Bug's Budding Film Blog

Poster from IMDB      Hey y'all, Bug here. Today I'm going to talk about my actual absolute favorite type of film. Known by many names, the B movie or a cult classic, the so-bad-it's-good film is a staple of the medium of film. Movies that are near impossible to make on purpose. These films take advantage of the shared viewing experience in ways that other types of film kind of cannot. That's what I want to talk about today, along with some recommendations.     All of my favorite movie watching experiences come from watching bad movies with people I care about. There is almost something cathartic to all watching something just fall apart in front of your eyes and falling apart a little with it. It's hard to feel awkward or scared in even an unfamiliar group when everyone is watching something truly horrible. Bad movies act as a kind of social lubricant that, to me, provide a near unrivaled sense of collective joy. The group aspect is far from the only part...

    Saying that Akira Kurosawa was a master at filmmaking is like saying salt is good on french fries. It's a given at this point. That won't stop me from writing about one of my favorite aspects of his films though, how he ends them. The final shot of a Kurosawa film is often heartbreaking and powerful. They somehow manage to perfectly encapsulate how these films end and all the emotions that comes with that. To demonstrate this, I want to talk about the ending shots of Seven Samurai  and Ran .     Beginning with Seven Samurai , the film focuses on a village beset by bandits. Knowing they will not be able to survive another attack, two men from the village go to plead for the help of some wandering samurai. They eventually find them and the rest of the film takes place over the multiple days of these samurai defending the village. I am cutting out a lot because this whole film is over three hours long but throughout the battle, four of the seven end up falling....