I think you would enjoy Snow on the Blades too. There were really only about three annoying 'sledgehammer moments', and I may have come down hard on it. teaforme judged it less harshly than I did.
I think part of the problem was that I've seen a lot of samurai films, so I know all about the code of honour and don't need it spelled out. The director was at the screening, and he explained that there's a new generation of Japanese teenagers who really don't know the samurai history at all, so he was trying to cater to an audience who are entirely new to the backstory.
Corn Island was the only one I felt I could have walked out of. I found myself dozing instead, and resurfacing to find I'd missed nothing. The New Girlfriend only fell apart in the last 25 minutes or so, thankfully.
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Date: 2015-05-21 03:39 pm (UTC)I think part of the problem was that I've seen a lot of samurai films, so I know all about the code of honour and don't need it spelled out. The director was at the screening, and he explained that there's a new generation of Japanese teenagers who really don't know the samurai history at all, so he was trying to cater to an audience who are entirely new to the backstory.
Corn Island was the only one I felt I could have walked out of. I found myself dozing instead, and resurfacing to find I'd missed nothing. The New Girlfriend only fell apart in the last 25 minutes or so, thankfully.