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Well, there are a few things

posted 8 years ago by daryl42
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As much as I like this film, there are a couple things that don't make sense

1. At the border crossing, Rokurota hands a stick to the official and says he found this stick that has gold in it. Since they were carrying 1000 sticks with them wouldn't it make more sense to have given them the gold bar instead of the stick? Wouldn't the soldiers want to look to see if they have any other gold hidden in the sticks?

2. The little band barely gets around the corner before a guy on horseback arrives and tells the border official to be on the look out for these people. I mean they would have been about a hundred feet down the road by then, and no one goes after them.

3. I get the whole ritualistic dual between Rokurota and Takadoro but he beats him by breaking his stick? I mean I can think of a thousand fight scenes where a broken lance wouldn't have stopped our hero. James West would never have conceded on such a small thing.

4. Also, when Rokurota comes into the camp, they had certainly gotten a fax by then telling them to be on the lookout for our little band, why wouldn't they forego the dual and go back down the road and capture the princess and all the gold?

[–] Blueghost 7 years ago

It's got a few holes in it, but it's supposed to be an adventure movie.

Stomping on the spear and breaking it means that the general had no chance to fend off his equally skilled enemy-friend.

The scene at the checkpoint also had me scratching my head, but you can maybe say they hid behind the huts as the army chased after them.

Part of enjoying films is accepting the salespitch you're given. But yeah, Kurosawa was not perfect, and film are about what you'd like to see happen, not so much what makes sense.

[–] daryl42 7 years ago

I like the way you put that, accepting the sales pitch. I hate when people go off on a 100 little things they hate about a movie (kind of like I did). Films are contrived, you have to accept it, and the best ones seem the least contrived. And I should point out that I think this is a great film.