Ghost Dog

[yendi]

I watched Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai this weekend on IFC. I'm still not sure what I think of it, to be honest. It's a slow film, much slower than you'd expect from a crime/mafia film. It's also got a lot more comedy than I expected (including some wonderful moments with Forrest Whitaker's lead character and his best friend, neither of whom can speak each other's language, but both of whom manage to come up with the same thoughts), a dark as hell ending, and some great underacting by Whitaker (a skill that goes under-appreciated nowadays). But half of the so-called Mafia in this movie was ludicrous, and some of the tragic moments just seemed very disjointed. But scenes from the movie keep going through my head, which I guess is a good sign.

Comments

[cissa.livejournal.com]

I have to agree. I was impressed by parts of it when I saw it, but several pieces have really stuck with me, much longer than I would have expected.

For the record, I'm indifferent to samurai films and actively dislike mafia ones. :)