Monday, April 27, 2009

The grave of fireflies


The grave of the fireflies is the most touching movie I ever watched
taking place toward the end of World war II in Japan, Grave of the Fireflies is the tale of the relationship between two orphaned children, Seita and his younger sister Setsuko . The children lose their mother in the Fire bombing and their father in service to the Japanese Navy, and as a result they are forced to try to survive amidst widespread Famine and the callous indifference of their countrymen (some of whom are their own extended family members). to be honest I almost Cried at the the end of this movie it was very depressing I'm very sympathetic towards the older brother and his struggle to provide for his little sister Setsuko in which he tries to make something out of nothing of course it was good parts of the movie as of any movie with a sad ending where it seemed as thing where looking Good for the two until things went slowly down the drain when his little sister gets sick and slowly dies of starvation and seita cremates her in a fruit tin eventually so does the older brother die.The movie wasn't to sadning after this when the two are seen looking over the city of Kobe and are no longer in raggedy clothes but instead are dress in fine clothes .The reason why i feel i can identify with the movie so much is because it reminds allot of my mother and her struggle to take care of me and my family ....

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Seven Samuri

this movie to be honest didn't interest m e very much at the Beginning because it started off really slow and it was yet again black and white i started to pick up what the movie was about when the swords started to swing more and the action picked up i caught eye to a really cool character toshiro mifune's character who always seemed to laugh in any situation.Which made the movie allot more comical to me so i gained interest quickly after that .seven samurai was more then seven skilled fighters protecting a village of farmers it showed the social standings in which Japanese civilians abide by.for example if u were a samurai it was unethical for u to be with a farmer.i say this to point out the fact that the most questionable samurai in the end of the movie leaves the road of a samurai to be with a young maiden.the reason why this shocks me because this guy seems to actually dedicate himself to the road of a samurai early on in the movie but oh well...Well that's all i have to say about the movie besides the movie was quite depressing seeing the deaths of the coolest samurai gang...