My dad, daughter, and I (three generations) just got back from 47 Ronin at the local theater. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 12%. I'm not sure it deserved a 12%, as in it probably deserved something better. It was a pretty run of the mill adventure movie. The critiques seem to point out that it was slow paced for its length. I'm surprised. I thought the bad reviews would be more around the fact that all 47 of them kill themselves at the end. That's not a spoiler. At least not if you're not so Western you've never read anything about them. What it didn't do, in my opinion, is really showcase more of the Ronin - particularly given all the famous Japanese actors in the movie. That would seem to warrant a bit more personality and interaction between the ronin rather than so much of the chatter being between the bad guy and his witchy girlfriend and between Keanu and Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada).
I recommend this article from Laughing Squid about the 80's style Bored Game and accompanying video. Very amusing.
BORED GAME™ from Dark Igloo on Vimeo.
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