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Iusually give little bit higher rating ( because i very much love movies, and for me mostly they are good or i just simply like them to watch) so i give it 8, but it overally is very similar to other japan movies :) but fun to watch when you like that sort of movies.
Enjoyable movie, the japan actors are good, I like Sanada. I love Samurai stories, this movie does not strictly adhere to original 47 Ronin story but is good.
2test
I was looking forward to this but it looks like a CGI ogry. Given that the studio took control over the project I'm not expecting anything great...
If you want to watch something closer to the actual story of the 47 Ronins (which doesn't include ghosts or other monsters) you're better of with these:
http://trakt.tv/movie/the-47-ronin-1941
http://trakt.tv/movie/the-loyal-47-ronin-1963
http://trakt.tv/movie/47-ronin-1994
I need to live my truth and say I enjoyed this movie. Is it good?.... No not particularly. Is it fun to watch Keanu sword fight a dragon? Resounding yes.
47 Ronin left me feeling disappointed and struggling to stay awake throughout the movie. Despite its promising premise and potential for thrilling action, the film failed to deliver. The plot seemed to jump from one scene to another without providing adequate context or emotional investment in the characters. As a result, it was challenging to connect with the story and the motivations behind the characters' actions. While the film attempted to incorporate elements of fantasy and Japanese folklore, it didn't manage to strike the right balance. Instead, it left me feeling detached from the world it tried to create, making it difficult to be immersed in the narrative. Unfortunately, this was a missed opportunity.
At first I thought: Keanu Reeves and Hiroyuki Sanada in the same movie? That must be great!
I was wrong.
Honestly, 35 Ronin probably would've been enough.
The fight scenes, the CGI effects and the 5-head witch were great (not to mention the ending -- respect) but I'd love to see a 47 Ronin Good Parts Edit where all the extraneous exposition and useless dialog are trimmed like excess fat off of cheap steak to reveal the kobe beef hiding beneath.
Two hours I will never get back! Terrible
It was.. strange.
The acting was very good. It was all very exquisite.
If you want historical accurate view on the story, I suggest you buy a book or do some hardcore research into the subject. If you just want to watch a good entertaining movie full of mysticism, and samurai action, then this is a good way to go.
47 Ronin is an adaptation of a story of loyalty, but it spends too much time on the poster boy (who never existed) and his love life.
The movie spent its first 30 minutes building up the story of Kai (Keanu Reeves), an unwanted child found in the forest, and the girl of his life, Mika (Shibasaki Kou), the daughter of a feudal lord. It tried to depict the hard life of Kai as a hated half-breed boy among Japanese samurai, who is struggling to raise his place among his peers and being conflicted with his Romeo and Juliet affair with Mika.
Or at least that's what the movie attempted to do.
The relationship between Kai and Mika feels really bland even though the movie seems to try so hard emphasizing this in the course of the story. Kai and Mika are depicted as being involved in a forbidden love but they don't show a slightest enthusiasm in their expression of love (except for Mika constant worrying of Kai's life without taking any action like a damsel in distress).
Meanwhile, at the same time, the movie also tries to bring up the reason why the 47 Ronin caused havok in the first place: loyalty. Which unfortunately also failed. The samurais (prior becoming ronin) keep talking about "the spirit of samurai", "the bushido", "the will of loyalty", but it's all talk. We don't get to see in what way their loyalty to their lord manifested. There is not enough build-up, not enough motivation to set up the samurais into a quest of revenge.
When the Lord Asano (Tanaka Min) finally meets his demise, the samurais all of sudden realize that their lord have been wronged by his rival, Lord Kira (Asano Tadanobu). This happens regardless of how scant the evidence showing up that it was actually Kira who does the evil deed to their lord (Kira used some sort of witch trickery which is supposed to be secretive). Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada) even didn't believe witchcraft existed when Kai tried to warn him. And we are not shown even a slightest hint how Kira and Asano were in rivalry.
Fortunately, the second half of the movie isn't that bad.
The ultimate battle, the siege of Kira's castle, is very well-done. From the stealthily tactics to the final confrontation with Kira. I can't help but be reminded with 13 Assassins, which employs similar ruse, and both movies in this regard made a good final showdown.
Still, during the course of the movie, it overall still feels really odd. First because the dialogue sounds pretty jarring: the movie is spoken in English. Keanu Reeves speaks a really fluent English meanwhile the rest of the actors, who are Japanese (and not their fault), speak a less fluent English (except a few like the Tengu leader). When Keanu is having conversation with the others it feels like they are speaking with foreign man and foreign language.
Second, the whole landscape design and the scenes depicted feel very "Western". Very orientalism. The way the Buddha statue just sit in the middle of nowhere, the spooky Tengu bamboo forest, the grimdark castle of Kira, and the witch's deception and many of the beasts; all feel precisely like something coming out straight from Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). Which may not be necessarily bad, but this kind of image of "Japanese fantasy" makes it clear that this movie is of Hollywood, American production. It's not the type you would see in fantasy-ish Japanese movie. Visually it's more similar to Lord of the Rings if anything.
Ninguno de nosotros sabe cuanto tiempo vivirá, ni cuándo llegará su hora. Pero sabemos que lo único que quedará de nuestras breves vidas,
es el orgullo que sentirán nuestros hijos cuando pronuncien nuestros nombres.
Didn't care for this one.
I nearly fell asleep. 2 dimensional characters and a plot I struggled to care about
Keanu Reeves is kind of strange in this one...
No Space Aliens but there was a monster...eh too little too late. Lots of Drama (yawning) lots of fighting.
nice movie if u like stuff like this :D and i like it alot ^^ nice movie great to see Keanu Reeves :D
OMG long duck dong from 16 candles is in this movie lmfao
Buena película de acción y fantasía
Visually ok... but that's about the best of it.
Too many negative things to mention about this movie. Don't waste the time watching it.
Um dos personagens da capa aparece em 15 segundos de filme! WTF!!
It has action, is entertaining, well made, good fights, did not ask more, magic squeaks a bit
This was just awful on so many levels. I REALLY tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, but it is a failure of a movie. Horrible acting, Japanese actors speaking in English is just bad, the story didn't make sense, there was no cohesion to the plot, CGI was cheesy, the ending just dumb. I can't even categorize this as a samurai movie. It's a disgrace to any movie, yet alone Japanese warriors/culture. Keanu should just commit seppuku for being the lead actor in this movie.
Sadly, it turn out to be mediocre picture, with some good old CGI and zero characters to like.
With literally dozens and dozens of asian movies; im not even going to talk about the best ones; even the medium/forgettable ones, why is there millions of people wanting to see this overrated overhyped crap? Well... metacritic at this point says it all i guess... ( 12/100 ).
The sad part is that 99% of the people that see this don´t even know a single asian movie to compare it with.
47 Ronin: all the ingredients for failing are there.
Terrible. Just terrible. Give me 2 hours of my life back.
Finally some footage!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8cKdDkkIYY
I expected it to be more down-to-earth like "Last Samurai", but it's going to be more like "Clash of the Titans".
A samurai flick with Keanu Reeves & Hiroyuki Sanada - I've gotta see this!!!
Shout by M@nBlockedParent2014-04-13T18:44:52Z
Bah, very dull movie. Waste of time.