Movie Reaction Poll

Seven Samurai might have more name recognition

Ken

Before Sunrise and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly need to be on subsequent lists!

Looks like Ran is destined to end up in a place like The Handmaiden in these polls. Can anyone think of a Kurosawa film that would do better in this community? Maybe Seven Samurai or Yojimbo, but its hard to think of a Kurosawa film with more popular cache the Ran.

Yours truly, Johnny Dollar

Ive heard Shoplifters is good but i havent seen. Again my votes except for the Good the Bad and the Ugly are getting low votes but such is life. The winners are great choices Pans Labyrinth is expertly done. O Brother Where Art though is not my fav Coens. Would love to see someone react to their Millers Crossing because its an underated gem

Marvelous Dolcy

Sam Peckinpah'd Straw Dogs

And I think you will love Pan’s Labyrinth. I was deeply obsessed with it for a while. And then you’ll probably want to see Devil’s Backbone - I believe Del Toro thinks of that and PL as kind of a pair, even though the stories aren’t directly connected.

Kate Cassidy

For a sec I thought this said The Sound of Music and I got all excited.

Kate Cassidy

If 27 people have seen that film in one community I think there is something right with the world.

kimsmk

Glad to see Ran made it on the list! Now, if only more people had seen this masterpiece and would vote for it.... But it looks like Pan and O Brother are gonna win, two excellent movies so I am looking forward to that.

Paul Steffens

OBWAT is totally worth it. Also, I hate to be that guy, but Ender's Game is a great book and meh movie.

Q

Ran and Ad Astra for me. Kurosawa vs Shakespeare? Always a must-see. Ad Astra is flawed but it's one of those movies that just pops into your head unbidden.

Christiaan Van den Akker

I hope you love Takashi Miikes work whenever it wins one of these polls. He's got some great stuff.

Mike B

Yeah but he needs to see the first two movies in the trilogy first! I’ll happily vote to watch fist full of dollars then for a few dollars more then the good the bad and the ugly

Nick Kessler

They all work as stand alone movies

ActionJeans

You have to watch fist full of dollars then for a few dollars more then the good the bad and the ugly. Can’t watch part 3 of the trilogy first!

Nick Kessler

Effing Takashii Miike on this list. James it’s nice to see real directional talent instead of the more popular mainstream sludge. You need to check out his entire filmography: Audition, Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q, there are so many. 13 Assassins is fantastic if you love Japanese Cinema.

Oh brother….. requires intelligence and a Cohen bothers style movie. Based off “ The Odyssey” I think🤔

Law abiding citizen

Ahhhhhh SOUND OF METAL!

Antonio Ivic

AND CLIMAX

SHOPLIFTERS TRUST ME!!!

I voted for more than one, but a special shout out to Paris Texas. The cinematography is outstanding. You sometimes forget when it was made during some of the scenes because of the timelessness of the movie’s construction. Some good acting. Definitely worth a watch even it isn’t in a watch along.

Christian Rennie

Pan's labyrinth, The good, The bad, and the Ugly. One if the best westerns ever! What I love about Pan's labyrinth is that they did use Spanish actors, instead of popular latino actors, it would have been bad to hear them trying to speak Castillian Spanish.

Ran. Paris, Texas. Climax.

kimsmk

So hard to choose, but: 1 Pan's Labyrinth 2 Ran

Brett Coster

Great poll, but Climax is my recommendation and I know he would lose it over the cinematography and some of the crazy stuff that happens in it! (I would also be happy with Paris, Texas winning since it’s one of my all time faves!)

The good the bad and ugly is on another level, plz lets give it some love

Pans Labyrinth is just one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. So underrated I think. Saw it in 4th grade lmao, probably responsible for my love of horror and monsters now

harpyangel47

O brother where art thou has never had a decent movie review, or ever had a movie review on YouTube. Also genuinely a great movie by the Coen Brothers

It is not my favorite Kurosawa but it definitely is a great Kurosawa film. I really hope people will back this.

Yours truly, Johnny Dollar

"BEST POLL EVER" I love all these films

Matt

Ad Astra is vastly underrated. Came out in 2019. A space drama starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones

Climax or Paris, Texas 🙏

We NEED to get Before Sunrise up there. The entire trilogy is just wonderful.

Chelsea Warkentine

👍 13 Assassins. The only foreign language movie I've ever seen at the cinema (I assume we're talking about the modern version?)

Martin Nicholls

There’s some killers on this list!

Jordan Porter

Let’s show Kurosawa some love folks and choose RAN. It is such a remarkable film.

Jansson