allen is a very clever film especially when contrasted with the movie A Place in the Sun (1951). The line about the difference between love and lust is priceless. I thought Scarlett Johanssen was very good in this film, but maybe I'm biased. The acting, pacing and photography are all very good, Highly entertaining, and it wold be unfair to give any of it away.