The Warrior's Way

[Murgatroy]

Recently I have taken to picking a movie from Netflix that seems semi-interesting and giving it a whirl. 

 

Sometimes I get something good. Sometimes I get something really bad.

 

 

 

The Warrior's Way was something really good.

 

I see this movie has negative reviews and was considered a bomb. This confused me.

 

I grew up on some good stuff. Some fond memories of good epic movies. Great westerns. Some seriously good quips from good actors. Great scores. Fast paced action, but still time for a meaningful look.

 

I rewatched The Good, The Bad and The Ugly last weekend. 

 

It is relevant.

 

That is a classic with all the scope of a large backdrop. A true cinematic masterpiece.

 

 

Now, the plot is different, as a matter of fact, other than having some truly awesome characters, the two plots had nothing in common. 

 

What they did have in common was the pace, the magnitude and the scope of what was to be entailed. Sure, The Warrior's Way had CGI. A lot of it. But a filmmaker uses the medium of the day. There were the long, wide shots. It shows the desperation of the characters, of the scene. There were the close intense shots. A gun riding in the holster, a hand resting near it.

 

The violence was there, as is common in today's films, but it was done in a fashion that softened it. Shadows, fine contrast. Sure you had your gratuitous closeup gore, but it was interspersed.

 

The films was a nice mash up of a Samurai and Cowboy. A fantasy of a last man standing, running, but running right into what he thought he was leaving. I think this was the film Tarantino wanted to make with Kill Bill. This film pulled it off without the filmmaker having to tell me in an interview what he was working for.

 

 

 

 

 

Much as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly wasn't appreciated fully upon it's release, I feel The Warrior's Way is one that will be viewed in years to come as a classic of the lone warrior genre.

 

 

I just felt like passing that along, I think there might be a few here that would enjoy it.

[Oh Shoot]

The Warrior's Way was something really good.
 
I see this movie has negative reviews and was considered a bomb. This confused me.

 

Well, the hoi polloi give it a 6.3 on IMDB, not bad.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032751

 

- OS

Edited January 18, 2014 by Oh Shoot

[dlmeadows]

I have saw it and thought it was a great movie myself.

[vontar]

I just added it to my list.

[hipower]

I'll have to check this one out. I've not heard of it, so that's a plus for me.

 

All too often, the movie critics totally miss on movies. If it's not "artsy" enough, or from some "enlightened" filmmaker; it will just fall into obscurity.