True Greatness. An film of great and terrible beauty.

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2001)

What more can be said about Ran than that it is, in my honest opinion, one of the greatest movies ever made. Don't get me wrong, this isn't Kurosawa's greatest film( that still goes to Derzu Uzala ), but its an amazing epic that I'd watch with gusto over skipping past all the Gladiator's or Bravehearts you threw at me. Kurosawa directed an epic thats not only stunning but viscerally entertaining and elegantly sad. Scenes like the attack on Hideotora, the opening credits with its shots of warriors sitting quietly atop horses, or the final scene involving Lady Kaede achieve an almost operatic grandeur that shows the work of one of cinemas true craftsmen. GO OUT AND FIND THIS FILM NOW!!!!!! If you really love film you won't be disappointed.