OT: ATTN pitboss
 

I just thought I'd let you know that I'm watching Yojimbo right now.

i thought u meant the bikeshop in chicago....i was like "is this guy gonna pull a heist on it?

Umm...that's Yojimbo's.

If you've seen A Fistful of Dollars, you've essentially seen Yojimbo. Sergio Leone pratically stole the plotline from Akira Kurosawa.

1) he could have misspelled it
2) I know its not, i just thought for a second after skimming the thread real fast
3) thats some uber spelling police you are pulling there.

that really wouldn't be a spelling error, more of a syntax one... right?

this is why this board has PMs, dude.

+1
Most wasted thread in a long time.

deathhare. i think fervent is more accurate than frequent

Don't dis Leone, the Man with No Name trilogy is brilliant despite it's plotline being taken from several Kurosawa films.

agreed. it was no secret they were remakes. and they were damn fine as far as remakes are concerned.

Kurosawa wins.

good flick

I am a big fan of Kurosawa and his films.

"akira kurosawa's dreams" = big thumbs up



also, futurama (arbitrary OT comment)

I'm not dissing Leone in anyway, I'm a huge fan of The Man With No Name movies. For a Few Dollars More is probably one of my favorite all time movies.

Well, Leone may have been influenced by Kurosawa, but Yojimbo is taken directly from a Dashieel Hammet short (a friend lives in, and gives tours of, Hammet's old apartment here in SF).

And, of course, there's nothing wrong with this. All artists are influenced and inspired by other artists.

deal.

There are a bunch of western remakes of Kurosawa's films. Seven Samurai is a lot better than its remake The Magnificent Seven, but both are worth watching.

Don't forget about the best of all the remakes, Bruce Willis' Last Man Standing.

omg i herd kurosawa stole a story idea from shakespeare!

Shogun Assassin still rocks more *****!

sword of doom

"Weekend at Zatoichi's" was a pretty good one too