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Ikiru, a review by Antares

Ikiru





Year: 1952
Film Studio: Toho
Genre: Drama, Classic
Length: 143 Min.

Director
Akira Kurosawa (1910)

Writer
Shinobu Hashimoto (1918)...Writer
Akira Kurosawa (1910)...Writer
Hideo Oguni (1904)...Writer

ProducerCinematographer
Asakazu Nakai (1901)

Music
Fumio Hayasaka (1914)...Composer

Stars
Takashi Shimura (1905) as Kanji Watanabe
Shinichi Himori (1907) as Kimura
Haruo Tanaka (1912) as Sakai
Minoru Chiaki (1917) as Noguchi
Miki Odagiri (1930) as Toyo Odagiri, employee
Bokuzen Hidari (1894) as Ohara
Minosuke Yamada as Subordinate Clerk Saito
Kamatari Fujiwara (1905) as Sub-Section Chief Ono

Review
       In a span of just five years, Akira Kurosawa completed three genuine masterpieces, , Ikiru, and Seven SamuraiIkiruIkiru from the rest of the films that deal with similar subject matter, is the way the structure of the story is laid out for the viewer. Once again, as with Ratings Criterion
5 Stars - The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.

(From Ikiru (1952) on December 4th, 2009)

Ghostbusters , a review by Dragonfire

Ghostbusters Suit up for classic comedy! When Doctors Venkman (Bill Murray), Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Spengler (Harold Ramis) suddenly find themselves downsized from the University's parapsychology department, they decide to go the entrepreneurial route, chasing down ghastly ghosts, unappetizing apparitions and the occasional insolent succubae. But the paratroopers of the paranormal face their greatest challenge when the beautiful Dana Barret (Sigourney Weaver) discovers her refrigerator door leads directly to the gates of hell! Now with the whole world watching, it's up to the Ghostbusters to keep Manhattan from becoming a madhouse in this hilariously-haunting action-comedy! My Thoughts I don't consider this one to be horror, but it does deal with ghosts so I decided it fit for the month.  I also decided that I was in the mood for something a little lighter. I've lost track of have many times I've seen this movie over the years, but I still really enjoy it.  It is really fun and entertaining and has a great cast.  Much of what happens is a bit silly, but that works for the movie.  The ghosts are interesting and look believable.  The special effects are really well done, especially considering when the movie was made.  The characters help to make things interesting too.  Some of them are a bit goofy, but they work for the movie. I got a review posted on Epinions a few years ago. Ghostbusters

(From Dragonfire's 2010 Horror Marathon on October 3rd, 2010)

Babylon 5: Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: "I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind". Londo has chosen the same words when he told the story of the pilot "The Gathering". Now it is 2278, Londo has been emperor for 16 years but his time is coming to an end. When two children aks him to tell them a story, a story about "great battles and war and bravery and heroes and villains", a true story, he tells them the events around the Earth-Minbar war.

My opinion: From all the TV movies they've made I like this the most. It is a good story and has great speeches in it. Without one exception we learn nothing new about the events in that war. There are some minor glitches that contradict the series but in the big picture it's well put together.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=se9FNdyKFtk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KbBRrK9Q-rw

And with this I conclude my Babylon 5 marathon. My first post was in August 2007 and it took me a while to get here, but now the mission is accomplished and I can be at peace.

After you've seen the series you can enjoy this two-part video. Especially pay attention to the words of the songs in combination with the scenes shown:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Spsu4UKUodg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-kNWkZ2Xtpg

(From Babylon 5: Marathon on February 3rd, 2008)