Seven Samurai
Jan. 3rd, 2026 08:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calzephyrWe've been meaning to watch the classic Seven Samaurai movie for ages and crossed that off our bucket list last night. For years I've always read how it was such an influential movie and it's easy to see why--and also hard to see how amazing it was at the time of release because it was so influential!
Every heist/caper/assemble the team movie traces itself back to this 1954 movie. We watched a subtitled version. I feel like the movie could have been trimmed by a half-hour, but that's a modern movie viewer talking. The cinematography and lighting is so beautiful as well as the framing of shots, close-ups of faces. It's really a movie that forces you to pay attention.
I watched The Magnigicent Seven years ago and I kept looking for comparisons the whole time.
Although Seven Samaurai is a very long movie, it is well worth it for the multiple stories it tells with action and humour. In some ways it's more of a movie about social classes than conflict.
Every heist/caper/assemble the team movie traces itself back to this 1954 movie. We watched a subtitled version. I feel like the movie could have been trimmed by a half-hour, but that's a modern movie viewer talking. The cinematography and lighting is so beautiful as well as the framing of shots, close-ups of faces. It's really a movie that forces you to pay attention.
I watched The Magnigicent Seven years ago and I kept looking for comparisons the whole time.
Although Seven Samaurai is a very long movie, it is well worth it for the multiple stories it tells with action and humour. In some ways it's more of a movie about social classes than conflict.
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Date: 2026-01-03 03:20 pm (UTC)Where did you watch it from?
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Date: 2026-01-03 04:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-01-03 04:38 pm (UTC)👍