RAN Chaos description (Samuel Kim)

Rating: Null/10 (9 June 2008)

Ran (Chaos) by Kurosawa was very captivating in many ways. I loved how he deliberately paced the movie and it wasn't stagnant. It was heavy on tragedy and right from the beginning, there would be an inevitable chaos in the land between the brothers. This movie inspired by King Lear had an interesting twist in the end, where it was vague but it had a glimmer of hope in the end. When tragedy struck and what seems like a tragedy story, there was light at the end of the tunnel. I especially admired the battle scene, how Kurosawa concentrated on the background point of view rather than directly on the action. When the warriors got off their horses, the camera was pointing at the ground where they would be pummeled by the charging horses of the Jiro. I thought the death of Saburo was tragedy especially when he found his father in the end and that was a highlight moment. Saburo was able to forgive his father and reunite with him to share that intangible moment. I thought the end would have the father taking back his kingdom but all the brothers end up dying including the father. In a way, it was a glorious revolution even though things went horrible. The destruction of the first castle was a turning point to a new and hopeful future. The dominion of darkness was taken down and I am guessing things would probably be better off without the corruption and the evil desires of world dominations by the brothers except Saburo. I enjoyed the movie overall, it was good war movie and it was quite enjoyable to watch and got my attention all the way through the end.