Seven Samurai
When I first started watching older films I always worried a little about how much I would enjoy older action epics like Seven Samurai, I always thought they would have aged terribly and be boring, slow and lackluster.
Well I couldn't have been more wrong, Seven Samurai is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. In a technical sense it's an insane achievement that a 70 year old film can have such incredible cinematography and editing.
This exact story is something I wish we got more of today, a true epic with such attention to detail, and memorable characters. Even for the first half of the film where you barely see any action at all I was completely glued to the screen, seeing the friendships being made and the eventual preparations were something I didn't think I'd enjoy as much as I did.
The ending shot is one of my favourites of all time too, it really made me reflect on the last 3 and half hours and appreciate it all the more.
Really looking forward to seeing the rest of Kurosawa's filmography now