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Imagine, if you will, a movie about the Alamo that features a Bollywood actor with a steampunk missile launcher killing Mexican cyborg assassins, led by a ninja who’s really an alien. That’s pretty much what 47 Ronin is doing to a Japanese national legend, much to the amusement of the Japanese. It’s kind of a shame, actually, because this looks pretty good for what it is: A big-budget version of a high-fantasy wuxia movie, only with all the pretentious trappings Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon made mandatory dumped in favor of CGI. OK, so it doesn’t look like a classic, but that said…
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β47 Roninβ Is Basically βLord Of The Ringsβ, But Japanese
WRITTEN BY DAN SEITZ / 07.24.13
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Imagine, if you will, a movie about the Alamo that features a Bollywood actor with a steampunk missile launcher killing Mexican cyborg assassins, led by a ninja whoβs really an alien. Thatβs pretty much what 47 Ronin is doing to a Japanese national legend, much to the amusement of the Japanese.
Itβs kind of a shame, actually, because this looks pretty good for what it is: A big-budget version of a high-fantasy wuxia movie, only with all the pretentious trappings Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon made mandatory dumped in favor of CGI. OK, so it doesnβt look like a classic, but that saidβ¦
It does look pretty cool, in a goofy sort of way. Itβs just a very bizarre switch from the actual story: A daimyo was antagonized by a shogunate official into attacking him, essentially ruining the daimyoβs family and forcing all his property into the governmentβs hands. His retainers were made ronin, essentially humiliated for their bossβ screwup.
So the ronin sat and waited for two solid years, gathering intel, pretending to be losers, failures, and drunks, before storming the officialβs house and killing him in revenge. They did this knowing theyβd be ordered to commit suicide for the crime, but they valued their honor above all.
47 RONIN - Official Trailer (2013) [HQ] Keanu Reeves
Yeah, this movie has taken a few liberties, as you might have guessed. On the other hand, adapting it straight has been done dozens of times on film, so much so that in Japan itβs an entire subgenre, practically, so thereβs really no point in a straightforward Western version. Still, we are talking βAmitabh Bachchan at the Alamo with a rocket launcherβ-grade silliness here, like we said, and weβll see if that helps or hinders the movie.
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