Comments on: RAN Review Pt.3 – Essentially Cinematic Work of Art http://www.altfg.com/blog/oscar-movies/akira-kurosawa-ran-review-338/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Thu, 24 May 2012 03:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: doug http://www.altfg.com/blog/oscar-movies/akira-kurosawa-ran-review-338/#comment-521452 doug Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:26:06 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21182#comment-521452 "It's mainly the film's lack of a higher meaning that dooms it from the greatness found in some of the earlier Kurosawa films" I disagree with this strongly, The movie is about the danger of false loyalty, accepting truth that is harsh versus flattery, and the divisiveness of inheritance. To use an example that has occurred in my own life, in the end the farm was divided, the siblings could not get along and the neighboring farmers ended up buying everyone up by forging secret alliances. “It’s mainly the film’s lack of a higher meaning that dooms it from the greatness found in some of the earlier Kurosawa films”

I disagree with this strongly, The movie is about the danger of false loyalty, accepting truth that is harsh versus flattery, and the divisiveness of inheritance. To use an example that has occurred in my own life, in the end the farm was divided, the siblings could not get along and the neighboring farmers ended up buying everyone up by forging secret alliances.

]]> By: jarwatchesfilms.com http://www.altfg.com/blog/oscar-movies/akira-kurosawa-ran-review-338/#comment-516516 jarwatchesfilms.com Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:08:17 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21182#comment-516516 I've been intending to see "Ran" for forever, and this review pushes it up to the top of my queue! I’ve been intending to see “Ran” for forever, and this review pushes it up to the top of my queue!

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