One of the coolest movies I've ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2008)

Other than everything Kurosawa's ever done, I am rarely amazed by how much a film can impact me nowadays, but every time this is on the film channels I find myself watching it (and I own the DVD anyway). It's such an inspirational, entertaining and damn cool movie that any plot holes it may have (Portman's voice perhaps) just don't matter.
I've read as many of the reviews as I can manage and thankfully most people get it too, but for those that don't, I can't offer any words of comfort. It's simply a hugely uplifting movie carried by the coolest character you will ever see on film and if you don't enjoy it, all I can think of is that you are either one of those people that hates film transfers of your beloved graphic novels or you are trying to read too much into the politics or the symbolism of the film. If you just sit back and watch the movie, I fail to see how you wouldn't just love it.
A wonderful masterpiece of a film