Kurosawa

After watching Stray Dog, Yojimbo, and Ran, I can pretty easily say I am not the biggest Kurosawa fan out there. That is not to say I don't appreciate some of the themes his movies possess - such as good vs evil, but that I had trouble staying captivated to a movie that was all in subtitles. I need to be in tune with a movie, but without the dialogue I couldn't understand many of the suttleties of the Kurosawa movies. Stray Dog was my most liked movie of the three. I think it was because it had a plot I could most keep up with. I liked the long black market scene and I also understand why it was over 8 minutes long. He needed the viewer to see the reality of the hardship the black market possessed. Also, I like the detective movies. In Ran, the basic plot is finding the man who took the detectives gun. The end scene is kind of awkward when they are fighting and then moments later laying next to each other sobbing. Though, you can appreciate that the theif finally realizes the severity to his crime, and what his future will now hold for him. In summary, I wouldn't call myself the biggest Kurosawa fan, but I can understand those who do.