Yojimbo vs Fistful
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adinfinitm — 13 years ago(May 01, 2012 10:56 PM)
I gotta agree with you. Apart from some exceptional acting, Yojimbo's main strength is in it's inherent simplicity. The characters just flowed naturally. AFOD is not a bad movie but following Yojimbo's style didn't work out well in many instances. For example in the scene where Eastwood announces that he wants to be hired, for the first time, seems so made up in comparison to that of Yojimbo's.
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jon_s_chan — 13 years ago(May 22, 2012 10:08 AM)
Yojimbo was better than Fistful and I don't think it is even close. The reason many like Fistful as much of not more is because of Clint Eastwood's style/stardom. We love the guy for his style, but Toshiro Mifune, we do not care much for his style.
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A_Fistful_of_Pennies — 13 years ago(September 19, 2012 09:04 PM)
My username comes from this film, but believe it or not I slightly prefer Yojimbo. Both are classics. I feel Yojimbo gets the edge because that was Kurosawa at the absolute top of his game. This film has the obvious signs of a master, but Leone didn't hit his full stride until For a Few Dollars More.
Actually Leone and Kurosawa directed my two all-time favorite films, Once Upon a Time in the West and Seven Samurai. We are talking about two masters who made several masterpieces.
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bwjazzorch — 11 years ago(June 23, 2014 07:52 PM)
Leone certainly establishes his trademark style with "Fistful" and ends up creating a new genre of film. That is nothing to dismiss, but in virtually every aspect, Yojimbo excels. Eastwood is not in the same league as Mifune, for instance. In fact, the supporting players in Yojimbo are stellar, not just Mifune. As typical with Kurosawa, his film shows a wider range of the human experience, including humor, which Leone's film does not. I enjoy both versions, but the original surpasses the imitation.
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KhurramAtta — 11 years ago(February 14, 2015 02:52 AM)
Yojimbo!
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Strazdamonas — 9 years ago(November 11, 2016 12:03 AM)
Yojimbo was fal suerior. the scenes fit the setting better and the plot, due to more time to flesh it out, made a lot more sense. Leone tried to cut it down and all he did is left the plot incoherent, especially around the beginning of the movie.
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