in article 1108676590.202043.39580@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, TXZZ at
superoutland@aol.com wrote on 2/18/05 6:43 AM:

> I gues you should add the word "barely" in front of "passable"
> 
> Seven Samurai- pretty mediocre IMO
> Dersu Uzala-passable
> Yojimbo-passable
> Minbo no onna- good
> Rashomon- good
> Taxing woman-crap
> Tampopo-some good elements but CRAP
> Ran-boring
> Kagemusha-boring
> Sonatine-passable
> Brother-crap
> Picture Bride-passable.  If the movie concluded itself better I'd give
> it a far better rating, but this seems to be a problem with japanese
> entertainment in general.
> Shall We Dance?-crap.  I have no idea why this movie is considered  so
> good.  It has a good premise and that's about it.
> 
> 
> Thats really all i can think of at the moment.  You must be the most
> boring person in the world if you liked all these movies.  I myself
> have watched far more japanese movies than i should have, but i always
> operate under the illusion that i can watch a good japanese movie and
> still get a better ear for japanese.

Clearly, your tastes in film are radically different than mine. I don't know
what kind of films you like, but apparently it is not Japanese. Do you like
Italian films? Russian? French? German?

Frankly, I tend to discount one-word film reviews, especially when that one
word is so crass.