The Sea Is Watching
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Movie Reviews of The Sea Is Watching
Movie Review: beautifully done but regretfully with a tasteless boring script
Summary: 3 Stars
the cinematography is poetically great, but the storyline is a little bit contrite and boring that would need constantly revival of your mental condition to avoid falling into the zzzland. a movie you'd better start watching either you are not too tired or too sleepy, otherwise, you might not comprehend what's going on. the colors of the settings are so beautiful, but without a strong storyline, it's no better than watching pbs programs. "The Sea Is Watching most likely wouldn't have made it to New York if not for the Kurosawa connection. That link is also the main reason to see it." well said by a critic. also, like some other critics said: this movie is 'an undistinguished affair' and 'more a framed tribute than an involving experience'. both are quite true .Movie Review: ...But The Audience Is Snoozing
Summary: 2 Stars
There is plenty of tantalizing hyperbole plastered on the packaging of this DVD..."Akira Kurosawa's final story!" "Director hand-picked by Kurosawa's son!" But something becomes glaringly apparent 15-20 minutes in: Without the Master himself directing, you do NOT have a product that can be called a "Kurosawa film" (any more than the wretched "A-I" was truly a "Stanley Kubrick Film".) Yes, the story takes place in fuedal Japan, and there is a principal character who is a Samurai. But that fact alone does not a "Kurosawa" film make. There is a poetic sense of humanism that defined all of Kurosawa's films, whether the story was set in the 15th century or in the 20th, and that is sadly missing from "The Sea Is Watching" . Kurosawa would take his time to build a story, sometimes using long takes and protracted periods of silence, but was so "at one" with filmic language that he kept you riveted to story and character without having to glance at your watch. "The Sea Is Watching" has long takes, but here they are static and lifeless, with little attention to lighting or cinematography; you end up with the feel of a TV soap. The first three quarters of the film takes place in two rooms, and by the time the rather pedestrian "big storm" sequence arrives, you don't really care what becomes of the characters because you've been waiting so interminably for SOMETHING to happen. Some lovely imagery toward the end of the film arrives too little, too late to save it. Diehard Kurosawa "completists" may want to screen at least once to satisfy curiosity, anyone else view at your own risk.Movie Review: sucks
Summary: 1 Stars
bad directing, bad cinematography, lighting is so off and artificial in so many places, bad editing, bad cuts, bad translation in many places so unpoetically done. cheesy suggestions of the sea leading towards the end. screenplay had the makings of what Kurosawa said was going to be his best film. if he had done this, it would have been a million times better