A'ight, here's numbernine of my favorite movie blogs. If you wanna read number ten check out my previous blog posts.

Seven Samurai(1954) - Akira Kurosawa

It's tough to put this film atnumber nine, it's one of the best movies I've ever seen, yet it has a major flaw. Length. It's over two hours long, that's just inexcusable. The storyline is excellent however, and you will stay interested until the end, probably. It's about this village that gets attacked by bandits every year, so one year they decide to hire ronin to protect their village. They then wander around the closest town for several days looking for ronin samurai. Most samurai refuse their offer, because the villagers are poor and only have food to give. In the end they are only able to recruit six ronin, however, a seventh drunk/insane samurai (played by the amazing Toshiro Mifune) joins of his own accord. They go back to the village, and prepare for the imminent invasion of the bandits.

The ending is fairly tragic, however, it is very fulfilling. If you have not seen it, I could not recommend it enough to the more patient of you. However, if patience is something you lack, maybe you should stay away from sword-dramas in general.