Just finished a test today and decided to reward myself with a movie at the last minute.
So yup this movie was a last minute decide to watch kind of movie which differs from my usual this is what I want to watch movies that I normally watch as soon as they are released.
But yeah it was a nice movie! ! Part of why I kept putting this movie off was probably cos I haven't watched the first part and this was the sequel and I didn't like watching sequels without having watched the first part.
This is where wikipedia comes in. xD haha helps a lot in understanding the plot.
And I liked how although it's a fictional piece, there are historical settings and groundings to the movie. And I really love the landscape. The old Kyoto scenes. I've never been to Kyoto and this made me wanna go there so bad. As well as Nara.
The samurai theme is very dominant, much like other movies such as The Last Samurai and 47 Ronin. But what differs is how Kenshin don't want to kill people anymore.
And I find that so hard. I mean it requires so much more technique to just knock people out cos you have to keep cautious of not killing them instead. Seriously that's a huge disadvantage when your opponents are putting all 100% for the death blow.
And maybe that's what's endearing. The struggle between having the power to kill and the actual act of killing.
And all these fights for power for peace. Does the end justify the means? Be it katakana or guns or just fists, people die in wars for the so called peace that doesn't last for long.
But anyway, I'm definitely going to watch the sequel now. Such a cliffhanger. Though I sort of know the ending already from wikipeding the manga.
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