Ran

I know barely anything about King Lear, but my lack of knowledge on the source material doesn’t hinder how great this film is. It’s a beautiful, violent, grand film that has so much in it that the runtime goes super quick. The action feels incredible. The sets, such as the main castle, feels so big. Seeing the warriors outside the walls and not being able to see the tops of the walls make it feel so large and fortified. The action is incredible. The blood is a very vibrant red, and it coats the walls, ground, armor, etc during the fighting. I liked how they showed the arrows vs firearms. It was a nice showcase of the modern ways trampling the old ways. The narrative is really well done as well. The power struggle between the brothers is well done. It demonstrates problems we still see and will never stop seeing till the end of time. With each new generation, the passing of power will continue, and with that, there will always be struggle. It isn’t anything super new, as pretty much everyone knows that, but it is shown very well here.